Cities Should Prioritize Greenways, Says Urban Agriculture Lecturer
In a recent article spotlighting greenways in cities like Detroit, New Orleans, and Boston, Anne Lusk, a lecturer in Metropolitan College’s Gastronomy master’s degree program, told Time magazine that she believes urban leadership should make further investment in the reclaimed recreational spaces.
MET CPUA Alum Wins Outstanding Paper Award
Congratulations to Master of Urban Affairs graduate Jinwon Jeon (MET’23), who won the Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law’s 2024 Literati Award for Outstanding Paper for his paper “Methodology and framework of comparative urban planning law.”
City Planning & Urban Affairs Director Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz Wins Award for Article on State Control of Cannabis Industry
Congratulations to BU MET City Planning & Urban Affairs Director Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz, whose article, “Understanding Local Control in the Wake of State Adult-Use Cannabis Liberalization: A Content Analysis of State Statutes,” won Public Administration Quarterly’s 2023 Best Article Award.
City Planning Alum Named Bridgeport, Connecticut Planning Director
Previously the city’s senior city planner, Fletcher has expanded community engagement initiatives and won the city federal and state grant funding to develop sustainability efforts as well as safer streets, among other achievements.
City Planning Master’s Alum Credits BU MET Program with Advancing Career Goals
Jacob Lacey (MET’23), a graduate with a work history that includes AmeriCorps as well as the city of Boston, says in an interview with Planetizen that learning the theories and technical skills his graduate education provided was essential to his career growth plan.
As 2024 Pardee Fellows, Three MET Professors to Conduct Trauma-Informed Climate Resilience Research
Metropolitan College Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Danielle Rousseau, Associate Professor of the Practice of City Planning & Urban Affairs Luis E. Santiago, and Assistant Professor of Applied Social Sciences Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz have each been named 2024 Faculty Research Fellows by BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
City Scholar Uses Urban Affairs Master’s to Amplify Civil Service Career
Ana Calderon (MET’24) recently earned her Master of Urban Affairs as one of Metropolitan College’s City of Boston Scholars. Because her day job, working as the chief of staff for Boston City Councilor At-Large Henry Santana, intersects with her field of study, her tuition was covered by the scholarship. It’s helped her pursue her passion for civil service.
Urban Affairs Award-Winning Graduate Takes Aim at Career in Higher Ed
Award for Excellence winner Corey Louis Coleman came to Boston University’s Metropolitan College (BU MET) with a clear set of goals. Motivated by the academic legacy of his grandfather, he wanted to take his career skills in the field of construction and amplify them with a Master of Urban Affairs, to further his ambitions to make an eventual transition into higher education and teaching.
Urban Affairs Grad Named Campus Development Director for UMass Amherst
David Dower, a 1997 graduate of Metropolitan College’s Master of Urban Affairs degree program, has been named executive director for campus development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
City Planning & Urban Affairs Lecturer Adam Chapdelaine Lands Top Post at Massachusetts Municipal Associations
Adam Chapdelaine, a lecturer in Boston University Metropolitan College’s City Planning & Urban Affairs program, has been named executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Associations Board of Directors, an organization which unites regional municipal officials to articulate clear and united municipal messages, develops and advocates for unified policies, and collaborates to better the efficiency and effectiveness of municipal service delivery, acting as a voice of cities and towns across Massachusetts.