Meet the 2023-2024 NLC Menino Fellow: Tammy Dong
We are pleased to announce Tammy Dong (Pardee ’24) as the 2023–2024 National League Cities (NLC) Menino Fellow. Tammy is a senior studying International Relations with a focus on foreign policy and security studies in Africa and the Middle East. She enjoys piecing together the puzzle of why the world is the way it is […]
Meet Andrea Catania, 2023 Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Fellow
The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is happy to announce Andrea Catania (MET Gastronomy) has been selected as the 2023 City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) Fellow. This fellow will have the opportunity to explore an interest in public service and civic innovation while positively impacting the surrounding community. The MONUM […]
Meet Zakaria Elkawa, 2023 Climate Ready Boston Intern
The Boston University Initiative on Cities is happy to announce that Zakaria Elkawa (CAS, Pardee ’23) has been selected for the summer internship with the City of Boston’s Environment Department Climate Ready Boston team on heat resilience projects and communications and community engagement work. The intern will have the opportunity to work in Boston City Hall and “on-the-ground” […]
Meet Destiny Perkins, 2023 City of Boston’s Equity & Inclusion Cabinet Summer Intern
The Boston University Initiative on Cities and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground are happy to announce that Destiny Perkins (Pardee ’25) has been selected as this year’s summer intern with the City of Boston’s Equity & Inclusion Cabinet. The Intern will work directly with the Senior Advisor on Racial Justice, Ms. Lori Nelson, and the team […]
2023 Boston Summer Fellowship: Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM)
Application Deadline: January 30, 2023, at 5:00 PM ET The Office of New Urban Mechanics is Boston’s civic innovation team, responsible for promoting participatory urbanism, smarter city infrastructure, and innovative service delivery. They are the catalyst and clearing house for civic innovation projects involving the City of Boston and its partners, from residents and community […]
2023 Undergraduate Internship Opportunities
The Initiative on Cities is now accepting applications for Summer 2022 Internships with the city of Boston, MA! The deadline to apply for undergraduate fellowships is Sunday, February 26, at 11:59 PM ET. Undergraduate students interested in racial equity, local government, environmental justice, public service, or housing are encouraged to apply. Boston Equity & Inclusion […]
Valerie Sanchez Covaleda: My Summer with the City of Providence Office of Sustainability
By Valerie Sanchez Covaleda (CAS/CGS ’24). Valerie was the Initiative on Cities’ 2022 Providence, RI Justice Fellowship with the Office of Sustainability. The Providence Justice Fellowship through the BU Initiative on Cities (IOC) was a really informative experience that I am grateful to have had the opportunity to complete. As a junior pursuing law as […]
Cora Funke: My Summer with the City of Chelsea’s Open Data & Digital Communications Initiatives
By Cora Funke (KHC/CAS ’23). Cora was the Initiative on Cities’ 2022 City of Chelsea: Open Data & Digital Communications Initiatives Summer Fellow. Over the summer, I had the opportunity to work for the City of Chelsea for eight weeks through the BU Initiative on Cities. I worked closely with Cate Fox-Lent, who is the Business […]
Maggie Kormann: My Summer at the Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity
By Maggie Kormann (CAS ’23). Maggie was the Initiative on Cities’ 2022 Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE) Summer Fellow. In our modern world riddled with climate disaster, pandemics, and war, local governments in progressive cities on the cutting edge of innovation and policy such as Boston need to ensure they are […]
Meet the 2022–2023 NLC Menino Fellow: An Pham
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is pleased to announce An Pham (KHC ‘24) as our 2022–2023 National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellow. An is a junior majoring in Economics and Mathematics and is interested in inequality, environmental policy, and urban economics. He hopes to pursue a career in policy analysis, where he can work […]