Fatima Blanca Munoz
Fatima was the Program Manager & Administrator of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University. In this role, she managed IOC’s events and programs along with overseeing the IOC’s student staff. Additionally, she coordinated the IOC’s urban student government fellowships, managed the seed grant fund, and provided administrative support to the team. Prior to joining […]
Adil Najam
Dr. Adil Najam (عادل نجم) is the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University which was founded in 2014 with a generous gift from BU alum Frederick S. Pardee. He is also a Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment. Earlier, Prof. Adil Najam served as Vice Chancellor of […]
Avi Nguyen
Read more about Avi’s experience as the Summer 2021 MORRE Fellow Avi Mguyen majored in Political Science and Economics. He is from Boston and grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood. He is involved with grassroots organizing within Dorchester and is passionate about voter registration and police reform. Avi has volunteered and worked with The City […]
Elaine O. Nsoesie, Ph.D., M.S.
Elaine O. Nsoesie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is an internationally recognized data scientist and a leading voice on the use of data and technology to advance health equity. She is a Data Science Faculty Fellow and was a Founding Faculty […]
James O’Connell
Jim O’Connell has worked as a Community Planner at the Boston Office of the Northeast Region of the National Park Service, where he specialized in planning for historic sites and heritage areas. Previously, Jim served as Economic Development Officer of the Cape Cod Commission, the regional planning and land use regulatory agency for Cape Cod. […]
Rachel Oblath
Urban H Interests: Mental Health, Housing Rachel Oblath, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the Director of Research Methodology in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center. Her research focuses on the provision of psychiatric emergency services in vulnerable communities. She also uses electronic […]
Timothy Ogino
Timothy Ogino spent his summer working with the Sustainability Branch for the City of Melbourne, Australia. Ogino is focusing on coordinating the Sustainability Branch and their partners at Citipower around an effort to build a roadmap for Melbourne’s future electricity supply.
Maxwell Palmer
Maxwell Palmer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, the Director of Advanced Programs (BA/MA and Honors Programs), and a Junior Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computing. He joined the department and Boston University in 2014, after receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science at Harvard University. His research and teaching interests include American political […]
Songhyun Park
Song is the Doctoral Research Fellow of the Initiative on Cities. She received her B.A. in International Relations and Russian Language & Cultures from Emory University in 2015. After two years working for a start-up company in the education industry and for the UNHCR, Song entered the PhD program in Political Science at Boston University […]
Yannis Paschalidis
Yannis Paschalidis is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, Founding Professor of Computing & Data Sciences, and Professor of Biostatistics at Boston University. He is the Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering — BU’s federation and convergence accelerator of all University centers […]