On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, the Initiative on Cities (IOC) and Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development hosted a webinar to discuss the challenges of remote learning on multilingual learners and their families, and what’s being done to support them. Christine Leider, Clinical Assistant Professor Language Education & Program Director for Bilingual Education […]
On May 27, 2020, the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) and the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) held a webinar to discuss the challenges and trends that aging populations face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how cities are responding. IOC Co-Director Katharine Lusk moderated and was joined by: Bronwyn […]
Recap by Carly Berke On Wednesday, May 13th, 2020, the Initiative on Cities (IOC) hosted a discussion on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pollution and urban air quality as part of our ongoing COVID-19 & Cities series. David Miller, Director of International Diplomacy at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and former Mayor […]
Recap by Carly Berke On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, the Initiative on Cities (IOC) hosted COVID-19 & Cities: Municipal Fiscal Health, continuing the IOC’s ongoing COVID-19 & Cities series. Christiana McFarland, Research Director at the National League of Cities, and Pam Kocher, President of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, joined IOC Director Graham Wilson to […]
Watch the recording and event highlights here. Recap by Carly Berke On Thursday, April 30th, 2020, the Boston University School of Public Health (SPH) and the Initiative on Cities (IOC) co-hosted After COVID-19: (Re)Building Resilient Cities, a webinar exploring the role cities play in supporting public health during COVID-19 and as we start to emerge […]
Recap by Carly Berke On Wednesday, April 15th, 2020, the Initiative on Cities held a webinar that examined the effects that COVID-19 is having on cities bearing the brunt of the public health and economic crisis triggered by the global pandemic. IOC Director Graham Wilson was joined by Katherine Levine Einstein, Assistant Professor of […]