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rev. mariana white-hammond speaks at a dorchester event march 2019

Local activist, community leader appointed Boston’s chief of environment

Greye Dunn April 26, 2021
Responsibilities include protecting Boston's climate, water, air, land and architectural resources.
Boston University’s Urban Climate Research Initiative launched Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU launches urban climate initiative with City of Boston

Susannah Sudborough October 10, 2018
Boston University’s Urban Climate Research Initiative, a coalition that intends to inform the City of Boston on what actions to take when combating climate change, launched Friday.
CAS, one of the BU schools that is a part of the new Ph.D. program called Urban Biogeoscience & Environmental Health. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Upcoming graduate program aims to address urban environmental problems

Michelle Shvimer March 11, 2018

A new interdisciplinary doctoral program, Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health, will be introduced to Boston University in the fall. The program will involve various departments in the Graduate...

SPH study finds discrepancies among communities with air pollution

Sophia Brown January 20, 2018

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health found that while overall air pollution has decreased in Massachusetts, air pollution inequality within certain communities...

Using past U.S. Census Bureau data, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame researchers were able to calculate average population distribution, a measure needed for their traffic-predicting algorithm. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RESEARCHERS

MIT study devises new algorithm to predict traffic patterns

Becca DeGregorio November 13, 2014

Honks and profanity are surefire ways of letting off some five o’clock steam, but when all is said and done, there’s a reason why the phrase “stuck in traffic” sticks. But the inch-by-inch stop-and-go...

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