Boston’s Zoning Code Provides for Child Care, But Is It Working?
The code hasn’t changed for 20 years, much less adjusted for current crises.
Student Work
From Structural Racism to Wetland Resiliency: 2020 Field Projects Recap
This year’s nine teams overcame a semester unlike any other to produce quality research.
Clearing the Air: The Policy Implications and Health Effects of PM2.5 Pollution in China
We need policymaking that integrates both public health and economic development concerns.
Mutual Banks: An Old Model for a New Economy?
Not beholden to stockholders, mutual banks can be critical catalysts for building community wealth.
Work Goes On: Tufts UEP Faculty, Students on the Shift to Remote Learning
In response to growing concern over COVID-19, Tufts University and other schools in Greater Boston recently announced that all classes would shift to an online… Read More »Work Goes On: Tufts UEP Faculty, Students on the Shift to Remote Learning
Tisch Fellows on Working with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Community Labor United
“The most salient takeaway I had this summer was observing first-hand what strong community engagement looks like in practice.”
UEP in the Field: A Whirlwind Trip to NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
Last Thursday (March 21, 2019), five UEP students in the Data Science for Urban Sustainability (UEP294-8) course and Professor Shan Jiang boarded an early train… Read More »UEP in the Field: A Whirlwind Trip to NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
Two Fulbright Scholars Take On Tufts
Jaroslav Koutsky and Zhou Kai, two Fulbright scholars from the Czech Republic and China respectively, are working on research for Tufts UEP for the academic… Read More »Two Fulbright Scholars Take On Tufts
Will Work for Food: How Boston is Building a Just Food Economy
Originally published on the personal blog of Penn Loh, UEP Lecturer and Director of Community Practice. Despite growing appetites for healthy, sustainable, and local food,… Read More »Will Work for Food: How Boston is Building a Just Food Economy
Preparing Soil, Planting Seeds: Community Land Trusts for Urban Farms
[Post written by Zoë Ackerman with generous insights from her team members, Alice Maggio, David Morgan and Nicole Huang. Originally posted on the personal blog… Read More »Preparing Soil, Planting Seeds: Community Land Trusts for Urban Farms