images c/o Peter Chandonait Peter Chandonait (MA ’03) is a Principal Scientist in the International Health Division at Abt Associates, a Cambridge-based consultancy and research… Read More »UEP Alum Peter Chandonait Wins USAID Grand Prize for Innovative Work Fighting Malaria
UEP welcomes eight mid-career Master of Public Policy (MPP) students this Fall. Having at least seven years of relevant professional experience, MPPers bring a wealth… Read More »Meet the 2017 UEP Mid-Career Cohort
Immigration has come to the forefront of our national dialogue as policymakers weigh decisions that may upend and jeopardize the lives of millions of people… Read More »UEP Student Panel on Policy and Planning for Immigrant Communities Digs Deep Into Personal and Professional Stories
UEP alum (MA ’15) and local artist Cara Foster Karim is wrapping up work on an oil painting of UEP’s HQ – the “Brown House” at 97… Read More »UEP Alum Cara Foster Karim Paints the Brown House
Hot off the press! Professor Hollander has a new book out this week– An Ordinary City: Planning for Growth and Decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The book… Read More »New Book by UEP Professor Justin B. Hollander, “An Ordinary City”
Community and university launching a Co-Research/Co-Education (CORE) partnership Tufts University and the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) have launched an innovative, community-based collaboration for teaching… Read More »UEP Enters 3-Year Partnership with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
On Wednesday, September 20th, Grassroots International hosted a reading and panel discussion with authors of a new book from Food First, entitled Land Justice: Re-imagining Land, Food, and the Commons in the United States. Held at the Tufts Health Sciences Campus, the event was co-sponsored in part by the Tufts Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy (UEP) program, Friedman Justice League, and Friedman Student Council. Current UEP/AFE dual degree student Kathleen Nay reflects on what she learned.
Read More »On the Present, Past, and the Struggle for Land Justice
Tufts University was recently ranked by Planetizen as the No. 1 Planning Program without a PhD and among the Top 25 overall urban planning programs… Read More »UEP Ranked Among Top Planning Programs in Planetizen
The following post was written by UEP student Tom Nash. Sunshine Week, a nationally celebrated government transparency event held around James Madison’s birthday, usually serves… Read More »Sunshine Week offers lessons in government transparency
Many an Uber driver may say she or he enjoys the flexibility and the freedom of not having to punch in hours. They can work… Read More »Uber drivers beware! How pay structure can be hazardous to your health