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2026 City Planning and Urban Affairs Graduates
Congratulations to our 2026 graduates! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors. We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished! January 2026 Gottlieb Jicha, MSUA Katherine Kelly, MSUA Camille Platt, MCP May 2026 Mariam Addish, MSUA Jennifer Balasus, MSUA Gabrielle Brewer, MSUA Kate Durant, MSUA Yvenel Elisnord, MSUA Katherine George, MSUA James Mazarakis, MSCP Shelbie McCormack, More
CPUA Transit Policy Lecturer Terrance Regan Predicts Major Overhaul for Storrow Drive in Next Decade
Terrance Regan, a lecturer in Metropolitan College’s City Planning & Urban Affairs programs specializing in transportation and transit policy, recently joined WBUR’s Morning Edition to discuss the state of roads, bridges, tunnels, and subway stations in and around Boston, now and in the years to come. His prediction? Bumpy roads are... More
Mass. Transportation Boss Joins Initiative on Cities to Chat Transit with City Planning & Urban Affairs Students
Just how does public transit enrich a city? On Thursday, March 5, the Metropolitan College City Planning & Urban Affairs (CPUA) programs, the BU Initiative on Cities, and the student-run Urban Planning Association hosted Phil Eng—MBTA general manager and interim Massachusetts secretary of transportation—for a lively “fireside” conversation that sought... More
CPUA Lecturer Tells CNBC New York City’s Mamdani has ‘A Lot of Tools’ to Turn Parking Policies into Revenue
New York City is under new leadership, after the 2025 election of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and that means there is the opportunity for new ideas to power the city’s solutions. One age-old challenge, an inflated city budget, has brought renewed energy to the conversation around the city’s parking policy, which... More
MBTA Mapmaking in Focus Thanks to City Planning & Urban Affairs, Initiative on Cities
On Monday, October 27, the BU Metropolitan College City Planning & Urban Affairs (CPUA) program and BU Initiative on Cities hosted a pair of visitors sure to excite budding cartographers and public transit devotees curious as to just who it is that behind one of Boston’s most famous legends. For more... More
2025 City Planning and Urban Affairs Graduates
Congratulations to our 2025 graduates! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors. We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished! January 2025 Qinmei Chen, MCP Dayton Collins, MCP Javed Khoso, MUA Austin Smith, MCP May 2025 Musaed Alrahaili, MSUA Lindsay Bochna, MSUA Teddy Campbell, MCP Brian Clinghan, MCP Elizabeth Fay, MUA Ben Gately, MSUA William Herring, More
CPUA Instructor Publishes a Book
Our CPUA instructor, James O'Connell's most recent book, Boston and the Making of a Global City, will be released on July 25th. The book pulls together scholarship, media stories, personal interviews, and city planning documents to tell the story of Boston’s historical trajectory, as it quickly became a competitive global... More
City Planning & Urban Affairs Lecturer Puts Boston’s Economic Future, Challenges Under the Microscope
As students in BU MET’s City Planning & Urban Affairs (CPUA) programs know, a city is like a living organism—there are some signs that reveal themselves when it is healthy and others that manifest when it’s under duress. James O’Connell, a part-time lecturer in the CPUA program, has been observing... More
2025 Capstone Course Project: Vision Plan – Gillette 31-Acre Site
Our Spring 2025 Capstone course MetroBridge project focused on developing a vision plan for two local clients: the Fort Point Neighborhood Association (FPNA) and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA). This initiative built upon the Gillette project undertaken in the Fall 2024 Research and Evaluation Methods course. Project Background The Gillette South... More
CPUA Program Director and BU Instructional Designer Win Award for GIS and Spatial Analysis Course
Our Program Director, Dr. Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, was awarded the Anthology Exemplary Course Program Award along with Boston University Instructional Designer, Ye Liu, for their work on the MET UA 654 (now MET UA 598) GIS and Spatial Analysis course. The Exemplary Course Program award recognizes the excellence in course design... More