Applications for the Initiative on Cities (IOC) 2025–2026 Menino Fellowship with the National League of Cities (NLC) are now open and due May 19, 2025. The Menino Fellowship provides one Boston University undergraduate student with the opportunity to explore an interest in public service, city-level programs and policies, and municipal leadership on behalf of children, […]
The Menino Fellowship has been an amazing experience and widened my perspective on the work done by municipal leaders across the country. During the 2023-2024 school year, I was a senior finishing my degree in International Relations. I hadn’t taken any classes in urban policy before, so the research that I did during the course […]
Amie Thomas (GRS’24) was the 2024 Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Summer Fellow. Interested in this fellowship? Click here to learn more about our summer internship & fellowship offerings. Like many forward-thinking students, come the end of the fall semester, I needed to decide on what my plans for the summer would be. With […]
We are excited to announce Kathya Correa Almanza (CAS’25) as the 2024–2025 Boston University Initiative on Cities Menino Fellow in partnership with the National League of Cities (NLC). During the fall semester, Kathya will conduct a directed study under the supervision of IOC Director Loretta Lees, evaluating the Boston Public School system and its policies related […]
The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is happy to announce Amie Thomas (GRS Statistical Practice) has been selected as this year’s City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) Fellow. This fellow will have the opportunity to explore an interest in public service and civic innovation while positively impacting the surrounding community. The MONUM […]
Applications for the Initiative on Cities (IOC) 2024–2025 Menino Fellowship with the National League of Cities (NLC) are now open and due May 19, 2024. The Menino Fellowship provides one Boston University undergraduate student with the opportunity to explore an interest in public service, city-level programs and policies, and municipal leadership on behalf of children, […]
I had a fantastic experience being the 2022–2023 National League of Cities Menino Fellow. I went in with a summer’s experience from another IOC Fellowship, half of an economics degree, and scattered convictions about cities. I’m leaving as a staunch urbanist after exploring those convictions and finding names for the ones that made sense by […]
Destiny Perkins (Pardee’25) was our summer 2023 Boston Equity & Inclusion Cabinet Intern. Interested in this internship? Click here to learn more about our summer internship & fellowship offerings. I spent this past summer in the City of Boston’s Office for Equity and Inclusion as a Racial Justice Fellow with Lori Nelson’s Racial Justice Office. […]
Zakaria Elkawa (CAS’24, Pardee’24) was our summer 2023 Climate Ready Boston Intern. Interested in this internship? Click here to learn more about our summer internship & fellowship offerings. During my internship with the City of Boston Climate Ready Team, I found that Boston is moving in the right direction in leading the charge of urban-based climate […]
Andrea Catania (MET’24) was our summer 2023 Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) Fellow. Interested in this fellowship? Click here to learn more about our summer internship & fellowship offerings. In December 2022, I initially scrolled by a summer job posting for something called “the New Urban Mechanics,” believing it was probably meant for engineers […]