MET’s Enrique Silva Helps Organize BU Pardee Event
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Latin American Studies Program, and Initiative on Cities co-sponsored the event “Latin American Urban Experiences: Crisis, Creativity, and Renewal.”
MET Professors Coauthor BU Today Article
In “POV: Memo to Boston’s Mayor on How to Fight Inequality,” two Metropolitan College faculty members examine how Mayor Marty Walsh can keep his promises to fight inequality in Boston.
City Planning and Urban Affairs Students Plan a Sustainable Future
Assistant Professor of City Planning and Urban Affairs Enrique Silva led a graduate-level seminar called the Boston Urban Symposium in the spring of 2012. This course included collecting and analyzing background and demographic research, site feasibility and design, and writing grant and financing proposals—but the main objective of the course was to make a real difference […]
Enrique Silva Quoted on WBZ News Radio
Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and City Planning Enrique Silva was quoted in “Going No where in Boston Traffic: Winding Streets and the Big Dig,” on WBZ News Radio 1030, November 18. Read more
MET’s Enrique Silva quoted in BU Today on Menino’s new post
MET Assistant Professor of City Planning and Urban Affairs Enrique Silva was quoted in the article, referring to the IoC as a “very bold and sophisticated” initiative.
Building Sustainable, Energy-Conservative Housing
MET Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and City Planning Enrique Silva was featured in BU Today for his role in the Boston University Madison Park Housing Energy Efficiency project in Roxbury, Mass. Funded by grants from IBM and Wells Fargo, Silva joined Robert Kaufmann, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of earth and environment, […]
Silva published on the political tensions caused by public-private public works projects in Chile, 1990–2005
Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and City Planning, Enrique Silva has authored “Managing the citizen: privatized public works and the bureaucratic management of citizenship in post-authoritarian Chile, 1990–2005.”
Madison Park Housing Energy Efficiency research project marked completion of the summer phase August 20, 2013
The Boston University Madison Park Housing Energy Efficiency project joined industry partners and the Madison Park Village community in Roxbury, MA, on August 20th to celebrate the end of the summer research phase. This initial stage consisted of base-line research to understand behavior patterns related to energy consumption in the community. The group’s ultimate objective […]
Patricia W. Chadwick Fund for Professional Development
Established by alumna Patricia W. Chadwick (MET’75) in 2010, the Patricia W. Chadwick Fund for Professional Development celebrates the dedication of Metropolitan College’s faculty and staff members. The permanently endowed fund provides annual grants for professional development opportunities to one faculty and one staff member who exemplify a high level of service and commitment to […]
MET Professor Enrique Silva Oversees the Mirebalais Planning Initiative in Haiti
Metropolitan College Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and City Planning Enrique Silva is lead principal investigator on the Mirebalais Planning Initiative (MPI), a project resulting from a partnership between Boston University, the University of Massachusetts Boston, and the University of the West Indies. The $150,000 project is partially funded by a $75,000 grant from the […]