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Graduate student Vernon Walker discussed his climate justice movement, former role at the Communities Responding to Extreme Weather program, current role as Program Director at Clean Water Action, and his academic studies at Tufts.

Vernon Walker is featured on a podcast produced by Clean Water Action. The podcast focuses on his climate justice work.

A new story on UEP Professor Penn Loh's Practical Visionaries blog shares the history of community organizing that led to the formation of the East Boston Neighborhood Trust.

UEP faculty member, Aggeliki Barberopoulou got interviewed by the Our Opinions are Correct Podcast. The interview explored her work and experience researching earthquakes and tsunamis and related impacts on lakes, rivers and even creeks.

On January 26th, UEP’s Racial Equity in Policy and Planning program (REPP) hosted the inaugural Winter Workshops, bringing together a diverse group of 60+ students, faculty, staff, alumni, and practitioners.

Penn Loh, UEP faculty member and Chair of the board of Hyams Foundation had an article published in Nonprofit Quarterly on How Foundations Can Co-Create Movement Infrastructure.

UEP Faculty member Sumeeta Srinivasan is an author of the recently published paper Traffic Exposure and Breast Cancer Mortality by Area of Residence: Incorporating Clinical and Socioeconomic Data.

Save the Date! We invite you to a celebration of 50 Years of UEP on April 6, 2024. We look forward to seeing alumni, faculty, students and friends attend this special event!

Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, and Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.