<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Are you looking to the get a Ph.D. in an interdisciplinary
graduate program that focuses on urban environmental challenges? Consider
applying to the Boston University Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience and
Environmental Health (BU URBAN), an NSF-funded research traineeship (NRT) that
trains Ph.D. students to address urban environmental challenges. This NRT
program trains Ph.D. students using an interdisciplinary approach that fuses
Biogeoscience and Environmental Health, with an emphasis on data analysis,
field research methods, and engagement and communication with policy makers,
the private sector, and the broader community.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Trainees design research projects whose results are scientifically
transformative and useful for decision-makers. Research topics include, but are
not limited to, assessments of greenhouse gas fluxes, evaluation of air and
water pollution, and understanding the threats to human health from urban heat
waves or other extreme weather events. Trainees participate in workshops
focused on science communication, research methods, and city governance and
conduct internships with government offices, non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and/or the private sector.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Participating faculty from the Biogeoscience Program (Departments
of Biology and Earth & Environment) have expertise in biogeochemistry in
terrestrial and aquatic systems, microbial and plant ecology, hydrology,
geomorphology,<span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_6104496765758966454spelle">biogeophysics</span>, and remote sensing. Participating faculty
from the Department of Environmental Health have expertise in epidemiology,
exposure science, risk assessment, and toxicology, with applications that span
air pollution and climate change, chemicals in soil, water and food, as well as
non-chemical hazards such as noise, heat, and social stressors.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">If you are interested in applying, apply to one of the
participating departments: Biology, Earth and Environment, Environmental
Health, or Mathematics and Statistics, and mention your interest in the BU
URBAN program. Please see<span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="m_6104496765758966454MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://sites.bu.edu/urban/apply/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">http://sites.bu.edu/urban/apply/</span></a></span><span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">for more information.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Contact Laura Schifman (Program Manager;<span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Schifman@bu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">Schifman@bu.edu</span></a>) or Pamela<span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_6104496765758966454spelle">Templer</span><span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"> </span>(Program Director) with any questions.<span class="m_6104496765758966454apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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