City Design + Development Lecture Series

Fall Lecture Series

Fall Lecture Series

Please join us this fall for a lecture series co-hosted with the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP).

This series was organized by David Gamble, Lecturer in Urban Design, DUSP.

Dates:

  • September 22, 2025 - Housing Affordability
    • Tamara Roy, Principal at Stantec and Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
    • Respondent: Larry Vale
  • September 29, 2025 - Social Resiliency
    • Rosalyn Negron, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
    • Respondent: Karilyn Crockett
  • October 6, 2025 - Industrial Integration
    • Marie Law Adams + Dan Adams, Principals at Landing Studio and Professors at Northeastern University
    • Respondent: Eran Ben-Joseph
  • October 20, 2025 - Public Art
    • Kate Gilbert, Executive Director of the Boston Public Art Triennial
    • Respondent: Garnette Cadogan
  • October 27, 2025 - Zoning 3.0
    • Matthew Kiefer, Lecturer in Real Estate at Harvard Graduate School of Design and Attorney at Goulston & Storrs
    • Respondent: Sarah Williams
  • November 3, 2025 - Public Health
    • Maria Pilar Botana Martinez, Boston University School of Public Health
    • Respondent: Mariana Arcaya and Holly Samuelson
  • November 17, 2025 - Mobility Metrics
    • Alice Brown, Director of Environmental Quality at the City of Boston
    • Michelle Danika, Director of Engineering Operations at Toole Design North America
    • Respondent: Chris Zegras
  • November 24, 2025 - Economic Equality
    • Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO Embrace/King Boston
    • Marie-Frances Rivera, Founder and Principal at Adoro Consulting
    • Respondent: Ceasar McDowell