On Monday, September 15, 2014, the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) will host its 3rd Annual Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The event will build upon the success of the 2013 Colloquium, where nearly 150 faculty and higher education administrators from New Read more…
The Community Members’ Guide to Submitting a Community-Engaged Research Federal Grant Application was written for community-based organizations interested in community-based research partnerships with academic researchers. In addition to the guide (PDF), the web page includes an Appendix and other helpful resources. Click here to learn more!
URBAN.Boston will host a Community Networking Event on Tuesday May 20 from 5:30-7:30 PM at the Dimock Center (55 Dimock Street, Roxbury, MA 02119) Attendees will meet the academic/community partners who won URBAN.Boston’s 2013-14 seed grant competition and join members of the URBAN.Boston network in a discussion about: 1) How to Read more…
URBAN.Boston is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013-14 Collaborative Research Planning seed grants. You can learn more about the important work that these grantees will undertake at the next URBAN.Boston Community Networking Event to be held on May 20. This year’s grantees include: “Reexamining School-Family-Community Partnerships for Academic Read more…
On April 28, URBAN.Boston, in conjunction with the Center for Social Policy at UMass Boston’s McCormack Graduate School co-hosted a Stand Against Racism panel discussion drawing over seventy researchers, faculty members, students, and community members from across the Boston area. Mark Warren, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy Read more…
These collaborative research principles, as refined by members of the URBAN.Boston Node on March 19, 2014, are the output of multiple conversations among collaborative research partners. The initial ideas for these principles were generated from a brainstorming session held with URBAN.Boston and Mattapan United at the ABCD Family Service Center in October 2013. The principles were then distilled into bullet points and reviewed in planning team meetings and online forums. On January 30, 2014 Robert Jenkins (Mattapan United), Soo Hong (Wellesley College), Patricia Kruger-Henney (UMB) and Monica Garlick (UMB) met to further discuss ways to refine these principles. These changes were then discussed with URBAN.Boston Planning Team members on February 3, 2014.
Principles of collaborative research include: (more…)
URBAN.Boston will host a Stand Against Racism event on Monday, April 28th from 6-8pm in the Ryan Lounge (3rd Floor, McCormack Building, UMASS Boston). A reception will be held 6-6:30pm with the program starting at 6:30pm. This event is part of the Stand Against Racism™ movement organized by the YWCA that aims Read more…
The Office of Community Partnerships at the University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to announce the upcoming Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium to be held on April 2, 2014 from 9am-4pm at the UMass Boston Campus Center. Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium is a university-wide event designed to advance and showcase community-engaged activities at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Read more…
Big data and analytics for community-focused nonprofits can improve analytic capabilities and increase impact. However, Community-based organization needs do not match well with conventional notions of data and analytics. Decentralized model for data-driven research may be preferred, but centralized model is dominant. CBOs can articulate data needs, but are often not yet able to access relevant data easily and use data effectively. Finally, certain values maximize impact of big data and analytics. (more…)