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<span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">We invite you to propose a project idea for Spring 2023 UEP Field Projects. Email a brief description to Kari Hewitt at
<a href="mailto:Kari.Hewitt@tufts.edu" data-auth="NotApplicable">Kari.Hewitt@tufts.edu</a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif; color:black"> by Friday, September 9, 2022. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">Each spring, first-year master's students in the </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E" class="elementToProof"><a href="http://as.tufts.edu/uep/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tufts
Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"> (UEP) must complete the Field Projects course, where students work in teams of
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">Field Projects integrate theory and practice by providing graduate students with the opportunity to work on real-world challenges with government,
nonprofit, community, and private sector partners. Attached is a brief description of the Field Projects program and what to expect as a project host. We are looking to develop approximately 12 projects for next spring. Though Tufts expects to be fully in-person
this year, we ask hosts to propose projects that have some flexibility for remote work should public health conditions be an issue in the spring.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E" class="elementToProof"><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">To submit a project idea, </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"><b>please
email a brief (half-page to a page) description by Friday, September 9, 2022</b></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"> to Kari Hewitt (</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E" class="elementToProof"><a href="mailto:kari.hewitt@tufs.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">kari.hewitt@tufs.edu</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">).
After we review these project ideas, we will select 12-15 organizations with whom we will work more intensively to develop full project proposals by the end of October. Even if you have submitted a proposal in the past that was not selected, or have been a
project host in the past, please consider proposing again!</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E" class="elementToProof"><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">We look forward to reviewing your project ideas. To see what past UEP Field Projects teams have accomplished, take a look at recent
projects, which are posted online at: </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E" class="elementToProof"><a href="https://as.tufts.edu/uep/community/field-projects" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://as.tufts.edu/uep/community/field-projects</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E" class="elementToProof"><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">Please note that we ask project hosts to
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<li style="font-family:Candara, Optima, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif;">attend a Kick-off event in November to pitch your project,
</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></li><li style="font-family:Candara, Optima, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif;">attend final presentations in early May, and
</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></li><li style="font-family:Candara, Optima, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif;">assist with reimbursables (such as travel and the printing of full-color reports) by contributing $100 - $200 depending on your
resources.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We look forward to hearing from you! Please contact Kari Hewitt (</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#201F1E"><a href="mailto:kari.hewitt@tufts.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">kari.hewitt@tufts.edu</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">)
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<p style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:11pt;margin:0px"><i><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Tufts University’s Medford Campus is located on colonized Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) and Massachusett traditional territory.</span></i></p>
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