BRANDING: A New Look

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A New Look As you can see, Noise and the City is currently under construction as we gear up to launch our new Community Noise Lab. Embracing these necessary changes was a bit more difficult than expected. For example, getting rid the animated turtle was the hardest as the patron saint of slowly but surely…
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TIMELINE: 2015-Present

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By Dr. Erica Walker Noise and the City is a little over three years old! When looking back through old Noise and the City blog posts, I am reminded of all that has ebbed and flowed over the years—both personally and professionally. I failed. I graduated. I lost loves of my life. I gained insight.…
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PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

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Image Credit Julio Cesar Roman It has been a whirlwind here at Noise in the City. My father passed away just before Christmas last year and I had to somehow muster the energy to grieve, defend, and graduate. These past six months have been a test in resilience and determination. I finished up my doctorate…
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Greater Boston Neighborhood Noise Report Card: Sneak Peak!

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We are busy putting together Greater Boston’s first ever noise report card and despite more all-nighters than I care to count, it is slowly coming together. When I first started here at Harvard, a mentor I admire tremendously told me to start a journal, documenting all of my dreams and questions and goals. He warned…
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Noise Survey: We Are Going National!

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Last fall, the Greater Boston Neighborhood Noise Survey was launched to gather a better understanding of urban residents’ responses to environmental noise. As a researcher, it was very important that my research extended beyond the ivory tower and directly reached the communities in which I operated.  The first Greater Boston Neighborhood Noise Report Card will…
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One Year Anniversary!

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A year ago today, I was sitting in a coffee shop nervously scanning my noise monitoring site location maps, unsure of exactly how I was going to bike to and measure noise at every single one of those red dots staring back at me. After two cups of coffee (and a muffin, and a cookie…
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Welcome to Community Sound Portraits!

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Our inaugural Community Sound Portrait is special in so many ways. Not only do firsts set the tone for what is to come, they represent the point of no return. As I sat down with Julio to finalize our first portrait, we both looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity–not really saying…
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The Man Behind the Scenes

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Julio Cesar Roman, local artist and web designer, designing one of the Sound Portraits blogs, which will be opened to the public to view June 2016. We had another photoshoot today in Chinatown–one of the loudest areas in the city. Once you have a chance to read and listen to this sound portrait, you will…
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