Reposted by Samina RajaPresident Caroline Attardo Genco | University at Buffalo @ubpresident.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I enjoyed getting to know some of #UBuffalo’s newest SUNY Distinguished faculty & librarians & learning about their research & contributions to UB. Leaders in their scholarly fields, they elevate UB & challenge our students to discover their potential through their teaching & mentorship. 043
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Graduate students at the @ubuffalo.bsky.social completed a food system assessment of Erie County, and made their final presentation today to a packed room of county officials, staff, and the public at large. Keep an eye out for their report "Feeding Prosperity." 010
Reposted by Samina RajaNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/05/2026Nature’s careers team spoke to eight tenured faculty members about how they pulled together their tenure package as advice for those who are going through the process now. #Academicsky 🧪go.nature.comA step-by-step guide to nailing your tenure promotion packageIt’s an important milestone in many academic careers, yet the tenure process is surprisingly nebulous. Here’s what it takes to succeed. 0203
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Political, administrative, & social violence resulted in the ultimate health injustice: Preventable death of Mr. Nurul Amin Shah Alam. After 15 months as a refugee in the USA, 12 months wrongfully incarcerated, Shah Alam was "let die" in Buffalo, NY. Call for action by researchers and community.docs.google.comCalltoAction_ShahAlamSocial, political, and administrative violence results in the death of Mr. Nurul Amin Shah Alam Call to Action Please donate to the family-approved GoFundMe page Click this link to sign the call to ... 020
Reposted by Samina RajaInvestigative Post @ipostnews.bsky.social · 26/02/2026NEW: Congressional leaders & others are calling for investigations into Border Patrol following the death of Nurul Shah Alam, a refugee left by agents at a coffee shop. Shah Alam, nearly-blind, was left to wander the city. He died Tuesday. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/c... 0107
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 30/01/2026📣 Call to join our Data Justice for Food Justice Learning Circle! Fill out our interest form by February 13th. lnkd.in/g-nnmcBrlnkd.inInterest Form: Data Justice for Food Justice Learning CircleThe Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab at the University at Buffalo, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and convening support from the American Planning Association Fo... 011
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Call for abstracts! ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK FOR CRITICAL FOOD SYSTEMS PLANNING. Details available at: www.linkedin.com/pulse/routle... 141
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 08/11/2025NY state to provide full SNAP benefits in November, according to @governor.ny.gov 000
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 31/10/2025How might we inagine planning as public nurturance? This is the question that my colleagues and I explore in a new(ish) book. If you are interested, join a conversation at 12:20 PM EST. In person (Cornell University) and zoom. Join in! aap.cornell.edu/news-events/... 000
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Are you interested in a conversation about urban planning and urban agriculture? Join me on Oct 31 in Ithaca, NY. aap.cornell.edu/news-events/...aap.cornell.eduSamina Raja: Planning [for Urban Agriculture] as Public Nurturance | Cornell AAPSamina Raja presents a care-centered approach from her book Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture that empowers marginalized communities to codesign equitable food and planning systems. 021
Reposted by Samina RajaDanielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · 19/08/2025POCIG is preparing our annual collection of CVs from people of color seeking teaching and faculty positions in planning. The deadline for 2025-2026 is Friday, September 12, 2025. More information on CV formatting and submission can be found on ACSP's website here: www.acsp.org/news/679862/...acsp.orgNow Accepting Submissions for the POCIG 2025 Resume-CV Book - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Inc.The deadline for submissions for 2025-2026 is Friday, September 12, 2025. Please distribute this call widely. 143
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Community forum on food with Mayoral candidates is underway. [Where is candidate Scanlon?] 000
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Tonight in Buffalo! A community forum with prospective mayoral candidates to hear how they are thinking about the city's food system. Join, learn, and caste an informed vote. 000
Reposted by Samina RajaSamina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 10/12/2024ICYMI. Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Authors examine how the confluence of weak planning, militarism, and political misgovernance imperils food sovereignty in the conflict city of Srinagar. Open access.tandfonline.comPlanning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict CitiesProtracted political conflicts disrupt people's lives, including their ability to feed themselves. Urban planning, operating within the ambit of the state, impacts food systems in conflict cities. ... 122
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Colleagues in my network: SciENcv is not opening for me. Is anyone else having this problem? 000
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 12/12/2024ICYMI. The Growing Food Connections Project hosts a free, searchable database of local government policies and plans (in the US) focused on community food systems. Enjoy! growingfoodconnections.org/tools-resour...growingfoodconnections.orgLocal Government Food Policy Database | Growing Food Connections 000
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I did not pay anyone at Planners Magazine to write this: Fungus is the Future. 010
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 10/12/2024ICYMI. Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Authors examine how the confluence of weak planning, militarism, and political misgovernance imperils food sovereignty in the conflict city of Srinagar. Open access.tandfonline.comPlanning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict CitiesProtracted political conflicts disrupt people's lives, including their ability to feed themselves. Urban planning, operating within the ambit of the state, impacts food systems in conflict cities. ... 122
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 19/11/2024In city planning, context ought to be foreground, not background. Here are six essays in @planningtheory.bsky.social wrestling with context. My essay deals with the city fo Srinagar in Kashmir. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Open access.tandfonline.comWrestling with ContextPublished in Planning Theory & Practice (Vol. 24, No. 4, 2023) 0113
Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Fifty+ authors wrote a book arguing for a more equitable and just municipal policy landscape for urban agriculture in US cities (in honor of Jerry Kaufman). The concluding chapter argues for "planning as an act of public nurturance". The book is open access. Enjoy! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comPlanning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United StatesThis book examines the opportunities and pitfalls of planning for urban agriculture in the United States with a focus on ethics and equity in city building. This is an open access book. This is an op... 061
Reposted by Samina RajaClimate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 26/07/2024UB's Food Lab partners with prominent Kashmiri poet Zareef Ahmad Zareef to celebrate an important Indigenous green called haak – University of Buffalo | #Indigenous #Food | MORE at EcoSearch 011
Reposted by Samina RajaThe White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 30/10/2024We've published a new fast track article in 'Plant Perspectives', by Alissa Ujie Diamond on 'Entangled Genealogies: Mulberries, Production of Racial Categories, and Land Development in Central Virginia'; online here: doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... @plantpjournal 177