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Global methane surge

BC researchers say waterways and agriculture contributed to the unprecedented rise.

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Interim leadership for Schiller Institute

Vanderslice Professor of Chemistry Dunwei Wang is named interim Seidner Family Executive Director.

Laudato Si鈥檚 Integral Ecology Honored at Schiller-hosted side event at COP30

The Schiller Institute led an international collaboration of environmental initiatives in organizing a panel event to elaborate on principles of Integral Ecology. It was one of three panels hosted by the Schiller Institute at COP 30 in Brazil.

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Making the Complex Clear: Why Climate Reveal is the Conversation We Need Right Now

The climate crisis is multi-faceted and addressing it requires insights from across the disciplines. Climate Reveal is a podcast delivering authoritative climate conversations that brings expert information and perspectives to a wider audience. Learn more about the series from the collaborators David Deese, Research Professor in Political Science and a long-time Schiller faculty collaborator, and Chris Citorik as they discuss the series鈥� creation. Season one is available now; Season two premieres February 2, 2026.

Bringing Together Journalists and Researchers

Bringing Together Journalists and Researchers鈥攊n Boston and Berlin鈥攖o Tell the Climate Story

A new Schiller initiative brings together scientists and reporters to encourage collaboration and improve science literacy. So does an annual 鈥渃ommunication lab鈥� at Berlin鈥檚 Humboldt University, which SchillerNow鈥檚 writer recently attended.

鈥淐limate Is Every Story鈥� Series Links Research and Reporting to Bolster Climate Journalism

Academics uncover key findings about climate change but lack the reach to share them, while journalists have a platform but often need hard data. As the climate crisis grows more urgent, the Schiller Institute and Journalism and Environmental Studies programs are helping to bridge this gap to strengthen storytelling through a new event series sponsored by the Institute of Liberal Arts, 鈥淐limate Is Every Story.鈥�

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Schiller-Funded Grants Bring BC Research to Worldwide Problems

Each year, the Schiller Institute funds pilot-scale projects that give researchers a chance to prove out their ideas before proposing them to larger audiences. These innovative projects also engage students in ways that build on and enhance their education.

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Informal Lunch Discussion Series Encourages Interdepartmental Collaboration

A new discussion series鈥攐rganized by Schiller Core faculty member, Economics professor Edson Severnini鈥攑rovides the Schiller community with opportunities to learn about the work of their colleagues over lunch.

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E&ES doctoral student receives NASA fellowship

Xinyi (Skylar) Yang's graduate project focuses on improving fire emission estimates.

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Re-writing the River: Schiller Funds an Interactive Project鈥擝uilt Largely By Students鈥擳hat Explores the Complex History of the Neponset River

To help people learn more about this significant body of water, Boston College History Professor Conevery Valencius and her student collaborators partnered with the Neponset River Watershed Association to build an interactive historical map of the river.

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BC Alum and Former US Climate Negotiator to Give Insights Through Campus-Wide Lecture

Catherine Goldberg, 鈥�16, has attended the last six COPs negotiating on behalf of the United States. She will be lecturing on campus on Oct 2 about her past as a delegate and climate action and COPs moving forward.

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Intercultural trip to Chile opens doors and eyes for students

The Schiller-led class, Working For and With Communities, brought ten students to Chile to improve the outdoor space of a community facility for people with intellectual disabilities and treated schizophrenia.

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Behind the Research With Xinyi Yang

Discover the work of Dr. Xinyi Yang, a PHD student collaborating with Schiller Institute core faculty member Hanqin Tian. Learn about her research in quantifying wildfire-related greenhouse gas emissions and about her participation in the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program.

Behind the Research With Dr. Chanil Park

Discover the work of Dr. Chanil Park, a postdoctoral researcher collaborating with Schiller Institute core faculty member Yi Ming. Learn about his research in atmospheric science, where he investigates the interactions between weather and climate processes, and about his upcoming participation in the Environmental Fellows Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Beyond Oil: The Climate Costs of Fossil Wealth in the Middle East and Central Asia

Hanqin Tian, director of the Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability (CES3), is the corresponding author of the recently published article titled 鈥淕reenhouse Gas Budgets of Central and West Asia (2000鈥�2020): A Significant Net Source to the Atmosphere." The study produced the first comprehensive greenhouse gas assessment of 24 countries across the region.

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Third annual Eagles Sustainability Competition

Interdisciplinary groups of students proposed ways to fill the gaps in BC鈥檚 sustainability culture, through the third annual Eagles Sustainability Competition. This year鈥檚 teams tailored their suggestions to the Office of Sustainability.

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COP 29 Symposium spreads word from Baku to BC community

On February 21, representatives from the BC COP29 delegation offered their impressions and lessons learned from the Baku, Azerbaijan event. The symposium featured a panel, a poster session, and a keynote speech by Esquire Henry, an internationally respected youth advocate.

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Nobel Prize Winner Moungi Bawendi Draws Record Crowd

Nobel Prize winner Moungi Bawendi spoke to a record crowd in February as part of the 鈥�24-25 Schiller Institute Distinguished Lecture Series. Philip Ciais, an influential climate change scientist, and V Balaji, a climate modeling pioneer formerly with NOAA, also spoke.

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Schiller Institute hosts COP symposium

Participants will share their climate summit experiences and takeaways.

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Schiller Institute welcomes environmental economist

Edson Severnini is new Institute Professor and core faculty member.

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Chemistry Solutions Fueled by the Sun

How BC researcher Jier Huang is using tiny molecules to help solve one of the world鈥檚 biggest problems鈥攃limate change.

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Delegates from Boston College to Attend COP 29

An interdisciplinary delegation from Boston College is attending COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Supported by the Schiller Institute, these students, faculty, and staff have prepared for the global climate conference throughout the fall semester, and will share their experiences with the greater BC community through live dispatches from Baku and post-event panels and poster sessions. Read more.

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Schiller Core faculty member leads multidisciplinary idea exchange at American Chemical Society meeting

Professor Jier Huang led a three-day symposium on how a technology known as quantum dot assemblies could improve the energy storage and generation landscape.

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Accelerated M.P.H. degree

Global Public Health Program partners with Tufts School of Medicine.

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Community engagement course brings students to Zanzibar

This summer, seven undergraduates traveled to Zanzibar for the continuation of our Working For and With Communities program, which gives students the opportunity to work alongside people around the world to explore solutions to seemingly intractable problems.

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Schiller Institute names 22 faculty to new affiliates program

The Institute has formalized its relationship with a cohort of faculty from around the university. This group of affiliated faculty will consult on programs and new hires and in return will have priority access to the state-of-the-art facilities and top-notch staff of the Schiller Institute.

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Largest meeting of international climate modeling conference held at Boston College

Climate scientists from around the world gathered at Boston College this summer to discuss clouds and cloud cover, one of the most complicated variables in predicting the course and effects of climate change.

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The global nitrous oxide budget

BC researchers lead comprehensive worldwide assessment of potent greenhouse gas.

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Latest round of seed grant winners announced

The Schiller Institute has announced its latest cohort of grant recipients in the SI-GECS and SI-RITEA programs. Learn more about the projects that will be conducted during the upcoming academic year.

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Case competition gets students involved in dining sustainability

Teams of undergraduates took part in a case competition in support of BC Dining鈥檚 efforts to reduce food waste and increase the adoption of sustainable dinnerware during the second annual Eagles Sustainability Competition.

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Across the disciplines

BC faculty and students team up for a project team up for a project targeting infant malnutrition.

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Interdisciplinary researchers tend to be more collaborative, curious, and intellectually humble

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Harvesting energy from CO2

BC scientist Jier Huang works toward launch of a sunlight-powered catalyst.

Dispatches from Dubai

Faculty and students attending the COP28 U.N. Climate Change Conference briefed the BC community live online

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Hanqin Tian to lead new Schiller Institute center

Tian will direct the Center for Earth Systems Science and Global Sustainability

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Shaky ground

Historian Conevery Bolton Valencius explores the impact of human-caused earthquakes.

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Associate director named for BC Global Public Health program

BCSSW's Summer Sherburne Hawkins assumes the inaugural role.

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A climate for opportunity

BC undergrads consider careers related to climate change.

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A Wide Search for New Core Faculty Begins鈥擶ith A Focus on Health

The Schiller Institute is looking for three new people to join its team. Two will be scientists who study the effects of the changing climate on health. The third will be a social scientist.

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Schiller鈥檚 New Senior Research Fellow Studies How Organizations Can Be More Collaborative and Community-Oriented

Schiller welcomes its new Senior Research Fellow, Javiera Garcia-Meneses, Ph.D. As a specialist in psychology and social transformations, she鈥檒l examine how interdisciplinary centers are structured and managed, and how to boost collaboration across departments.

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New Home for Schiller Institute Core Faculty鈥檚 Collaborative Computational Research

BC鈥檚 Service building has undergone significant renovations, including a state-of-the-art computational research facility designed to foster collaboration.

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Schiller-led Committee Helps Shape Future of Data Science Education at BC

Proposals for a Boston College master鈥檚 degree and a minor concentration in Data Science were refined by an interdisciplinary committee of educators, led by the Schiller Institute.

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Plastic pollution

BC hosts panel discussion on UN plastics treaty.

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A Wide Search for New Core Faculty Begins鈥擶ith A Focus on Health

The Schiller Institute is looking for three new people to join its team. Two will be scientists who study the effects of the changing climate on health. The third will be a social scientist.

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NSF CAREER award for Avneet Hira

Grant will support her work promoting fluency in engineering and tech among among underserved youth.

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Restorative gardening

NSF-supported BC project is designed to empower low-income youth.

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Influential scientists

BC researchers David Broido and Hanqin Tian are among 2022鈥檚 Highly Cited Researchers.

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Community Engaged Course Hones Students鈥� Intercultural Aptitude

A new Schiller class sees students work with residents in Cambodia to solve local eco-related problems. Students will develop community-identified projects and learn how to build partnerships with people of different cultures.

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Announcements

New major in Global Public Health and the Common Good

Highly competitive undergraduate program emphasizes both scientific and social dimensions of public health.

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NISS Gold Honor Medal

Global Public Health Program Director Prof. Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., is recognized by the National Institute of Social Sciences.

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Science, Tech & Health

BC group headed to COP27

A delegation of faculty and students will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt.

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245 Beacon Street celebration

Nobel laureate Paul Romer keynotes an event to formally open BC鈥檚 new integrated science building.

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Study will explore vaccine hesitancy

Faculty at BC School of Social Work and Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health aim to address the issue among Latinx people with mental illness.

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Kids and Disasters

As catastrophic events become more frequent, BC's Betty Lai is researching how to promote recovery and resilience in children.

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BC researchers to test trauma interventions

BC School of Social Work initiative focuses on millions affected by violence and upheaval in Colombia and Venezuela.

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Schiller Institute grants

Awards will support collaborate research projects by faculty and researchers across the University.

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BC welcomes new faculty

A 'diverse, accomplished' cohort of 63 full-time faculty members joins the University this academic year,

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BC School of Social Work study evaluates senior job training program

The nation's only federal work-based job training program for older, low-income adults provides important physical and mental health benefits as well as financial support, study finds.

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Boston College to partner on study of hazards from plastics

An international team will survey health risks posed across the continuum of plastic production, use, and disposal.

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The power of positive peer pressure

An interdisciplinary team of Boston College researchers will explore how social norms can be leveraged to promote virtuous behavior.

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Culturally responsive care

BC School of Social Work researcher explores how racism and sexism hamper interventions to improve mental health, especially in young people.

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BC hosts ImpACCt Design Summit

Competition for students from Boston College and other ACC schools involved application of design thinking.

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Science, Tech & Health

Lessons learned at COP26

Boston College attendees at the U.N. Climate Change Conference reflect on takeaways and the road from here.

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Schiller Institute awards inaugural grants

Fifteen grants will support collaborative projects by faculty and researchers from across Boston College.

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Simulated WHO session

BC undergrads take part in negotiations surrounding the World Health Organization鈥檚 COVID-19 response.

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Faculty & Staff

Building connections

BC's Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society鈥攁 much-anticipated locus of interdisciplinary work鈥攊s developing its first initiatives.

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