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Chemistry Solutions Fueled by the Sun

How 51²è¹Ý researcher Jier Huang is using tiny molecules to help solve one of the world’s biggest problems—climate 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 51²è¹Ý community through live dispatches from Baku and post-event panels and poster sessions. Read more.
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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

51²è¹Ý 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.
Jier Huang at ACS Spring 2024

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.
2024 Eagles Sustainability Competition participants

Case competition gets students involved in dining sustainability

Teams of undergraduates took part in a case competition in support of 51²è¹Ý Dining’s 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

51²è¹Ý 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
Jier Huang

Harvesting energy from CO2

51²è¹Ý scientist Jier Huang works toward launch of a sunlight-powered catalyst.
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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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Dispatches from Dubai

Faculty and students attending the COP28 U.N. Climate Change Conference briefed the 51²è¹Ý community live online
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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 51²è¹Ý Global Public Health program

51²è¹ÝSSW's Summer Sherburne Hawkins assumes the inaugural role.
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A climate for opportunity

51²è¹Ý undergrads consider careers related to climate change.
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A Wide Search for New Core Faculty Begins—With 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.
Senior Research Fellow, Javiera Garcia-Meneses, Ph.D.

Schiller’s 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’ll 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’s Collaborative Computational Research

51²è¹Ý’s 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 51²è¹Ý

Proposals for a Boston College master’s 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

51²è¹Ý hosts panel discussion on UN plastics treaty.

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