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COP29 Degelate Panel

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.
Moungi Bawendi, Laura Steinberg, Jier Huang

Nobel Prize Winner Moungi Bawendi Draws Record Crowd

Nobel Prize winner Moungi Bawendi spoke to a record crowd in February as part of the ‘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.
delegates in front of a COP29 sign

Schiller Institute hosts COP symposium

Participants will share their climate summit experiences and takeaways.
Edson Severnini

Schiller Institute welcomes environmental economist

Edson Severnini is new Institute Professor and core faculty member.
Photo-illustration of Jier Huang with multiple molecular structures around her

Chemistry Solutions Fueled by the Sun

How BC researcher Jier Huang is using tiny molecules to help solve one of the world’s biggest problems—climate change.
KaleyUNCOP29

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.
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.
illustration of heart beat monitor

Accelerated M.P.H. degree

Global Public Health Program partners with Tufts School of Medicine.
Photon of community members in Zanzibar

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.
Welcome Sign

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.
Aerial image of CFMIP conference attendees

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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