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February 2023

WELCOME FROM LAURA J. STEINBERG

Professor Laura J. Steinberg

Welcome to the first SchillerNow issue of 2023. At this time last year we had just completed moving into 245 Beacon Street. Since then, the Schiller Institute has launched new programs and courses, and we have hired three exceptional Core faculty. You met the first two last semester. We are excited to welcome our third Core faculty member, chemist Jier Huang, who is featured in this issue. Now that a couple of months has passed since COP27, some of our delegates are sharing how attending that prominent global policymaking event is shaping their scholarly work and their professional paths.

While we are delivering a range of initiatives and our Core faculty is producing impactful research, we have increased our commitment to funding promising work of faculty across BC. We are continuing the popular SI-GECS program and have introduced a new grant program, SI-RITEA, which encourages external partnerships and research in the Global South. Faculty should review the deadlines and criteria included in the News for the Schiller Community below.

Faculty, students, staff, and partners beyond campus, I hope to see you at a Schiller event in the near future. We have included a handful of our upcoming events in the following sections.

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Professor Laura J. Steinberg
Seidner Family Executive Director, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society

Upcoming Events

Faculty Social Hours

One thing we’ve learned is even with BC’s close-knit campus community, many faculty across BC’s schools look forward to faculty events aimed at facilitating connection and collaboration. In response, we are offering three more of Schiller’s popular faculty mixers from 4-6 p.m. on Monday, February 20, Wednesday, March 1 and Tuesday, April 4. Please .

Eagles Sustainability Competition


he Schiller Institute, Carroll School, and Winston Center, in partnership with the UGBC's environmental and sustainability division, announce the Eagles Sustainability Competition. Register by February 20 to compete in teams for $5,000 in cash prizes. More details can be found .

Kim Stanley Robinson

THE FUTURE OF CLIMATE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

As part of BC's Lowell Humanities Series, Schiller is co-sponsoring a “public talk featuring acclaimed science fiction author, Kim Stanley Robinson. On Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100, he will be presenting: The Future of Climate, Technology, and Society.â€

BC COP27 delegate Hilary Nwainya

COP EVENTS

BC’s delegation to the UN’s COP27 climate change conference is leading several programs to share its insights. The first two events will be: Friday, February 24, 12-1 p.m. (student panel) and Monday, March 20, 4:30-6 p.m. (faculty panel). To learn more, check out the BC@UNCOP page.

Faculty Lunch and Learn Series

FACULTY LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES

Join us for a new lunchtime seminar series for faculty and graduate students aimed at sharing methodological approaches and building collaborative, data-focused teams. Topics will include web scraping,  geo-based data, and implementation science. More information can be found here.  

News and Features from the Schiller Institute

Illustration of a globe with a medical monitor line across it

New major in Global Public Health and the Common Good

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

Jier Huang Advising a Graduate Student

Expert On The Cutting Edge of Solar Power Development Arrives at ºÚÁϹÙÍø College

The Schiller Institute is thrilled to welcome its newest Core faculty member, Jier Huang.

BC and SACRU Delegates at COP27

COP27 Opened Eyes and Minds of BC Delegation

How has the experience of attending COP27 affected the scholarly work and professional paths of the BC dlegates who had the opportunity to participate in this highly influencial global policymaking conference?

Student Sustainability Competitions

Schiller Support for Student Sustainability Competitions

Beginning in Fall 2022, Schiller began supporting student sustainability case competitions. In the spring of 2023, Schiller is expanding this week supporting BC student sustainability competitions.

News for the Schiller Community

Faculty Grants Maria Pineros Leano

The Schiller Institute is excited to announce a new internal grants program: grants for Research in Targeted and Emerging Areas (SI-RITEA). The SI-RITEA program joins the Institute’s existing SI-GECS program. Proposals for both programs are due on February 27. More information and application instructions can be found on the Schiller Institute website.

Jesuit Refugee Service Cambodia - Siem Reap, Cambodia

Schiller is offering a new course. Working for and with Communities: Community Engaged and Project Based Learning for the Common Good involves weekly interdisciplinary class meetings through the spring learning about community engagement, leadership, intercultural awareness, global inequity, design thinking, and project management. In the summer, students will travel to Siem Reap, Cambodia to work with and for communities in that area on sustainability-based projects.

IECP seminar Catalina Rey-Guerra and Henrik Zachrisson

The Institute of Early Childhood Policy is hosting a seminar: Do more hours in center-based care cause more externalizing problems? Findings from a cross-national replication study presented by Catalina Rey-Guerra and Henrik Zachrisson. This seminar will occur on Monday, February 27, 3-4:30 p.m. in the Schiller Convening Space (245 Beacon St, Room 501).

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Schiller Institute will be hosting a wide array of events this Spring. Read more about some of our featured events.

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