The Heights

Fisher Examines Co-Dependency of Democracy and Expertise

Nikita Osadchiy and Reetu Agnihotri • November 13, 2024

Expertise plays an essential role in sustaining democracy, according to Liz Fisher, professor of environmental law at Oxford University’s Corpus Christi College.

Thiede Discusses Impacts of Climate Change on Health

Kate Cugno • March 14, 2024

Recent research has demonstrated that the global impacts of climate change on human health stem from pressing systemic issues, according to Brian Thiede, associate professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography at Pennsylvania State University.

Galindez Talks Motherhood and Migration

Erin Shannon • September 28, 2020

In a lecture on Friday, María Bianco Galindez, a part-time faculty member in the School of Social Work and BCSSW ’20, drew from her research surrounding the challenges of migration to the United States and discussed the nature of being a mother while migrating and seeking refuge in today’s world.

BC Hosts Refugee Conference to Address Global Crisis

Jack Miller • October 25, 2018

“No one can dispute the importance of national security, but there needs to be a balanced approach looking at our national interest and our humane obligations,” said David Phillips, director of the peace-building and rights program at Columbia University.

No Translation

Dave Connors • February 22, 2015

Migration was no longer an abstraction. It was nothing to be conceptualized and analyzed in some ivory tower. It was this woman’s, these people’s reality.