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BC Delegates Share Takeaways from COP28 Conference in Schiller Symposium

Grace Sullivan • March 17, 2024

There is incremental progress made at every United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP), according to Edwin Ward, Boston College COP28 delegate and BC Law ’24.

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.

New Major Looks At Public Health Through “a Social Justice Lens”

Will Martino and Lucy Freeman • December 9, 2022

Boston College’s new global public health and the common good major will aim to prepare future graduates for the social justice issues they may face throughout their careers, according to Summer Sherburne Hawkins.

$150 Million Integrated Science Building Opens On Campus

Amy Palmer • January 20, 2022

The arrival of the highly anticipated Integrated Science Building at Boston College has attracted visitors from all over campus, which is exactly what it was made to do.

Schiller Institute Hosts Second Environmental Racism Panel

Erin Shannon • March 13, 2021

The Schiller Institute collaborated with BC’s Forum on Racial Justice in America to host an environmental racism panel on Feb. 23 over Zoom. Mizelle and two other panelists spoke about the convergence of environmental and racial issues.

Glenn Gaudette Named Inaugural Chair of BC’s Engineering Department

Ethan Raye • December 2, 2020

Gaudette, who will officially begin his role on Jan. 1, currently serves as a professor of biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Boston College Submits Blueprints for Schiller Institute

Jack Goldman • March 25, 2019

Boston College submitted an Administrative Site Plan Review Application to the Newton City Council’s Land Use Committee on March 4 which contains detailed blueprints and renderings of the proposed Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society.

Schiller Institute to Support Engineering Labs

Jack Miller • March 19, 2019

Boston College’s Provost’s Advisory Council (PAC) released the first public indication of the University’s plans to devote resources and building space to the development of engineering laboratories.

School of Social Work To Help Research Under Schiller

Madeleine Romance • October 22, 2018

“The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society provides the School of Social Work that ideal platform to reach across disciplines to define, understand, design, and test interventions,” the dean of the Boston College School of Social Work said in an email.