APRIL 2024

NEWS FROM THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

WELCOME FROM LAURA J. STEINBERG

I’m excited to share several engaging activities at the Institute in the coming weeks and months. This week, our public Spring 2024 Symposium Series titled Energy, Policy, and Climate Change: Perspectives from the Social Sciences wraps up with noon-time lectures and luncheon receptions on April 23 and April 25. The week concludes with a research symposium on Food and Nutrition, organized by Biology Assistant Professor Babak Momeni and open to all interested students, faculty, and staff.

Under the aegis of Institute Professor of Climate Science and Society Yi Ming, the Institute is hosting this year’s international CFMIP (Cloud Forcing Model Intercomparison Project) Conference at Boston College in early June. We’re looking forward to welcoming leading experts from across the world, who are creating the next generation of climate models. This summer will also mark the beginning of our fourth cohort of Schiller Institute seed grant recipients.

While I’m excited for what’s ahead, I’m also grateful for what we’ve accomplished this semester. Since our last issue, we’ve hosted the inaugural UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate symposium, collaborated with the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) and Carroll School of Management (CSOM) on the second annual Eagles Sustainability Competition, and witnessed remarkable accomplishments from our Core faculty members. I invite you to read about these activities and more below.

Professor Laura J. Steinberg

Seidner Family Executive Director, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society

SYMPOSIUM SERIES: ENERGY, POLICY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES »

On Tuesday, April 23, Max Boykoff will be speaking on communicating about climate change. On Thursday, April 25, Shahzeen Attari will be speaking on decarbonization and human psychology. Learn more and register here. »

SYMPOSIUM ON FOOD AND NUTRITION »

On April 26, researchers from across campus are invited to share their expertise in the field of food and nutrition, including short presentations and posters. Share your interest here. »

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Students from the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center’s Community Advocacy and Research Engagement (CARE) Program will deliver final presentations on May 3 at 10:00 AM in Room 501.

LEAPS CONFERENCE 2024 »

LEAPS (Leveraging Environmental, Art & Policy Stakeholders) will hold a virtual event on Thursday, April 25 to advance awareness, collaboration, and transformation around policy and structural solutions to textile waste. Register here. »

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. This emerging field requires expertise in physics, chemistry, and alternative energy system design. Read more. »

Case competition gets students involved in dining sustainability »

Teams of undergraduates took part in a case competition in support of BC Dining’s efforts to reduce food waste and increase the adoption of sustainable dinnerware during the second annual Eagles Sustainability Competition. Read more. »

Highlights from first annual COP symposium »

Members of BC’s COP28 delegation shared their experiences and takeaways from the most recent COP in Dubai, along with a look ahead to COP29 in Baku (applications opening soon). Read more. »

Latest round of internal 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. Read more. »

Tian featured in multiple high impact publications

Institute Professor of Global Sustainability Hanqin Tian was a co-author on three recent papers examining and measuring greenhouse gasses and nitrogen and carbon cycles in US cropland, global lakes and reservoirs, and global forests. 

Ming contributes to precipitation-related research and climate mitigation strategies

Yi Ming co-authored an article outlining the physical science research needed to evaluate marine cloud brightening, and will serve as co-lead of NOAA’s newly formed Working Group on Precipitation. The group will meet on a monthly basis to work together on precipitation and related data, share results, and organize and coordinate activities designed to support key NOAA initiatives such as the Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge. 

Steinberg moderates panel at Clough Center symposium

Seidner Family Executive Director Laura J. Steinberg spoke about the impact of public infrastructure at the Attachment to Place symposium and moderated a panel titled Structuring Place: Power, Planning, and the Built Environment, which also featured Sociology Assistant Professor Lacee Satcher. Watch here.

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