The start of April tends to bring about a great deal of excitement with the upcoming end of the academic year and the summer months ahead. This will be a full month of activities for the Schiller Institute and our partners. In the coming weeks, we will showcase our expanding engagement with Boston’s entrepreneurial community as we host several guest speakers in partnership with the student-led Entrepreneurs for Social Impact. Our final Lunch and Learn and graduate student science colloquium of the academic year will occur this month.
Game Day festivities were the focus of the inaugural Eagles Sustainability Competition, a partnership between Schiller, CSOM and BC’s student government, where teams were tasked with making BC game days more environmentally sustainable. And, Schiller was proud to co-sponsor the 2023 American Society for Environmental History conference and Lowell Humanities speaker Kim Stanley Robinson. If you are a non-graduating undergraduate or graduate student or a faculty member (all appointment types), keep an eye out for the Call for Applications to be part of BC’s delegation to the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Students interested in applying are encouraged to attend the COP28 information session in late April.
I would also like to bring your attention to our new website. The University Communications team, led by Scott Olivieri, did a fantastic job redesigning our website.
It has been an exciting year for us at Schiller and our partners across campus. This summer, we will be reflecting on these past two semesters and actively planning for the future. Please reach out if you have ideas on how we can partner.
Professor Laura J. Steinberg
Seidner Family Executive Director, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
SO YOU WANT TO BE A CLEANTECH ENTREPRENEUR? »
On Thursday, April 13, 5-7 PM, panelists from Cleantech Open Northeast, Greentown Labs, The Engine, and SparkCharge will provide an introduction to the cleantech entrepreneurship ecosystem and key players in Boston, followed by a Q&A and an interactive activity. The panel will feature BC alum Jordan Neerhof, who is the director of Grants & Government Affairs at SparkCharge. Please register here. »
LUNCH AND LEARN: APPROACHING DATA ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES »
Join us on Thursday, April 27 at 12 PM. Theresa Betancourt’s research team will be discussing: “Unpacking broader impact of interventions: Examining spillover effects of a parenting intervention in Rwanda.” Please register here.
GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM SERIES IN THE SCIENCES
On Wednesday, April 26 at 12 PM, the final talk of the semester features Eliza Greiner, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, presenting “The neural circuitries for the control of feeding during novelty.” Please register here.
SOCIAL IMPACT ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP SERIES
Interested in making an impact? Join us on Tuesday, April 25 at 6 PM, as we host Patricio O'Donnell,VP and head of Translational Medicine at Sage Therapeutics, to learn about entrepreneurship and Sage’s commitment to improving brain health and changing how brain disorders are thought about and treated. Please register here.
Non-graduating undergraduate and graduate students interested in applying to be part of BC’s delegation to the upcoming UN Climate Conference COP28 are welcome to join us on Friday, April 28, 3–4 PM. The application process and expectations of delegates will be discussed. More information can be found on our BC@UNCOP page.
Assistant Professor of Physics Qiong Ma and Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Gregg Sparkman are among the recipients of 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships, awarded annually to leading early-career scientists in the United States and Canada by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Read more.
In Lowell Humanities Series talk co-sponsored by Schiller, the prolific
author spoke about our changing planet and his hopes for the future
before a packed audience. Read more.
Interested in making? Want to earn prizes for your creation(s)? Schiller is co sponsoring BC's first Make-a-thon from Saturday, April 15 at 10 AM to Sunday, April 16 at 3 PM! Participants will have the option to participate and compete in the following tracks: Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Developmental Technologies (DevTech), and Art. Prizes awarded to the winners of each track range from Smart Gardens to speakers. Please register by April 9 here.
The Schiller Institute co-sponsored the 2023 conference of the American
Society of Environmental History, which puts the present climate crisis
in the context of the past to understand how we got here. Read more
about this sponsorship here.
The Schiller Institute will be represented at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) conference as Dr. Laura J. Steinberg and Dr. Kim Pryor (former institute postdoctoral scholar) will present on the innovative design of 245 Beacon Street. Information on their presentation can be found here.
The Schiller Institute will be hosting a wide array of events this Spring. Read more about some of our featured events.
