News Archive - Schiller Institute

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A Wide Search for New Core Faculty Begins—With A Focus on Health

The Schiller Institute is looking for three new people to join its team. Two will be scientists who study the effects of the changing climate on health. The third will be a social scientist.

Engineering faculty member receives NSF CAREER Award

Grant will support her work promoting fluency in engineering and tech among among underserved youth.

BC project seeks to empower low-income youths

NSF-supported BC project is designed to empower low-income youth.

Influential scientists

BC researchers David Broido and Hanqin Tian are among 2022’s Highly Cited Researchers.

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Community Engaged Course Hones Students’ Intercultural Aptitude

A new Schiller class sees students work with residents in Cambodia to solve local eco-related problems. Students will develop community-identified projects and learn how to build partnerships with people of different cultures.

Lowell Humanities Series begins

Seven distinguished individuals will address a broad range of topics this semester.

Two BC faculty members named Sloan Research Fellows

Assistant Professors Qiong Ma and Gregg Sparkman each receive one of the most prestigious awards for young scientists.

A world of conversation

A portal sparks real-time global discussions for visitors to BC's McMullen Museum.

Influential scientists

BC researchers David Broido and Hanqin Tian are among 2022’s Highly Cited Researchers.

NISS Gold Honor Medal

Global Public Health Program Director Prof. Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., is recognized by the National Institute of Social Sciences.

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New major in Global Public Health and the Common Good

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

Lowell Humanities Series begins

Seven distinguished individuals will address a broad range of topics this semester.

BC group headed to COP27

A delegation of faculty and students will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt.

245 Beacon Street celebration

Nobel laureate Paul Romer keynotes an event to formally open BC’s new integrated science building.

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Study will explore vaccine hesitancy

Faculty at BC School of Social Work and Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health aim to address the issue among Latinx people with mental illness.

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<p>Children and Natural Disasters</p>

<p>As catastrophic events become more frequent, BC's Betty Lai is researching how to promote recovery and resilience in children.</p>

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BC researchers to test trauma interventions

BC School of Social Work initiative focuses on millions affected by violence and upheaval in Colombia and Venezuela.

First Institute Professors

Prominent climate scientists Yi Ming and Hanqin Tian are the first Institute Professors of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society.

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Schiller Institute grants

Awards will support collaborate research projects by faculty and researchers across the University.

New endowed chairholder

The Connell School's Christopher S. Lee is named to the Barry Family/Goldman Sachs Endowed Professorship in Nursing.

Boston College to partner on study of hazards from plastics

An international team will survey health risks posed across the continuum of plastic production, use, and disposal.

BC School of Social Work study evaluates senior job training program

The nation's only federal work-based job training program for older, low-income adults provides important physical and mental health benefits as well as financial support, study finds.

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The power of positive peer pressure

An interdisciplinary team of Boston College researchers will explore how social norms can be leveraged to promote virtuous behavior.

ASA Dissertation Award

The American Sociologial Association honors Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies Lacee Satcher.

ACM award for BC computer science professor

Associate Professor Jean-Baptiste Tristan is recognized for groundbreaking work that impacts everyday users of technology.

BC welcomes new faculty

A 'diverse, accomplished' cohort of 63 full-time faculty members joins the University this academic year,

BC physicists win CAREER awards

Assistant Professors Qiong Ma and Benedetta Flebus are recognized by the National Science Foundation.f

Air pollution’s deadly toll in Massachusetts

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts.

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Simulated WHO session

BC undergrads take part in negotiations surrounding the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 response.

Lessons learned at COP26

Boston College attendees at the U.N. Climate Change Conference reflect on takeaways and the road from here.

Culturally responsive care

BC School of Social Work researcher explores how racism and sexism hamper interventions to improve mental health, especially in young people.

Building connections

BC's Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society—a much-anticipated locus of interdisciplinary work—is developing its first initiatives.

Schiller Institute awards inaugural grants

Fifteen grants will support collaborative projects by faculty and researchers from across Boston College.

Exploring the intersection of art and science

A $300,000 NSF grant will allow Boston College physicist Andrzej Herczynski to continue studying how 'seemingly disparate disciplines' connect.

BC hosts ImpACCt Design Summit

Competition for students from Boston College and other ACC schools involved application of design thinking.