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Smarter Cities: Traffic Control
Christos Cassandras, BU Professor and Head of the Division of Systems Engineering, talks about the future of traffic control in cities.
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Points of Departure: Justin Breton
Justin Breton (COM’10) remembers the excitement of being accepted to Boston University. He also recalls the doubt, after looking at his financial aid package, that he could afford it. The inventive public relations major ultimately prevailed, [...]with help from eBay, where he sold opportunities to invest in his future.
Read the story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/node/10991
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Pardee Distinguished Lecture by Amartya Sen- Ethics and Identity (Part 5 of 6)
Pardee Distinguished Lecture: "The Idea of Identity" by Amartya Sen on April 1, 2002.
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Pardee Distinguished Lecture by Amartya Sen- Class, Gender and Race (Part 4 of 6)
Pardee Distinguished Lecture: "Class, Gender and Race" by Amartya Sen on February 4, 2002.
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Pardee Distinguished Lecture by Amartya Sen- The Idea of Identity (Part 1 of 6)
Pardee Distinguished Lecture: "The Idea of Identity" by Amartya Sen on November 27, 2001.
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Pardee Distinguished Lecture by Amartya Sen- Identity and Culture (Part 3 of 6)
Pardee Distinguished Lecture: "Identity and Culture" by Amartya Sen on February 4, 2002.
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The Minamata Convention on Mercury
Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin (International Relations, BU) gives an account and history of The Minamata Convention on Mercury a global legally binding treaty on mercury use.The Minamata Convention is the first-ever agreement on a single element [...]and also the first global treaty governing environmental emissions in more than a decide. Watch the complete Pardee House Seminar titled The New Global Agreement on Mercury: Will It Make a Difference? here: http://www.bu.edu/pardee/mercury/
Hosted by The Pardee Center on February 25, 2013.
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Dentistry and Mercury at the Minamata Convention
Panelists Prof. Noelle Eckley Selin, (Atmospheric Chemistry, MIT) and Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin (International Relations, BU) discuss the environmental and health consequences of using mercury in dental practice as well as the role dental [...]mercury played in The Minamata Convention on Mercury. Watch the complete Pardee House Seminar titled The New Global Agreement on Mercury: Will It Make a Difference? here: http://www.bu.edu/pardee/mercury/
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The Urban Century: City States
Pardee Faculty Fellow Paul McManus, director of Boston University’s Sustainable Neighborhood Lab project, Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Nathan Phillips of the BU Earth and Environment Department, Pardee Faculty Fellow Prof. Susan Eckstein of the [...]Sociology Department, and Steven Strauss, former head of economic development strategy in New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a 2012 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University discuss city states t the Frederick S. Pardee Study for the Longer-Range Future at Boston University House Seminar "The Urban Century: Local Challenges, Global Matters†on Thursday, December 13. The entire seminar is available here: http://www.bu.edu/pardee/the-urban-century-seminar/
Hosted by The Pardee Center on December 13, 2012.
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