2022 Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize Winners Announced

Boston University has awarded the second annual Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize to Olivia Henning (Environmental Analysis and Policy, CAS ’22) and Lucia Vilallonga (Statistics and Computer Science, CAS ’22) for their research on quantifying BU employee air travel emissions.

The Prize, which includes a financial gift to the winners, is awarded annually to the student or team of students involved in a project through BU’s Campus Climate Lab that is judged to have the most substantial impact on advancing the goals of BU’s Climate Action Plan.

The award is named in honor of the late Prof. Tony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future from 2013-2019. Tony chaired the 2017 Climate Action Plan Task Force, which led to the creation of the University-wide Climate Action Plan and the Campus Climate Lab. His leadership in the development and early implementation of the Plan inspired this award as a way to memorialize him and those important efforts.

Contributions to the Prize fund can be made here.