Category: 2016

Janetos Hosting Session at GFOI and GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Science Meeting

Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is participating in a meeting hosted by the Global Observations of Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) and the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) in the Netherlands from October 31 through November 4, 2016. The objective of the GFOI and GOFC-GOLD […]

Janetos to Chair University’s Climate Action Plan Task Force

Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been chosen to chair Boston University’s Climate Action Plan Task Force. The announcement of Prof. Janetos’ appointment to lead this year-long effort was made in a university-wide email from President Robert A. Brown on October 31. President […]

Upcoming Event: Capitalizing on BU’s Cross-Discipline Research Centers

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend the Boston University Research event, “Home Away from Home: Capitalizing on BU’s Cross-Discipline Research Centers” on Monday, October 31 from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the Photonics Colloquium Room. Boston University is home to 13 University-level centers and institutes, […]

Pamela Templer’s Climate Change Research Featured on VICE

Pamela Templer, an Associate Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was featured on a segment of VICE News Tonight that aired on HBO on October 14, 2016. The segment highlighted Prof. Templer’s Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE) at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in […]

Pardee Center Hosts Seminar on Conservation in Urban and Suburban Landscapes

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a seminar titled “Conservation in Urban and Suburban Landscapes: What Does Nature Mean?” on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The seminar, which was moderated by Pardee Center post-doctoral associate John Patrick Connors, featured a discussion with David Stainbrook, a Deer/Moose biologist at the Massachusetts Division of […]

Upcoming Event: “Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health”

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host an event titled “Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health” on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Metcalf Trustee Center at One Silber Way. Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos will moderate a panel discussion following a keynote […]

Information Session for 2017 Graduate Summer Fellows Program

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites Boston University graduate students interested in applying for our 2017 Graduate Summer Fellows program to an information session at the Pardee House, 67 Bay State Road, on Tuesday, November 1 from 5:00-6:00 pm. Seating is limited and advance registration is required by Friday, October 28. […]

Upcoming Seminar: Conservation in Urban and Suburban Landscapes: What Does Nature Mean?

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar, “Conservation in Urban and Suburban Landscapes: What Does Nature Mean?” The seminar will be held at the Pardee Center at 67 Bay State Road on Thursday October 20, 2016 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (lunch will be […]

Faculty Research Fellow Richard Primack to Deliver University Lecture

Richard Primack, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, will deliver the University Lecture on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Tsai Performance Center. The lecture is titled “Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods,” based on his […]

Janetos, Delina to Guest Edit Special Journal Issue on ‘Energy and the Future’

Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and post-doctoral associate Laurence Delina will guest edit a special issue of Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) on ‘Energy and the Future’ to be published in October 2017. The special issue seeks a collection of interdisciplinary papers that explore the […]