The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a new paper in its Issues in Brief series. The paper, titled “Improving Women’s Reproductive Health in India by Educating Men and Families,” was written by 2015 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow Maanasa Venkatesh. In the paper, Venkatesh argues that reproductive health care for women […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a seminar titled “Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in India” on Wednesday, April 6 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at The Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road. Prof. Sucharita Gopal of the Department of Earth & Environment (E&E) will moderate […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a seminar titled “The New Silk Roads: Will China’s Investments Enrich the World?” on Monday, March 21 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Terrace Lounge on the 2nd floor of the George Sherman Union. In late 2013, China launched the […]
A panel of experts spoke about the impact of cancer and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the developing world at a seminar on February 24 hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The seminar, titled “Cancer and NCDs in the Developing World: The Looming Crisis in Global Health,” was moderated by Pardee […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University invites you to attend its 2016 Distinguished Lecture, “Evidence-Based Policy or Policy-Based Evidence?” featuring Sir Robert Watson on Monday, April 11 from 5:00 – 6:30 pm (reception to follow) at the Metcalf Trustee Center at 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor. In […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a seminar titled “Cancer and NCDs in the Developing World: The Looming Crisis in Global Health” on Wednesday, February 24 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at the Metcalf Trustee Center at 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor. Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow […]
Prof. Bruce Anderson, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, received the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) 2016 Editor’s Award from the Journal of Climate. This award was given for his consistently outstanding and insightful reviews of […]
Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a paper released today that describes the process of developing the U.S. National Climate Indicators System (NCIS), a web-based prototype of climate indicators to track nationally-relevant climate change and its impacts over time. The paper, co-authored by Melissa Kenney, University […]
Prof. Kevin Gallagher, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was quoted in a recent Financial Times story titled “Capital controls no longer taboo as emerging markets battle flight.” In the article, Gallagher calls on policymakers to use capital controls given the unprecedented capital outflows from emerging markets […]
Application deadline: Monday, March 14, 2015 Download application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows Program, which offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the broad research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of […]