Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Cutler Cleveland, Professor in Boston University’s Department of Geography and Environment, moderated a panel discussion during a special symposium on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster at the annual conference of the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) in Washington, D.C. on January 19. Titled “Root Causes of Incidents […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold the first Pardee House Seminar of the new year on Monday, January 31, 2011, on ‘Global Philanthropy and Development.’ The seminar will feature Paula D. Johnson (The Philanthropic Initiative), Pardee Center Visiting Fellow Prof. John Hammock (Tufts University) and Dr. Shamsh […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment, was invited by the United Nations to speak to delegates at the First Intersessional Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (popularly called […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment, has been appointed to the Visiting Committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation. Prof. Najam will serve for a two-year term on […]
Following the success of the John Sawyer Seminars in Fall 2010, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the BU Department of Geography and Environment will continue to convene the John Sawyer Seminars at Boston University on Energy Transitions and Society for Spring 2010. The first seminar in this Spring 2011 series will […]
The News International, Pakistan’s largest selling English newspaper, published a wide-ranging conversation and interview with Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment, in its weekend magazine (January 2, 2011). Describing Prof. […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, was asked to present expert testimony before Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court (Pakistan) who is heading a judicial enquiry commission into the […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, presented the FAS-HASS Collaborative Lecture at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan on December 23, 2010 on “Climate Change, Security and Development: Why Should Pakistan Care?” […]
Pardee Center Communications Specialist, Cynthia Barakatt will serve as clerk starting January 2011 for the Silent Spring Institute Board of Directors. Based in Newton, Silent Spring Institute is a unique partnership of scientists, physicians, public health advocates, and community activists that works to identify the links between the environment and women’s health, especially breast cancer. […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, was the Guest of Honor and featured speaker at the third annual convocation and graduation ceremony of the Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education (DIHE), Karachi, Pakistan, […]