The 2014 Graduate Summer Fellows say goodbye today after ten weeks of research, writing, and interdisciplinary discussion at the Pardee Center. The seven Boston University doctoral and master’s students – Cantay Caliskan, Lilly Havstad, Sarah Hill, Xiaoman Huang, Abhishek Sharma, Xiaojing Tang, and Laurie Wissler – stem from diverse research and personal backgrounds, and each […]
Former Pardee Graduate Research Fellow Rachel Denae Thrasher is the author of the latest GEGI policy brief titled “Leaked TISA Financial Services Text: A glimpse into the future of services liberalization”, which discusses how recently exposed financial documents on the Trade in Services Agreement could threaten to destabilize the global economy. The brief is the […]
Kevin Gallagher and Nathan Phillips, two Faculty Fellows with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, were quoted last week in national media outlets. Prof. Gallagher, who heads Boston University’s Global Economic Governance Initiative, was quoted in a July 18th article in the Washington Post titled “China, Russia leaders seek […]
The Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows met with Thomas Menino, former Boston mayor and current co-director of the Initiative on Cities (IoC), over lunch in the IoC conference room on July 16. The former mayor heard from each of the Summer Fellows about their research and talked about the collaborative programs with various stakeholders that he […]
An article authored by Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher was distributed this week via the Globalist and appeared in the Japan Times, China Daily, South Africa Business Report, Philippine Daily Inquirer and a number of other news outlets in emerging nations. In the article, titled “BRICS: Towards a Rio Consensus”, Prof. Gallagher argues that […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Les Kaufman was quoted in the Boston Globe on July 13th in an article titled “In a briny preserve, fish and controversy thrive”. The article highlights the current controversy over commercial fishing in the Gulf of Maine, a once thriving habitat that has experienced significant declines in fish populations in recent years. […]
The 2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows presented their research on a broad variety of topics from sustainable livestock management to the use of remote sensing in mapping urbanization in China. The presentations on July 1st and 2nd marked the half-way point of this year’s Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellowships, a 10-week program designed to give […]
Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad Zaman was named this week as 1 of 15 educators from across the United States to receive the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Professorship. The position confers a five year, $1 million grant to be used to advance science learning at undergraduate institutions, and recognizes innovative approaches to teaching that […]
2011 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow Kristin Sippl was the subject of a June 23rd BU Today article titled “Quicksilver for Quick Gold”, which highlights her research into the use of mercury in artisinal and small-scale gold extraction. Through her work, Sippl aims to provide miners with the information necessary to remain safe when dealing with […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos was a featured speaker at the opening Plenary Session of MIT’s Climate Change Symposium on Sustaining Coastal Cities on June 16. The three-day conference, organized by the MIT Sea Grant College Program, seeks to address concerns over climate-driven sea level rise, storm surges, extreme precipitation, and flooding and looks at […]