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2023 Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize Winner Announced
Photo by Jake Belcher Boston University recently awarded the third annual Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize to Carly Golden (Molecular & Translational Medicine, CAMED ’27) for her research, in collaboration with Dr. Angie Serrano, Saylor Williams (Serrano Lab Manager), and Greg Miller (CReM Lab Manager), which aims to reduce plastic waste and energy consumption in biomedical research. The Prize, which includes a financial gift, is awarded annually to the student or team of students involved in a... More
2023 Graduate Summer Fellows Arrive at Pardee Center
Last week, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed the 16th cohort of its Graduate Summer Fellows program to the Center. This year's session includes BU graduate students representing four different schools or colleges and eight different academic departments. During the first two weeks of the program, the Fellows participated in an orientation session led by Pardee Center Interim Director Jorge Heine (Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies), a workshop on... More
Jorge Heine Awarded 2023 Adil Najam Prize for Advancing Public Understanding of Global Affairs
Jorge Heine, Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, has been awarded the Pardee School’s 2023 Adil Najam Prize and Fellowship for Advancing the Public Understanding of Global Affairs. The Adil Najam Prize is awarded annually to a Pardee School faculty member for excellence in and advancement of policy-focused, public-interest, and public-facing scholarship. The faculty winner of... More
Pardee Center and GDP Center Co-organize Workshop with CAF on Future of Infrastructure Development in South America
On May 16, 2023, the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Global Development Policy Center, and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) held a workshop in Cali, Colombia, titled “Financing the Foundation: The Role of Development Banks in Catalyzing a 21st Century Infrastructure in South America." The meeting, held in association with the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali and the Council on Infrastructure Policies (CPI) of Chile, brought together specialists from... More
Pardee Center Announces 2023 Graduate Summer Fellows
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2023 Graduate Summer Fellows. These eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent four different schools or colleges and eight different academic departments. Starting May 30, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks developing research papers to be considered for publication as part of the Pardee Center’s publication series. In addition, Summer Fellows will participate in programs designed to advance interdisciplinary research... More