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Applications Now Being Accepted for 2026 Graduate Summer Fellows Program
Application Deadline: Friday, November 14 Detailed Application Instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program. Open to graduate students across Boston University, the program provides fellows an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The Pardee Center conducts future-oriented, interdisciplinary, and policy-relevant research that can contribute to long-term improvements in the... More
Fall Welcome Reception (10.16.25)
Join us on Thursday, October 16, from 4 to 5:30 PM for the Pardee Center's Fall Welcome Reception. This fun annual event is great way to kick off the new semester and to mingle with Pardee Center colleagues and friends. Refreshments will be served. Once again, the event will feature “Lightning Talks” by our Graduate Summer Fellows. This year's fellows include Kasarachi Aluka-Omitiran (SPH Leadership, Management, & Policy), Martin Aucoin (GRS Anthropology), Warren Dennis (GRS History), More
Announcing the 2025-26 Non-Resident Global Health Politics Fellows
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2025-26 Global Health Politics Fellows. The distinguished group of Non-Resident Fellows were selected by the Global Health Politics Workshop's (GHPW) Steering Committee. Fellows will participate in GHPW events throughout the course of the academic year and receive feedback and mentorship from a Steering Committee member on a research paper in the field of global health politics. Meet the 2025-26 Global... More
2025 Graduate Summer Fellows Arrive at the Pardee Center
Last week, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed the 18th annual class of Graduate Summer Fellows to the Center. This year's session includes eight BU graduate students representing seven different academic schools/departments. During the first week of the program, the Fellows participated in an orientation session with Pardee Center Interim Director Amb. Jorge Heine (Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies) and a communication and writing workshop with Pamela Templer (Professor... More
Faculty Associate Adriana Craciun Awarded Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
Adriana Craciun, Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently awarded a 2025-26 Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, one of the university's most prestigious fellowships. Radcliffe Fellows are a uniquely interdisciplinary community of scientists, artists, and scholars doing innovative work that confronts pressing social and policy issues while engaging audiences beyond academia. At Radcliffe, Prof. Craciun will explore how the increase... More