Les Kaufman, 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 Biology, recently published an article as part of a multi-part blog series exploring biodiversity in the world’s largest tropical lake, Lake Victoria, and the critical role the lake plays in providing […]
On June 22, the Graduate Summer Fellows had a lunch discussion with Joseph Harris, an assistant professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Harris gave an overview of his research on the “social determinants of health” — such as class, […]
The Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows met with Faculty Research Fellow Kevin Gallagher over lunch on June 13. Prof. Gallagher talked about his research on international trade and investment agreements and global financial and environmental governance issues. He also discussed his career path from an undergraduate major in biology and political science to his current […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently took part in the annual Regional Aquatic Workshop (RAW), hosted by the New England Aquarium (NEAq). The week-long workshop featured representatives from many of North America’s professional aquariums, in addition […]
Richard Primack, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently featured in a WGBH story about how the early arrival of spring in New England is an indicator of accelerating climate change. In the article, Prof. Primack explains how […]
Les Kaufman, 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 Biology, is part of a research team that is attempting the first lake-wide fish biodiversity survey in the world’s largest tropical lake, Lake Victoria. The team recently launched a multi-part […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a meeting with groups of scholars from Beijing Normal University and Boston University on April 10. The meeting, which was convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Bruce Anderson, was an opportunity to share research on climate change risk at the two universities. Pardee […]
Richard Primack, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, convened a working group meeting for his Pardee Center project known as Leaf Emergence and Fall (LEaF) on March 17. Initiated in the autumn of 2016, the three-year project’s goal is […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a public forum titled “China’s Global Future and the Future of the Globe: How the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is Quietly Changing China and Surrounding Countries” on Monday, April 3, from 5:00-6:30 pm at the BU Photonics Center’s 9th Floor […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently hosted a seminar lecture and discussion with Pamela Templer, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow. In her talk, Prof. Templer explored the implications of nitrogen deposition and carbon dioxide losses from soil respiration in […]