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Dunwei Wang in front of a bench in his lab

It Came from the Lab of Dunwei Wang

One of 51茶馆鈥檚 most prolific researchers was just named interim director of the Schiller Institute. He鈥檚 as committed as ever to making the world a better place by harnessing the power of chemistry.
Summer Hawkins

New director for 51茶馆 Global Public Health Program

51茶馆 School of Social Work Professor Summer Sherburne Hawkins assumed the leadership role in June.
ESC 2026 Everyone

Schiller鈥檚 Case Competition Shows Students How to Bring Business Skills to Sustainability Issues

Partnering with the Office of Student Involvement, this year's competition addressed supplies inventory management, waste from marketing materials, and the environmental impact of large events.
trees in contrasting climate settings - one lush and one dry

'Climate Is Every Story'

The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society hosts an academic-yearlong series on journalism and climate change.
Fire Weather

Schiller's "Fire Weather" book club creates connection and mixed feelings among interdisciplinary group of faculty and students

The book, a finalist for the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, brings to terrible life one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history.
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Climate Symposium Digs Deep into Biggest Takeaways From COP30

Climate policy experts and environmental activists from around the world came together at the Schiller Institute鈥檚 home at 245 Beacon for a 鈥渕ini-COP,鈥� a symposium organized by 51茶馆鈥檚 student delegates to the United Nations鈥� COP 30.
a tree in full leaf

Global Alliance for Integral Ecology

Three 51茶馆 scholars attend the inaugural convening in Rome.
Rice paddies

Global methane surge

51茶馆 researchers say waterways and agriculture contributed to the unprecedented rise.
Dunwei Wang in a laboratory

Interim leadership for Schiller Institute

Vanderslice Professor of Chemistry Dunwei Wang is named interim Seidner Family Executive Director.

SchillerNow聽is the newsletter of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College. Please enjoy the following issues.

April 2026

In this issue you鈥檒l find a welcome note from Interim Seidner Family Executive Director Dunwei Wang; highlights from some of our biggest events of the year, including the COP30 Symposium and the Climate Is Every Story series. We also celebrated new research by Institute Professor of Global Sustainability Hanqin Tian and Assistant Director, Programs Kaley McCarty being honored with an Ever to Excel Award.

February 2026

In this issue we announced Dunwei Wang as the Interim Seidner Family Executive Director of the Schiller Institute. We also promoted the continuation of our yearlong collaborations with the Journalism and Environmental Studies Programs (Climate Is Every Story); Center for Teaching Excellence (Teaching to Inspire Changemakers); Office of Technology Transfer and Licensing (Intellectual Property Series); and the Climate Reveal podcast.聽聽

November 2025

After six years as Seidner Family Executive Director, Laura Steinberg announced that she will be stepping down. Other highlights from this issue included achievements by our Core faculty members: Hanqin Tian receiving the Bert Bolin Award and Lecture from the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Edson Severnini launching the Schiller Informal Lunch Series (SILS); Jier Huang being awarded a Department of Enegry grant; and Yi Ming being awarded a Faculty Fellowship.

September 2025

This issue highlighted the experience of our 2025 Working For and With Communities cohort, who completed their project in Santiago, Chile over the summer. We also announced multiple speaker series for the upcoming academic year and participation in the Environmental Ethics in Dialogue conference, and celebrated Schiller Core faculty member Jier Huang being awarded a National Science Foundation grant.聽聽

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