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Earthday Haiku Poster with poems written on paper leaves

Schiller Institute Green Week 2025: Health, Energy, Environment + Art.

During Schiller Institute’s Green Week 2025, students gathered for three interactive workshops—EcoPoetics, Votive Making, and Nature-Inspired Sketching—that explored the intersections of art, environment, and sustainability. These events inspired Dominique Williams to reflect on her personal and cultural connections to nature, using creative expression as a means of climate engagement, healing, and collective care.
EWB group photo with 10 people of varying ages, races and gender

EWB’s Past, Present, and Path Ahead

Before beginning their first year at Boston College, Margaret Hynes, Maria Fernanda De Nadai, and Hayoung Cho co-founded the university’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Chapter—now a vibrant, student-led initiative committed to advancing sustainable infrastructure in under-resourced communities worldwide. Sponsored by the Schiller Institute and guided by faculty and professional mentors, the chapter is currently working on multiple projects showcasing their dedication to ethical partnership, interdisciplinary collaboration, and global impact.
Echo Panana for the Scoop

Research, Queerness, and My Omnipresent Search for Community

Echo Panana, a third-year Human-Centered Engineering student and president of oSTEM at Boston College, shares their journey of navigating college as a queer individual while finding purpose and community through research and advocacy. From the challenges of coming out in high school to building spaces of belonging in higher education, Echo reflects on how their identity shaped their experiences and inspired their involvement in building LGBTQ+ student spaces and engaging in qualitative research.
Cop 29 Gustavo

COP29 Delegate Wins Woods College Commencement Award

Gustavo Cardona e Almeida, a Schiller COP29 delegate and recent graduate of 51²è¹Ý's Master’s in Applied Economics program, was honored with the prestigious Woods College Commencement Award for his outstanding academic achievement and dedication to environmental advocacy. As a Schiller Institute delegate at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Gustavo represented 51²è¹Ý on the global stage, deepening his commitment to climate action and green finance.
Joy Harjo

We are Earth: Joy Harjo’s Call for Us to “Remember”

Joy Harjo reminds readers of their metaphysical relationship with the earth and how this entails a sense of interconnectedness and responsibility.
Judges watching a groups presenation.

Make-a-Thon Reflections

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, Make51²è¹Ý hosted its annual 24-hour Make-a-Thon, co-sponsored by the Schiller Institute, the Boston College Arts Council, and the 51²è¹Ý Developmental Technologies (DevTech) Research Group, where students crafted innovative physical creations across three tracks: Art, DevTech, and Sustainability. Read a reflection by one of the judges, Dominique Williams, on the creativity, collaboration, and impact of the event.
Dr. Yongfa You at his desk.

Behind the Research With Dr. Yongfa You

Discover the work of Dr. Yongfa You, a postdoctoral researcher working with Schiller Institute Core faculty member Hanqin Tian. Explore his research on how agricultural systems respond to environmental challenges and learn about his forthcoming professorship at Virginia Tech.
Engineers without borders 2025 conference with Bennett Lewis and Ava West.

Engineers Without Borders Conference

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a global non-profit dedicated to designing and implementing sustainable projects that provide equitable access to essential resources. The 51²è¹Ý chapter, supported by the Schiller Institute, is expanding its efforts with an upcoming event, the EWB Symposium, on April 7th.
Red and yellow tulips on 51²è¹Ý's campus.

Figures of Delight: How the Environment Relates to Our Emotions

16th-century Shakespearean sonnets are traditionally used to express romantic love, yet Shakespeare’s vivid imagery contains implications about how the environment affects us. As the campus glows with warmer weather, these written connections can hopefully remind us of our duty to serve the planet, as our emotions are deeply and legitimately interwoven with nature!
Thalia Chaves

"Don't Take Yourself Out of the Running": A Call to Action for Aspiring Climate Leaders

From initially struggling to find her footing as a first-generation college student to representing Boston College at COP27 and working on groundbreaking climate litigation, Thalia Chaves ('24) shares her inspiring journey of finding her voice in climate advocacy and encourages others to embrace opportunities, overcome self-doubt, and pursue their passions.
Amanda Gorman reciting "The Hill We Climb" poem at the 2021 Biden inauguration

Climbing Towards Justice: Amanda Gorman’s Poetic Vision of the Nation

Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” powerfully delivers ideas of social justice through uplifting assertions and visuals of a gorgeous landscape—synonymous to her dreams for our nation.
Photo of Julia Wowkun

Blending Business and Sustainability: Julia Wowkun’s Journey at 51²è¹Ý's Schiller Institute and Beyond

51²è¹Ý junior Julia Wowkun merges environmental advocacy with business through her Environmental Studies major and Finance minor. Her work with the Schiller Institute, including Zanzibar fieldwork and sustainability research, shaped her approach as she prepares for an Environmental Risk internship at Santander Bank.
Graphic of lightbulb with an ecofriendly city within it

Black Entrepreneurs are seizing the Green Transition to actualise economic justice in their communities

Black Entrepreneurs have identified a unique potential of the green energy transition to provide sustainable economic opportunity for economic justice in black communities.
Photo of the devastation from the California fires

Camille Dungy’s Poetry as a New Perspective on the LA Wildfires

Camille Dungy’s “this beginning may have always meant this end” provides a personal confession of fear and possibility in the face of environmental disaster—a piece that may provide comfort and empathy for those troubled by the California fires.
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