Research Symposia

Research Symposia discussions provide opportunities to showcase the work of our internal ÁùºÏ±¦µä faculty grantees. These collaborations can strengthen the quality of projects, uncover syngergies across diverse research agendas, and identify future avenues of inquiry.  

From October through December 2023, a series of three research symposia with presentations of work supported by the Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SI-GECS) program were held in the Schiller Convening Space (245 Beacon Street, room 501).

Research for Social and Community Impact (Wednesday, October 18th)

  • Phase II of Chelsea's Wellbeing Initiative: A Research-Practice Partnership (PI: Rebecca Lowenhaupt, Lynch School of Education and Human Development)
  • Virtue Ethics Working Group (PI: Gregory Fried, Philosophy Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Digital Mental Health Innovations to Support Scaling Out a Family Strengthening Intervention for Afghan Refugee Families: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration (PI: Theresa Betancourt, School of Social Work)
  • Development of an Educational, Multiplayer Video Game  to Address Environmental Racism and Drive Political and Community Action (PI: Julia DeVoy, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students and Programs, Lynch School of Education and Human Development)

Energy and Climate Change (Monday, November 6th)

  • Technology assessment of green hydrogen as a significant energy storage component of zero carbon economies needed before 2050 (PI: David Deese, Political Science, Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Extending and Institutionalizing The Boston College Multidisciplinary Faculty Research Seminar on Climate Change (PI: David Deese)
  • Recycling waste heat in phononics technology via thermal Hall effect (PI: Fazel Tafti, PhysicsDepartment, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Discovery of Moire Quantum Catalysts (PI: Qiong Ma, Physics Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)

Health-based Research (Friday, December 1st)

  • Machine Learning of Hospital Readmission after Heart Failure based on Wearable Devices (PI: Sergio Alvarez, Computer Science Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
  • A hybrid analytical-experimental study of the stability and resistance of coupled microbiota (PI: Babak Momeni, Biology Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Ultrasound for body composition measurements and nutritional status assessment (PI: Bryan Ranger, Engineering Department, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Building a School-Staff Training Program to Improve Transgender Adolescents’ Mental Health (PI: Maggi Price, School of Social Work)

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