boundaries

1. Introductory RemarksBulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), an eminent Soviet troubadour and literary luminary of Georgian and Armenian lineage, emerged as a preeminent figure in the cultural context of his era. Hailing from Moscow, his ascent…

Our experiences of the world are diverse, often changing as we move across borders from one country to another. They can also vary based on language or subtle shifts in climate. Yet, we rarely consider what causes these differences…

AMY GALLO: You are listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review. I’m Amy Gallo. In this series, The Essentials, Amy B and I cover key career skills by bringing together experts on those skills and…

Undergrads, take note: The lessons you learn in those intro classes could be the key to making your next big discovery. At least, that’s been the case for MIT’s Jeehwan Kim. A recently tenured faculty member in…

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 The Natural Border: Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginalized Black African farm…

New research sheds light on temperature and stress levels at a plate boundary in northern Honshu, Japan. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC…

African leaders will be convening in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for the 37th summit of the African Union on Saturday. During the two-day gathering, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union will discuss issues of…

By Sarah Wozniak ’24 The Global Research Institute’s Summer Fellows Program provides international experiential learning opportunities to W&M students. This post is one installment of a series highlighting the 2023 Fellows’ key…

By Sarah Wozniak ’24 The Global Research Institute’s Summer Fellows Program provides international experiential learning opportunities to W&M students. This post is one installment of a series highlighting the 2023 Fellows’…

What the new constituency boundaries mean for you Something slightly mysterious happened at midnight on 31st December, 2023, that you may not know about, but could have a significant impact on your life. 90%…

After a robust community engagement and public input process, the City of Phoenix has implemented new City Council District boundaries. The new boundaries were unanimously approved by Phoenix City Council on Sept. 26, 2023 and became…

HISENSE PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY AND COMMITMENT TO SCENARIO-BASED LIVING AT CES 2024 President of Hisense Americas, David Gold delivered keynote on Hisense's commitment to bring the world closer by integrating display…

More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid, known to many as the father of geometry, changed the way we think about shapes. Building off those ancient foundations and millennia of mathematical…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Influencing the U.S. election or the U.K.'s political future by using a combination of the personal…

By Samantha Clevenger Since its designation in 2000, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary has been home to one of the richest collections of federally protected shipwrecks in America. The cold,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2015 Contacts: Malia Chow, 808-725-5902; Jennifer Barrett, 808-217-1721 Agency asks for public comments through…

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Stockholm Resilience Centre will present and answer question on latest findings on the New Global Context for the Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, New York Marco Lambertini,…

Johan Rockstrm explains critical planetary boundaries, transgressing them could be catastrophic.

Brown Bag Lunch seminar with Megan Cole, a DPhil candidate in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, UK.

Interview with Melissa Leach, Director of IDS, on Planetary Boundaries here:

Talk during the "Earths Safe Operating Space for Humanity: From concept to action" seminar in Stockholm January 2016.

Professor Will Steffen explains the planetary boundaries climate change and land use change.