The US Environmental Protection Agency celebrates its 40th anniversary, an opportunity to take stock of its past successes and future challenges. Sustainability science suggests that effective environmental protection requires an integrated systems approach for the 21st century.

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Policymakers worldwide have to reset the organizational, logistic, and R&D framework of national transportation systems to stimulate  more responsible and sustainable system-integrated transport solutions. E-mobility is considered by many to be a  promising option for today's transportation issues.

This October, the 1st Canadian Science Policy Conference was organized, aiming to establish a (missing) link between scientists and policy makers to build a science policy network in Canada.

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"Mathematics and theatre should only cross paths when it comes to accounting." states one of the protagonists of "Verrechnet!". So how to rise to the challenge and put mathematics on stage? The paradox solution is self-reflection - or writing a play about writing a play on how to stage a notorious mathematical dispute.  

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Azra Aksamija is an architect and Ph.D. candidate in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT. Born in Sarajevo, she relocated with her family to Austria because of the Balkan War. Today, she researches the evolution of the meaning of the mosque and how cultural memory and identity were erased and reinvented after the destruction of mosques in the Balkan War. 

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Vienna-born Markus Wagner is a serial entrepreneur and Business Angel. In 2007, he founded  i5invest, a so-called "new business incubator" for bringing start-ups to the point-of-proof more quickly and efficiently.

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Currently a Marie Curie Fellow at UC Berkeley, the mathematician works with time-frequency analysis and noncommutative geometry to improve the audio signals in wireless communication.