Indonesian Wildfires Endanger Orangutans
Fires threaten ape habitats in Borneo that anthropologist Cheryl Knott has studied for decades
Arts & Sciences
Boston University Arts & Sciences is a vibrant, diverse, dynamic community of 8,400+ undergraduates, 2,000+ graduate students, 800+ faculty, 200+ staff, and 100,000+ alumni within 50+ departments, programs, centers, and institutes across the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and mathematical and computational sciences.
Arts × Sciences Magazine
Stories
-
-
Video Game Offers Window into Autism
A new game developed by CAS researchers could reveal how people with autism perceive the world.
-
Giving Poetry a Voice
A new undergraduate course brings students into the deeper meaning of poetry, through the power of video.
-
Is it Science… or Is it Fiction?
Blending literature and science, Patrick Keys uses a tool called science-fiction prototyping to imagine future climate scenarios.
-
What Comes After Fire?
In California’s wine country, a BU biologist is helping uncover what forests need to survive
-
Running as an Exercise of Intellect
Historian Chepchirchir Tirop studies the role of sports in East Africa, including her home country of Kenya.
Research & Discovery
Faculty News Faculty Accolades Faculty Publications
-
What Motivates Black Women Voters?
Political scientist Christine Slaughter explores how Black women viewed Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign
-
Is There Life on Other Planets?
BU Astronomer Chuanfei Dong is helping lead a new mission seeking hints of life in space
-
The Myth of the Next Big Thing
Sociologist Patrick Sheehan researches start-up workplaces and “hype culture”
-
The Power of Place
Suchi Gopal, an Earth and environment professor, works to bring the science of location to the world’s most important challenges
Arts & Sciences Community
-
Making Social Science Research Possible
Faculty and students reflect on how the Center for Innovation in Social Science has helped advance their research.
-
Fall Foliage: A Q&A with R. Primack
BU biologist Richard Primack explains what makes autumn leaves so vivid and what to expect this year.
-
MCBB Receives NIH Training Grant
5 year NIH T32 training grant that will provide support for PhD students for one to two years.
-
Center Probes Cosmic Forces Shaping Earth
NSF’s $2.4M COSMIC center will explore solar impacts on Earth.
-
A Hidden Trade-Off in Coral Survival
BU Marine Semester students helped uncover a hidden vulnerability that could complicate efforts to protect reefs from climate change.
-
Computer Science Faculty Earn Three Grants
Boston University researchers received three new grants to advance research on securing sensitive data and making AI more privacy-preserving.
-
18 Lecturers Promoted
Six CAS lecturers have been promoted to senior lecturer and 12 senior lecturers have been promoted to master lecturer.
-
Using Plants to Measure Marsh Benefits
A BU study finds plant species predict emissions better than salinity.
Undergraduate Student Resources
Easily access the information you need most
Graduate Student Resources
Easily access the information you need most