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• June 26, 2009 Mellon Grant to Support Research on Energy Transitions

  The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded a $150,000, one-year grant to professors Cutler J. Cleveland and Adil Najam of the Department of Geography and Environment to study energy transitions—shifts in the types of energy (e.g., coal, nuclear, wind) used by societies. Both professors are also involved with BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, where Najam is the director and Cleveland a faculty fellow.

• June 25, 2009 CAS Faculty Members Awarded Warren Professorships

  BU President Robert A. Brown has appointed two CAS faculty members as the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors. Nancy Kopell, the William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Mathematics and Science, and Larry Kotlikoff, professor of economics, received the honor on June 24.

• June 19, 2009 A Knight's Tale

  Christopher Ricks does not ride on horseback or look particularly like Sir Lancelot. Nonetheless, the William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at BU recently received one of the highest honors for a British subject when Queen Elizabeth granted him a knighthood.

• June 19, 2009 Grant Strengthens BU Language Learning

  Boston University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to strengthen the abilities of future military officers in five critical world languages.

• May 27, 2009 Student EMTs Save a Life

  Kevin Field went to Commencement expecting to celebrate his daughter’s graduation and snap a few photos. But the auto mechanic from Sun City, Calif., instead became the center of attention for a few frightful minutes as his heart stopped beating and BU EMTs struggled to save his life. Thanks to EMTs Elizabeth Snow (CAS’11) and Alex Su (MET’11), Field is alive today. Read the full article at BU Today.

• May 27, 2009 Math Team Ranks in Top Five Percent

  Arts & Sciences undergraduates placed 26th out of 545 U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities that competed in the 69th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition on December 6, 2008.