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  • October 30, 2009 Arts & Sciences Announces 2009 Teaching Awards

    Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 major teaching awards from the College of Arts & Sciences! These professors exhibit extraordinary passion and effectiveness not only in conveying ideas but also in mentoring and supporting students. The winners are: Stephen Esposito, Classical Studies (Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching); Maurice (Mo) Lee, English (Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching, endowed by Richard Neu, CAS’61, and his family); and Dana Bauer, Geography and Environment (Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching, endowed by Gerald Gitner, CAS’66).

  • October 15, 2009 BU Panel Tackles the Health Care Puzzle

    On October 8, Arts & Sciences at Boston University and the Boston University Alumni Association hosted a panel discussion on health care reform, part of the Discoveries lecture and learning series. The series gives alumni a deeper look into issues affecting the world and their lives. BU faculty experts in economics and health care participated in the lively panel discussion.

  • October 15, 2009 BU Celebrates National Day on Writing

    In today's world, everyone is a writer. Writing skills are important not just for future public relations specialists or authors, but for lawyers, business people, and all manner of specialists. On Tuesday, October 20, Boston University celebrated the National Day on Writing. Students, faculty, and staff participated in an exciting lineup of events to celebrate writing in all parts of our lives.

  • September 25, 2009 Feld Family Foundation Pledges $10 Million to BU

    An important gift from the Feld Family Foundation will create a new professorship in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS). Members of the Feld family pledged $10 million to the University to enhance faculty development, and $2.5 million has been designated for CAS to endow the Feld Family Professorship of Teaching Excellence. The gift also will endow professorships in the School of Management and the College of Communication.

  • September 1, 2009 James Winn Awarded Warren Professorship

    James Winn, professor of English and director of the Boston University Humanities Foundation, has been named a William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor. BU President Robert Brown made the announcement on August 27. Winn is the fifth BU professor to receive the honor.

  • August 10, 2009 Research Team Awarded $2.8 Million to Model Group Behavior

    An interdisciplinary team of CAS faculty recently received a $2.8 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation for research into computer modeling of group behavior. The project will provide new tools to answer urgent economical and ethical questions, e.g., about the mortality of birds and bats in wind energy facilities.

  • July 21, 2009 Celebrating 20 Years of PROMYS

    On the weekend of July 24, alums, teachers, and students celebrated 20 years of PROMYS, a six-week summer program at Boston University designed to encourage motivated high school students to explore the creative world of mathematics in a supportive community of peers, counselors, research mathematicians, and visiting scientists.

  • July 16, 2009 Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance East Asian Archaeological Publications Database

    The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a 26-month, $600,000 grant to Boston University to support the development of ARC/Base, an online, multilingual bibliographic database of East Asian archaeology, based in Arts & Sciences’ International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History (ICEAACH). This is the third award designated by the Mellon Foundation for the project, with total support exceeding $1.5 million.

  • July 15, 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 lead an interdisciplinary seminar on 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.

  • July 8, 2009 New Program Combines Bachelor's Degree, Master of Public Health

    The College of Arts & Sciences is collaborating with the School of Public Health on an innovative dual-degree program that will allow Boston University undergraduates to earn a bachelor’s degree from CAS and a Master of Public Health from the School of Public Health in five years. BU will unveil the program this fall.

    “The establishment of this early selection pathway into the School of Public Health capitalizes on BU’s rich and unique integration of a liberal arts and professional education,” said Arts & Sciences Dean Virginia Sapiro in announcing the program. “Students can earn two valuable degrees in a compressed time frame that also saves tuition money. The arts and sciences degree is a great platform for entering the field of public health, a high-demand field that opens up many job options at home and abroad.” Read the full article on the program at BU Today.

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