College of Arts and Sciences

BU astrophysicist leads discovery of “sloshing” gas in galaxy cluster

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CAS astrophysicist Elizabeth Blanton led a team of researchers in the discovery of vast clouds of hot gas “sloshing” in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster located about 480 million light years from Earth. The scientists are studying the hot (30 million degree) gas using X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The team’s findings were first published in the August 20, 2011 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.

Richard Primack, professor of biology, co-authors study on evolving role of women in environmental studies

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

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Richard Primack, professor of biology, updates climate change finds based on data from Thoreau at Walden

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

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MLCL Gets Boost for MA Program in Teaching Arabic

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

The Qatar Foundation International (QFI) has awarded the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature $75,000 to help fund graduate fellowships for its new collaborative degree track with the School of Education: the Master of Arts in Teaching Arabic.

A First Discovery in the Milky Way

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

BU Center for Space Physics researcher Jean-Loup Bertaux and his colleagues have detected for the first time ultraviolet (UV) emissions of neutral hydrogen within the Milky Way. Called Lyman alpha emissions, the emissions are used as indicators of the formation of stars in galaxies shortly after the Big Bang. Their findings were published in the December 2, 2011 issue of the journal Science.