Ruofei Shang wins the CAS IDEAL award
Ruofei Shang was the recipient of the 2025 IDEAL undergraduate award. The CAS IDEAL award honors CAS community members annually for leadership that advances the College’s strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities and best exemplifies CAS’s aspiration to create a welcoming and inclusive community for all. She was also nominated by Prof. Takeo Rivera (pictured) […]
Olivia Mills wins BUCH award
Undergraduate major, Olivia Mills, has been selected by the BU Center for the Humanities Executive Committee as one of the recipients of endowed funds given by Alice M. Brennan. With this award and a $4,000 monetary prize, BUCH recognizes excellence in the humanistic tradition, which holds an important place in the history and future of […]
Reese Hotten-Sommers wins the American Association of Anthropological Genomics Best Undergraduate Presentation award at the AABA
Reese Hotten-Sommers won the American Association of Anthropological Genomics Best Undergraduate Presentation award at the American Association of Biological Anthropologists annual meeting in Baltimore.
Xuyi Zhao has successfully defended her dissertation
Dr. Xuyi Zhao has successfully defended her dissertation, Living in the Future City: Time, Politics and Urban Imaginations in Chengdu’s New City Center.
Salwa Tareen has successfully defended her dissertation
Dr. Salwa Tareen has successfully defended her dissertation, Of the City and the Soul: Urban Disaster and an Islamic Ethics of Care in Karachi.
Hannah Grace Howard has successfully defended her dissertation
Hannah Grace Howard has successfully defended her dissertation, Liturgical Care: Theological and Political Belonging in Athenian Greek Orthodox Charity.
Laura Brubaker-Wittman has successfully defended her dissertation
Dr. Laura Brubaker-Wittman has successfully defended her dissertation, A Mixed Methods Study of the Habituation Process in Wild Bornean Orangutans.
Samantha Vee, Jessica Martin, Brooke Rothamer, & Bhavya Vadavalli pass their comprehensive exams
Congratulations to our students who passed their comprehensive exams: Samantha Vee, Jessica Martin, Brooke Rothamer, & Bhavya Vadavalli
Melissa Zarate wins the “Outstanding presentation award for exemplary student research” for her presentation at the AABA
Melissa Zarate won the “Outstanding presentation award for exemplary student research” for her presentation “A new reference mitochondrial genome for the yellow-tailed woolly monkey and implications for altitude adaptation” at the American Association of Biological Anthropology meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Read a blog post about the award and Melissa’s research here.
Gabriel Vicencio wins the Alfonso Caso Award
Gabriel Vicencio was awarded the prestigious Alfonso Caso Award for his MA thesis from the Mexican National Autonomous University (UNAM).