2021 BU & CAS Award Winners

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Over the last few weeks, CAS faculty, staff, and students have received awards from across the College and University. Below is our remarkable collection of awardees. Congratulations to all!

University Prizes

Four of our distinguished faculty members received awards from the Office of the Provost for their work during the 2020–21 academic year. These awards were presented at the University’s 148th Commencement on May 16. 

2021 Metcalf Cup & Prize

  • Steve Ramirez, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
    Read award profile on the Provost’s website and in BU Today.

2021 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

2021 Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching and Technology

Provost’s Scholar Teacher of the Year Award

CAS Teaching, Advising, and Staff Awards

On May 5, during the final faculty meeting of the academic year, the Dean’s Office announced the annual awards honoring faculty and staff members’ contributions to CAS. You can read part of those remarks in our newsletter.

2021 Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching

  • Marc Gasser-Wingate, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

2021 Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • Saida Grundy, Assistant Professor of Sociology

2021 Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • Luluah Mustafa, Senior Lecturer in Arabic, World Languages & Literatures 

2021 CAS Award for Distinction in First-Year Undergraduate Education

  • Heather Barrett, Lecturer in the Writing Program and Coordinator of the Writing Center

2021 Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Graduate Education

  • Thomas Gilmore, Professor of Biology 

2021 Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching

  • Amy Bennett-Zendzian, Part-Time Lecturer, Writing Program  

2021 Templeton Awards for Excellence in Student Advising

  • Kimberly Arkin, Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Cynthia Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology
  • John Paul Riquelme, Professor of English

2021 Outstanding Service Awards for Staff

  • Bonnie Brown, Nurse Administrator and Health Communications Specialist, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders (CARD)
  • Norma Hardeo, Administrative Coordinator, Department of Economics
  • Veronica Little, Department Administrator, Department of Anthropology
  • Cady Steinberg, Department Administrator, Department of History.

2021 Outstanding Partner Award

  • Deborah Breen, Director of Boston University’s Center for Teaching & Learning

2021 Susan Jackson Awards

The Susan K. Jackson Award honors the late Susan K. Jackson, who served as a professor and administrator in the College for over 30 years. The awardees embody her spirit in their dedication to helping others and nurturing community in CAS

Faculty

  • Swati Kshama Rani, Lecturer, CAS Writing Program
  • Stephen Scully, Professor of Classical Studies 

Staff

  • Christopher DeVits, Department Manager, Department of Computer Science 

Graduate Student

  • Alexandria Yen, Ph.D. Student, Department of History of Art & Architecture  

Undergraduate Student

  • Surya Pulukuri (CAS’21), Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program (CAS) & Human Physiology (SAR)

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