BU Prof Named Head of APSA British Politics Group
Prof. Graham Wilson, professor and chair-elect of the Department of Political Science has been named president of the British Politics Group of the American Political Science Association.
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Psychology Profs Win Competitive Department of Defense Grant
The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Naval Research (ONR) presented a $1.5 million grant to a team led by CAS Professor of Psychology Michael Hasselmo.
Chemistry’s Grinstaff is BU’s First “Innovator of the Year”
Professor Mark W. Grinstaff has won the inaugural Innovator-of-the-Year Award from BU’s Office of Technology Development, recognizing a faculty member who translates research into innovations that benefit humankind.
Freshwater marshes may not withstand hurricanes
A team of researchers released findings suggesting that current plans to introduce fresh water to inland marshes around the Louisiana Gulf Coast may weaken protective coastal barriers, leaving inland regions more vulnerable to hurricanes.
BU Astronomers Record Evidence of New Solar Activity
Scientists from the Center for Space Physics announced today that they have sub-visual evidence of the onset of a new cycle of solar-terrestrial activity.
Sovereign Bank to Underwrite Spanish Culture Programs
BU and Sovereign Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banco Santander (Spain), have entered an agreement by which the bank will provide BU $300,000 a year for three years to support a number of programs related to Hispanic studies.
BU Computer Scientist Wins Grant to Develop Internet Privacy Tools
The grant will fund research to develop tools to protect the privacy of social media users.
Grant to Help Super-Computers Run More Smoothly
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jonathan Appavoo and colleagues from other institutions have received a grant from the US Department of Energy to support research on “A Fault-Oblivious Extreme-Scale Execution Environment.”
African Studies Center Receives Over $2 Million in Federal Funding
The ASC received a Foreign Language and Area Studies grant to provide scholarships for students of African languages, including for the first time three annual fellowships for undergraduates.
NSF Funds Major New Cloud Computing Project
The National Science Foundation has awarded total of $3M to fund a new research project “Towards Trustworthy Interactions in the Cloud.”