Why I Give: Jane Ryan
Ryan’s early gifts to BU went to the Area of Greatest Needs Fund; today, she designates her gifts to CAS.
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Impact: Business Behavior – Ray Fisman named first Slater Family Professor in Behavioral Economics
Ray Fisman is using the lens of social psychology to explore better models of human and market behavior.
Impact: A Holocaust survivor’s gift is fostering research to help engage minorities in politics
Jillian Jaeger wants to understand better how immigrants vote and make it into elected office.
Economist Raymond Fisman to Join BU Faculty
Raymond Fisman will bring an eclectic approach as the first Slater Family Professor in Behavioral Economics.
Why I Give: Olive Lesueur
For Lesueur, “philanthropy” is another word for “gratitude.”
Impact: A look at the night sky through powerful BU-supported telescopes
The trip, Experience: Space Beyond Earth, was the first in a new series of intensive educational programs offered by the BU Alumni Association. The programs aim to provide alums with access to BU sites and professors and their work worldwide.
Preventing Landslides in Uganda: GRS PhD student named first Moorman-Simon Civic Fellow
“You invest in students who are working at BU, who may not be making industry-level salaries but who are working toward solutions to really tough social problems,” says Moorman, a BU overseer.
Global Studies School Opens Its Doors
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies will take on the world’s greatest challenges
Frederick S. Pardee Endows New Global Studies School
Frederick S. Pardee has given $25 million for a new school pursuing his dream of improving humanity’s condition.
Angels in Her Carpet, Milton on Her Mind
Poet, professor, scholar, and Trekkie, Ida Fasel led “rather a full life.”