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.
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Economist Raymond Fisman to Join BU Faculty
Raymond Fisman will bring an eclectic approach as the first Slater Family Professor in Behavioral Economics.
Arts & Sciences Students, Alumni Win Prestigious NSF Fellowships
This year, eight GRS students and eight CAS alumni were among the 2,000 winners of National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.
CAS Professor and Alumna Work to Improve Energy Efficiency
CAS Alumna Marta Marello and Professor Robert Kaufmann are working with BU’s Sustainable Neighborhood Labs to improve energy efficiency for urban housing.
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.
Three CAS Alumni Make Forbes’ “30 Under 30” List
According to Forbes, three of the nation’s greatest young “game changers, movers, and makers” are CAS alums, and their ideas are disrupting the fields of science and tech in big ways.
Peirce Lecture: “The Silent Sex” Examines Representation of Women in Politics
Scholars and policy-makers have worked for decades to understand and improve the representation women receive from national and international political organizations. Tali Mendelberg, professor of politics at Princeton University, argues that their efforts will often fall short unless they also address institutional rules that impede women’s voices.
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