Cati Connell Named Director of WGS Program
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine (Cati) Connell as director of the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies […]
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Associate Dean Jeffrey Hughes to Step Down
After seven years as associate dean for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Jeffrey Hughes will complete his service […]
2016 CAS Teaching and Advising Award Winners Announced
Dean Cudd announced the winners of the 2016 Templeton Award for Excellence in Student Advising and the 2016 CAS Teaching Awards during the final faculty meeting of the semester on April 27. Congratulations to all!
Myneni Documents Extensive Leaf Growth Worldwide Due to Global Warming
Professor of Earth & Environment Ranga Myneni co-authored a study that shows significant greening of a quarter to one-half of the Earth’s vegetated lands due to increased CO2 fertilization.
Strom Thacker to Lead Academic Affairs at Union College
After twenty years at BU (and more than five as an associate dean), Professor of International Relations Strom Thacker has accepted the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Union College in New York. CAS News spoke with him about his new position and what he will miss most about his time here.
Five Books in One Year for Classical Studies Faculty
Within the past 15 months, five out of the 13 faculty members from the Department of Classical Studies have produced books that have been published by major presses.
Two CAS Faculty Named Sloan Fellows
This year, 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers received the 2016 Sloan Research Fellowship, including CAS’ own Assistant Professor of Astronomy Catherine Espaillat and Assistant Professor of Physics Alex Sushkov.
Announcing the New Director of the BU Center for the Humanities
We are pleased to inform you that Susan Mizruchi, Professor of English, will succeed James Winn as the next leader of the Center.
How does Religion Influence Social Progress?
In a Q&A with CAS News, Professor of the Sociology of Religion Nancy Ammerman discusses her role with the International Panel on Social Progress, and how it will help explain the role of religion in social progress to politicians, decision-makers, and others.
BU Neutrino Group Contributes to Nobel Prize in Physics
With the help of CAS professors, postdocs, and graduate students, a 20-year experiment solved the mystery of neutrinos—and won a Nobel Prize.