Harris’ Article Picked as Top 20 All-Time by American Economic Review
CAS Professor of Economics John Harris’ article on the Harris Todaro model of migration and employment in poor countries was picked as one of the top 20.
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Using the Past to Predict Global Warming’s Future
To see the future, Maureen Raymo looks back.
Project “GREEN” to Study EU’s Emerging Role in the World
BU’s International Relations and Political Science departments have been named partners in a multimillion-euro project to study the role of the European Union (EU) in world.
International Relations/Political Science to Partner in Europe-focused International Programs
BU’s International Relations and Political Science departments have been named associate partners in a multimillion-euro project to establish the Erasmus Mundus joint doctorate program to be called Globalization, the EU, and Multilateralism (GEM).
Earth Systems Forum Lays Foundation for Collaboration
CAS scientists and researchers from a range of disciplines and departments that included geography & environment, biology, and astronomy convened to identify complimentary core strengths and new, collaborative opportunities.
Pardee Center Director Invited to Serve on Advisory Panel for 2011 Human Development Report
Professor Adil Najam, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and CAS Professor of International Relations and of Geography & Environment, has been invited to join the Advisory Panel for the 2011 Human Development Report.
Remembering English Professor Burton Cooper
Burton L. Cooper enjoyed a long and productive career in the Department of English, from his time as a CLA undergraduate (BA 1953) through his ascent up the professorial ranks, to his retirement in 1999.
Of Rats and Robots
CAS Professor of Psychology Michael Hasselmo and his colleagues plan to use the spatial location strategies of rats to improve the way that robots navigate.
Three BU Professors Win Prestigious Fellowship/Award
The professors are Corey Stephenson, Chemistry; Xue Han, Neuroscience; and Pankaj Mehta, Physics.
BU’s Thomas Kunz Introduces New Discipline of Aeroecology at AAAS Symposium
Aeroecology is a new discipline whose unifying concept is a focus on the aerosphere and the myriad organisms that inhabit and depend on this aerial environment for their existence.