Arts & Sciences Announces 2009 Teaching Awards
These professors exhibit extraordinary passion and effectiveness not only in conveying ideas but also in mentoring and supporting students.
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BU Celebrates National Day on Writing
Students, faculty, and staff participated in an exciting lineup of events to celebrate writing in all parts of our lives.
BU Panel Tackles the Health Care Puzzle
Arts & Sciences and the BU Alumni Association hosted a panel discussion on health care reform, part of the Discoveries lecture and learning series.
A Knight’s Tale
Christopher Ricks, the William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at BU recently received one of the highest honors for a British citizen when Queen Elizabeth granted him a knighthood.
Feld Family Foundation Pledges $10 Million to BU
An important gift from the Feld Family Foundation will create a new professorship in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS).
James Winn Awarded Warren Professorship
Named after BU’s first president, the Warren Professorships were established in 2008 as a way of recognizing the most distinguished faculty who are involved in research, scholarship, and teaching, as well as the University’s civic life.
CAS Faculty Members Awarded Warren Professorships
Nancy Kopell, the William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Mathematics and Science, and Larry Kotlikoff, professor of economics, received the honor on June 24.
Celebrating 20 Years of PROMYS
PROMYS is a challenging program designed to encourage ambitious high school students to explore the creative world of mathematics.
Research Team Awarded $2.8 Million to Model Group Behavior
Margrit Betke from the Department of Computer Science will lead the project, and she will work with co-principal investigators Joyce Wong (Biomedical Engineering), Stan Sclaroff (chair, Computer Science), and Tom Kunz (Biology).
Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance East Asian Archaeological Publications Database
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a 26-month, $600,000 grant to BU to support the development of ARC/Base, an online, multilingual bibliographic database of East Asian archaeology, based in the International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History.