New Student Services Center Opens Its Doors
This summer, the offices affiliated with Student Academic Life in the College of Arts & Sciences moved to the new Student Services Center at 100 Bay State Road (at the corner of Deerfield Street).
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BU Honors Outstanding Women in Sciences, Math, Engineering
Boston University is honored to be among the 13 educational institutions designated by the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program of the Henry Luce Foundation to receive annual funding in perpetuity to advance the careers of women in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Why Aren’t There More Stars?
Boston University undergraduate researcher Rob Marchwinski and his colleagues in BU’s Astronomy Department may have found the answer to a universal question: Why aren’t there more stars?
Chemistry Department Hosts High Schoolers
Two groups of high schoolers explored x-ray crystallography and nanotechnology with CAS Chemistry Department faculty members this spring and summer.
State-of-Art Lab Leads to New Findings in Garnet Geochronology
A series of recent publications by CAS Earth & Environment researchers have focused on the field of garnet geochronology. The findings in this area were made possible by the National Science Foundation-funded BU-TIMS research facility.
BU Shares Credit for Big Discovery of Small Particle
Physics major Kelsey Bilsback, an intern at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, finds herself among physicists from around the world flying high after CERN’s confirmation July 4 of evidence of a new subatomic particle that could dramatically advance our understanding of the universe.
BU Offers Public Rare Glimpse Of Venus Crossing The Sun, June 5
On June 5, Venus will make one of its rare transits across the surface of the sun. The Boston University Astronomy Department and BU Center for Space Research will host an event to allow as many visitors as possible a safe glimpse of this event.
Points of Departure: More Than a Blog
With its many writers from CAS, the BU Culture Shock blog was recently named by BostonInno as one of Boston’s college-related blogs you need to be following right now.
“Irrepressible” Milanese Wins Metcalf
With its guaranteed anonymity and slam-book style candor, RateMyProfessor.com is viewed by some faculty with trepidation. Marisa Milanese, a College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program senior lecturer, can breathe easy on that account.
Mentoring Partnership Supports First-Year Students
As the final exam crunch-time hits, some first-year students are breathing easier thanks to a new collaboration between CAS and the Educational Resource Center (ERC).