Remembering Leslie Epstein
Friends, colleagues, and former students of the author, who died May 18, recall his steadfast dedication to—and passion for—literary fiction.
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Four Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Historian Brooke Blower, Computer Scientist Marco Gaboardi, Chemist Pinghua Liu, and Economist Juan Ortner have been promoted to the rank […]
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Doctoral student creates marine textbook f…
Doctoral student creates marine textbook for Central American communities
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Four CAS professors receive Guggenheim awa…
Writer Louis Chude-Sokei, astronomer Merav Opher, physicist Anders Sandvik, and historian Bruce Schulman have been honored with 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships.
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Political Science Professor named 2025 And…
Jacob Brown selected as one of 26 Carnegie Fellows for his research on political polarization.
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CAS physicists receive Breakthrough Prize…
Physics faculty are amongst 13,000 researchers celebrated for their work at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.
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Computer Science faculty receive NSF early…
Computer Scientists Vasiliki Kalavri, Sabrina Neuman, Nathan Klein, and Kira Goldner have received early-career NSF awards.
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Younger receives Wellcome Discovery Award
Assistant Professor of Biology Meg Younger has received a grant to map the brain of the Aedes aegypti mosquito
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Alum inspired to fund Yitzhak Rabin lectur…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Rabin’s death and the 20th anniversary of the Yitzhak Rabin lecture series.
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Diving Into Unexplored Waters
BU researchers lead underwater exploration off the coast of Chile
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CAS Biologist Wins National Honor
Zeba Wunderlich received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her work on genes and DNA.
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CAS Senior Wins Marshall Scholarship
Hallie Baker (CAS’25, GRS’25), who is pursuing a BA-MA in archaeology, has been awarded a prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
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Using statistics to cure disease
Masters students are analyzing data to understand how patients behave, what types of treatments work, and more.
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Arts&Sciences Magazine
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Unlikely friendships during the Cold War
History Professor Alexis Peri studies pen friendships between US and Soviet women
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Students Share Entrepreneurial Aspirations
IDEA Con, a cross-college conference, featured three student speakers from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Physicists awarded prestigious Fellowships
Professors of Physics Anatoli Polkovikov and Martin Schmaltz recently received American Physical Society (APS) Fellowships
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What happened to the water on Mars?
BU Astronomers say Mars once had a lot of water
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Faculty Spotlight: Randall P. Ellis
Meet Professor of Economics Randall (Randy) P. Ellis
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Astronomer Merav Opher named AGU fellow
Opher’s research focues on how plasma and magnetic effects reveal themselves in astrophysical and space physics environments.
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Lucy Hutyra receives AGU Award
Hutyra, chair of Earth & Environment, investigates the interactions between humans and ecosystems.
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CAS Welcomes New Faculty
Arts & Sciences welcomes the 45 new faculty members who have joined our community in 2024.
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Exploring Social Science through Writing
The new Social Science Summer Writing Internship Program enabled CAS students to gain hands-on work experiences while also pursuing research.
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Breaking Barriers through Language
CAS lecturer teams up with Boston Public Schools administrator to teach Spanish to teachers, principals, nurses, and staff members