{"id":355,"date":"2011-12-01T16:07:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T21:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=355"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:00:02","slug":"centers-institutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/about\/centers-institutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Centers &amp; Institutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"card-group centers-group\">\n<li class=\"card-item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"centers_african\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2011\/12\/centers_african.jpg\" alt=\"centers_african\" width=\"260\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afr\">Center for African Studies<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"contact\"><a href=\"mailto:mcs32@bu.edu\">Mark Storella, Director<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.bu.edu\/?id=647#!m\/288976\">232 Bay State Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:+16173537305\">617-353-7305<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"card-item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"center_anxiety\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2011\/12\/center_anxiety.jpg\" alt=\"center_anxiety\" width=\"260\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anxiety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Anxiety &amp; Related Disorders<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"contact\"><a href=\"mailto:smithl@bu.edu\">Lisa Smith, Director<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.bu.edu\/?id=647#!m\/288982\">900 Commonwealth Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:+16173539610\">617-353-9610<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"card-item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"centers_asia\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2011\/12\/centers_asia.jpg\" alt=\"centers_asia\" width=\"260\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for the Study of Asia<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"contact\"><a href=\"mailto:rhefner@bu.edu\">Robert Hefner, Director<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.bu.edu\/?id=647#!m\/323914\">121 Bay State Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:+16173586915\">617-358-6915<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"card-item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"centers_astrophysical\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2011\/12\/centers_astrophysical.jpg\" alt=\"centers_astrophysical\" width=\"260\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/iar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Astrophysical Research<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"contact\"><a href=\"mailto:cce@bu.edu\">Catherine Espaillat, Director<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.bu.edu\/?id=647#!m\/288994\">725 Commonwealth Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:+16173535029\">617-353-5029<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"card-item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"centers_cura\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2015\/07\/cura.jpg\" alt=\"CURA\" width=\"260\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute on Culture, Religion &amp; World Affairs (CURA)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"contact\"><a href=\"mailto:menchik@bu.edu\">Jeremy Menchik, Director<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta hide-border-right\">\n<p class=\"location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.bu.edu\/?id=647#!m\/289018\">10 Lenox Street<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"card-item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"center_economic\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2011\/12\/center_economic.jpg\" alt=\"center_economic\" width=\"260\" 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