BU professor named to new associate provost position
Boston University Professor Azer Bestavros was appointed as the associate provost of the new computing and data sciences department last week.
Bestavros is a computer science professor and former chair of BU’s computer science department, and he will be officially taking on this new leadership role on Dec. 1.
University Provost and Chief Academic Adviser Jean Morrison released a statement sharing her and President Robert Brown’s enthusiasm over appointing Bestavros and building the new computing and data sciences center.
“This new unit will enable BU to build a collaborative and interdisciplinary interface between our traditional academic units and the faculty and students interested in computing and data sciences,” Morrison wrote in the press release....