{"id":10402,"date":"2012-02-13T10:31:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/?p=10402"},"modified":"2012-02-13T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T19:44:46","slug":"john-straub-serves-as-phi-beta-kappa-visiting-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/2012\/02\/13\/john-straub-serves-as-phi-beta-kappa-visiting-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"John Straub Serves as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor Straub Visiting Scholar Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Phi Beta Kappa’s\u00a0Visiting Scholar Program<\/a> (VSP)\u00a0offers undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars. It aims to contribute to the intellectual life of the campus by making possible an exchange of ideas between the Visiting Scholars and the resident faculty and students.<\/p>\n

Professor John Straub<\/a> is\u00a0one of the 14 scholars<\/a> selected by the 2011-2012\u00a0VSP Committee. \u00a0Visiting eight schools (five in Fall 2011 and three in Spring 2012),\u00a0he spends two days at each, \u00a0giving a public lecture, meeting with undergraduates and faculty members, and participating in classroom discussions and seminars.<\/p>\n

The schools on his itinerary are:<\/p>\n