BU historian Benjamin R. Siegel’s Markets of Pain charts opium from a commodity in colonial India to fuel for a drug crisis in modern-day America
Benjamin R. Siegel says the most evocative moment in his research on the opium trade was when he… More
BU PhD Student MaryKate Smolenski Highlights Overlooked Revolutionary War Voices Through Internship at the Boston Athenaeum
MaryKate Smolenski (GRS’25,’27), center, a PhD Candidate in American Studies, is interning with the Boston Athenaeum this summer.… More
CISS Hosts 2026 Social Science Writing Internship Program Showcase
… More
Population Science Seminar To Debut in Fall 2026
CISS is excited to announce the September 2026 launch of the BU Population Science (BU PopSci) Seminar. Each academic year, the series… More
This July, We Recognize National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
This article written by Lindsay Griesman (CAS’27) , 2026 CISS Summer Writing Internship Program intern. She is majoring in anthropology with a specialization in Health &… More
Innovation with Impact: BU Engineering Students Develop Preecamplsia Detection Device Informed by Social Science
From left to right, top row: Tobias Maluf-Mas (Biomedical Engineering), Neel Sajja (Biomedical Engineering), Mikayla Grymes (Biomedical Engineering),… More
BU Social Scientists 2026 Tenure and Promotion Are Announced
Congratulations to the 38 faculty members on Boston University’s Charles River Campus who received tenure this spring! Provost Gloria Waters announced this… More
Social Scientists Invited to Comment on Federal Uniform Guidance on Grants
The proposed rule published in the Federal Register by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), titled "Regulation for Federal Financial… More
BU Alum Archaeologist Leads the Search for a Colonial Fort in Charlestown, Mass.
City Archaeologist and Director of Archaeology for the City of Boston Joe Bagley (CAS’06). Photo by Cydney Scott… More
Meet CISS 2026 Summer Writing Interns!
Meet our Summer Writing Internship Program (SWIP) interns! Zuzu Jansen This article written by Lindsay Griesman Zuzu Jansen (CAS’27) is a rising… More