House Defeats Effort to Cut Humanities, Arts
BU IN DC Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters discussed BU research initiatives with officials at the National Science Foundation, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and the International Center for Research on Women on July 19. Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Adil Najam spoke on a United States Institute […]
Take a Tour of the Massachusetts State House
Discover the history, art, and architecture of one of the country’s most famous buildings The Massachusetts State House dates to 1798. Photo by zrfphoto/iStock. Perched atop Beacon Hill on land where John Hancock’s cows once grazed, the Massachusetts State House is one of Boston’s oldest—and most iconic—buildings. Home to both the state legislature and the governor’s […]
BUzz Bits
BU IN DC Are you wondering what the students of the BU Washington, D.C. Study Abroad Program are doing this summer? Wonder no more! BUZZ BITS… President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint Lane Genatowski as director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Mr. Genatowski is currently an investment banker in Houston. The National Science […]
BU Alumna Wins Upset Primary
Editor’s Note: This week The BUlletin brings you the stories of three BU alumnae who are shaking up the political landscape and making headlines. NOTABLE ALUMNI BU Alumna Wins Upset Primary Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS ’11) is in the national spotlight after defeating an incumbent congressman in New York’s Democratic primary. Learn about her time at BU. […]
CAS Prof Wins Nearly $1M to Study Interaction of Natural and Human Emissions
Jeffrey Geddes gets two federal research awards to examine impact on air quality Jeffrey Geddes uses remote sensing observations, computer modeling, and targeted field observations to study atmospheric chemistry and air quality. Photo (left) by Jackie Ricciardi. BU’s Jeffrey Geddes has won two early career federal research awards totaling nearly $1 million to advance his work […]
After 50 Years, Tamar Frankel Is “Retiring” from LAW Faculty
At 93, she plans to continue teaching and “shaking up Wall Street” Tamar Frankel, who has taught at the School of Law for the last 50 years, was given a retirement party recently. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi. Tamar Frankel served in a Jewish defense paramilitary unit before Israeli statehood, with assignments, she says, from an […]
Supreme Court Upholds Travel Ban
BU IN DC Astraea Augsberger and Linda Sprague Martinez of the School of Social Work participated in a “Youth Engagement Strategies to Prepare Youth for Successful Adulthood” convening hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on June 28 and 29. Kristen Goodell of the School of Medicine attended the National Association of Advisors for […]
LAW Prof: SCOTUS Travel Ban Decision Reflects a “Dark Era”
Karen Pita Loor analyzes Supreme Court’s split decision upholding Trump executive order Protesters outside the Supreme Court on April 25, when the justices were hearing arguments on whether to uphold the Trump travel ban on several Muslim countries. On June 26, the court upheld the ban in a 5-4 vote. Photo by AP/Andrew Harnik. The […]
BU Alumna Wins Upset Congressional Primary in New York City
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) in the national spotlight.
BU Alum Named 2019 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year
Jamil Siddiqui inspires his students to love mathematics The big day: High school math teacher Jamil Siddiqui (ENG’93, Wheelock’94, GRS’98) gives his calculus students some last-minute encouragement before they take their AP exam. Photo by Kelly Davidson. Just an hour before this year’s Advanced Placement calculus exam, jittery East Bridgewater, Mass., high school students gathered […]