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 […]
BU Awards Scholarships to Boston Public High School Grads
New Menino and Community Service scholars honored at reception Thomas M. Menino Scholars and Community Service Award grantees with Jean Morrison, University provost (far left), at last week’s reception. Photo by Jake Belcher. For many high school seniors, college is a chance to set out far from home. But Melissa Alvarado chose to stay in […]
What Does Trump’s Immigration Order Mean?
LAW immigration expert says new policy “is legally and morally indefensible” On June 20, Donald Trump, flanked by Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security secretary (left), and Mike Pence, vice president, signed an executive order that would end the separation of families at the US-Mexico border, but would detain them together indefinitely. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais. Bowing […]
BUzz Bits
BU IN DC Ann McKee of the School of Medicine participated in a Department of Veterans Affairs research fair on Capitol Hill on June 19. Undergraduate Nicolas Suarez of the College of Arts & Sciences received the Congressional Award for outstanding public service during a Capitol Hill ceremony on June 21. BUZZ BITS… On Thursday, […]
Fixing Climate Change is Good Business
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Fixing Climate Change is Good Business BU hosted the International Mayors Climate Summit, featuring Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, municipal leaders from across the globe, and former Secretary of State John Kerry. Read their insights RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Medicaid Expansion Helped Rural Areas A new study from the BU School of Public Health finds […]
A Different Kind of Texas Candidate
Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS’03, GRS’03) is running for office because of Trump Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS’03, GRS’03) is trying to turn a US House of Representatives seat blue in the reddest of red states: Texas. Photo by Ana Isabel. If Gina Ortiz Jones beats the Republican incumbent to win the US House of Representative seat in […]
POV: Can Economics Predict This Year’s World Cup Winner?
Maybe yes, and maybe no Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images. With the 2018 World Cup under way, fans are gripped by football fever. Questions abound. Will Russia be able to organize a successful tournament? How will the teams handle the long distance between venues? Will the World Cup be the same without Italy and the […]
Spending Panel Seek Science, Humanities Increases
BU IN DC School of Medicine Dean Karen Antman attended the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans Administrative Board meeting and the AAMC Leadership Forum on Community Engagement on June 11. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Dean Jeffrey Hutter, Maria Kukuruzinska, and Marianne Jurasic met with the director of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial […]
BU Alumni Celebrate Washington Capitals Victory
Close Up: NHL Stanley Cup First Stanley Cup for the Washington Capitals: After 44 years, the hockey Capitals took the 2018 NHL championship with a 4-3 defeat of the Vegas Golden Knights June 7 in Las Vegas. The cup is held aloft by team digital media director James Heuser (COM’08,’10), former BUTV10 general manager and […]
Thomas Fiedler to Leave COM Deanship Next Year
Wants his last year at the helm to be like Big Papi’s Thomas Fiedler (COM’71) will step down as dean of the College of Communication next spring after 10 years. Photo by Kristyn Ulanday. After 10 years as dean of the College of Communication, Thomas Fiedler will step down at the end of the next […]