Policymakers Address Artificial Intelligence
BU IN DC The Pardee School of Global Studies hosted an alumni event to welcome incoming freshmen from the Washington, D.C., area on June 24. POLICYMAKERS ADDRESS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Last week, the National Science and Technology Council released an updated National Artificial Intelligence (AI) R&D Strategic Plan to reflect changes in the field since the report was […]
Karen Engelbourg Named Senior Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations
A key player in University’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, she’ll succeed Scott Nichols Karen Engelbourg, BU’s vice president for development, has been promoted to senior vice president for development and alumni relations, succeeding Scott Nichols. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Boston University has tapped Karen Engelbourg, vice president for development and a pivotal player behind the […]
BU Establishing New Data Sciences Faculty Unit
New academic entity aims at preparing students for work of tomorrow The creation of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and the construction of the Center for Computing & Data Sciences (shown above) will help BU equip generations of students with data science expertise. Image courtesy of KPMB Architects. With BU planning to build […]
BU’s Initiative on Cities Gets New Codirector
Katharine Lusk has played a key role in University’s urban research Katharine Lusk, who has served as executive director of BU’s Initiative on Cities since its founding in 2014, has just been named codirector of the institution. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Katharine Lusk, who helped grow BU’s Initiative on Cities (IoC) into an urban information […]
Congress, NIH Address Harassment in Academia
BU IN DC School of Medicine Dean Karen Antman attended the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans Administrative Board meeting on June 18th and spoke at AAMC’s Leadership Conference on Sexual Harassment on June 19. Shamiran Mako and Joshua Shifrinson of the Pardee School of Global Studies attended Bridging the Gap’s International Policy Summer […]
Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.’95), Founder of BU’s African American Studies Program, Dies at 99
A distinguished sociologist from a distinguished family Adelaide Cromwell, a sociologist renowned for her research on black leadership who joined the BU faculty in 1951 and cofounded the University’s African Studies Center and founded BU’s African American Studies program, died June 8, five months shy of her 100th birthday. Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe staff. […]
BU Provost Testifies on Harassment in Science
BU IN DC BU Provost Testifies on Harassment in Science Boston University Provost Jean Morrison explained how BU is combating sexual harassment before a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing. Here’s what she said ON THE CHARLES RIVER New COM Dean Is a Trailblazer Mariette DiChristina (COM ’86), the first female editor-in-chief of Scientific American, […]
Morrison Testifies on Harassment in Academia
BU IN DC Diane Baldwin of Sponsored Programs and Kathryn Mellouk of Research Compliance attended the Council on Governmental Relations annual meeting on June 6 and 7. Azer Bestavros of the Rafik Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering participated in a panel on ethical artificial intelligence at the Amazon Public Sector Summit on June 12. […]
Meet the Newly Promoted Charles River Campus Professors
Faculty from CAS, CFA, ENG, LAW, Pardee, Questrom, Sargent, SSW, STH, Wheelock The recently promoted BU faculty on the Charles River Campus “are having demonstrable impact in their disciplines and excelling as teachers in our classrooms and laboratories,” says Jean Morrison, University provost. Photo by Cydney Scott. Nearly three dozen faculty on the BU Charles […]
Committee Considers Foreign Influence in Science
BU IN DC Jeanne Kelley of the International Students & Scholars Office attended the NAFSA: Association of International Educators annual conference from May 26 through May 31. The School of Public Health and the Initiative on Cities cohosted “A Conversation About Cities and Health” on June 4 at the National Press Club. SPH Dean Sandro Galea […]