Activities to Activism: New Diversity & Inclusion Website for BU and Boston
Guides to the campus and city, videos featuring Black faculty, and more aim to make the University and the city more welcoming
Crystal Williams Promoted to New Position with Focus on Building Community
As vice president and associate provost for community and inclusion, she will expand her responsibilities
BU Makes Top-10 List of Universities Enrolling More Pell Grant Students
The University has made progress increasing socioeconomic diversity since joining the American Talent Initiative, a consortium of access-broadening schools
Roscoe Giles, Lifelong Advocate for STEM Diversity, Named AAAS Fellow
BU engineer recognized for his work in advancing diversity and inclusion in the field of computation Roscoe Giles, Boston University College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering, has had a career marked by firsts. He was the first black student to earn a PhD in physics at Stanford University, he was the first […]
Here’s How to Really Improve Gender Diversity in STEM Research
BU engineer and peers recommend formal policies that could level the playing field between men and women Boston University engineer Joyce Wong is a co-author on a new Science paper suggesting policies that could increase gender diversity in the STEM research workforce. Photo by Dave Green. “Oh, that’s terrible, but that doesn’t happen here.” […]
Noted Scholar of Inequality to Lead BU School of Law
Angela Onwuachi-Willig drawn by BU’s history of access and diversity Angela Onwuachi-Willig says she decided to leave top-ranked UC, Berkeley, School of Law to take the LAW deanship because of the University’s commitment to the causes and ideals she cares deeply about. Photo courtesy of Onwuachi-Willig. Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a renowned legal scholar and expert in […]
Diversity in Science – Where I’m Coming From
Underrepresented voices in science offer unique perspectives Photo above provided by Jackie Ricciardi. SCIENCE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO INVESTIGATE the entirety of the physical and natural world, is missing something. So is engineering. According to a report issued last year by the National Science Foundation (NSF), blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented both as recipients of […]
Teaching’s Diversity Problem
Travis Bristol is working to keep male teachers of color in public schools Travis Bristol was just 22 when he arrived at Manhattan Hunter Science High School in September 2004, armed with a bachelor’s from Amherst, a master’s from Stanford, and a passion for introducing New York City 10th graders to the intellectual thrills of Candide, Oedipus […]
BU Promotes Diversity in STEM Fields with NSF Grants
At MED, students from underrepresented groups learn about careers beyond medicine BU has three National Science Foundation grants to promote diversity in STEM fields; the principal investigators are Linda Hyman, associate provost for the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (from left), Sarah Hokanson, director of professional development and postdoctoral affairs, and Pamela Templer, a CAS […]
Three NSF Grants Will Promote Diversity in STEM
Medical school will guide students from underrepresented groups to career paths beyond medicine Left to right: Linda Hyman, associate provost for MED’s Division of Graduate Medical Sciences; Sarah Hokanson, BU director of professional development and postdoctoral affairs, and Pamela Templer, a CAS professor of biology, are each principal investigators on National Science Foundation grants aimed […]