Trump’s Top Intelligence Advisor Visits BU
Dan Coats speaks to Pardee School of Global Studies students and faculty Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence (standing), spoke with students and faculty at BU’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies on September 29. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi. The man responsible for briefing President Donald Trump daily on national and global security issues […]
BU’s Peter Berger Remembered as Outstanding Sociologist
Scholar who did landmark research into religion and development dies at 88 Peter Berger, a CAS professor emeritus who did pathbreaking sociological research into religion and the developing world, died June 27. Photo courtesy of Pardee School of Global Studies. New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks once confessed his debt to BU sociologist Peter Berger, “whose […]
Terrorism Expert Joins Pardee School of Global Studies
Jessica Stern on how ISIS works and what we can do to stop it Terrorism expert Jessica Stern, who has joined the Pardee School faculty, inspired Nicole Kidman’s character in The Peacemaker. Photo courtesy of Jessica Stern. Working with a military intelligence officer, a future BU professor hunted for terrorists who’d stolen a nuclear bomb, […]
Making a Better World, from Neuroscience to Sandwiches
Social goals drive alums on Forbes 30-Under-30 list Christine Baugh (SPH’12) was recognized by Forbes for her work on chronic traumatic encephalopathy and its link to concussions in sports. Photo by Cydney Scott. Christine Baugh joined the School of Medicine Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center as a research coordinator in 2010, when it was just a handful […]