Honorary Degrees Being Given to Robert A. and Jeanne Knox
More than three decades of collective service to BU Robert and Jeanne Knox have given more than three decades of collective service, and two children, to BU. Robert Knox photo by Kalman Zabarsky; Jeanne Knox photo by Dorothy Brodsky. When their son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age six, Robert and Jeanne Knox […]
Questrom’s Link Day Offers Expertise to Nonprofits
Grad students work on a Saturday for good causes The Citizen Schools Link Day team at work: Chi Vo (from left) and Marisabel Jaramillo from Citizen Schools, Diego Da Silva Nunes (Questrom’18), Parul Kashyap (Questrom’18), Lisa Lerma (Questrom’17), Myles Fish (Questrom’18), Sarah Horwitz (Questrom’18), and Dalia Rinaldi (Questrom’18). Photo by Cindy Scott. Chi Vo and […]
BU Expands Boston Community Service Award Program
Scholarships open to transfers who graduated from city’s public schools Rosy Chen (ENG’17) and both of her sisters have benefited from the Community Service Award program. It’s “the main reason why I’m at BU,” says the computer engineering major. Photo by Cydney Scott. Boston University has deepened its commitment to the city of Boston by […]
Gifts Endow Three New Career Development Professorships
Awards go to Questrom, CAS, and ENG junior faculty Jessica Simes, a CAS assistant professor of sociology, who studies incarceration and race, has been awarded the first University Provost’s Career Development Professorship. Photo (right) by Cydney Scott. When Jessica Simes was an undergraduate at Occidental College, she was captivated by issues of race and privilege in […]
Center for Teaching & Learning Expands Efforts
BU Center for Teaching & Learning fellows: (back row, from left) Jonathan Hibbard, Christophor Cavalieri, Cheryl McSweeney, Kaija Schilde, Pary Fassihi, Peter Zink, and Scott Marr; (front row, from left) Sophie Hochhäusl, Gouri Gupte, center director Matthew Trevett-Smith, Bruce Anderson, and Rosina Georgiadis; (not pictured) Anthony Mecham. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Matthew Trevett-Smith sent an email […]
Digital Leader to Coordinate, Expand BU’s Online Education
Chrysanthos Dellarocas to lead University beyond MOOCs With many BU MOOCs now up and running, Chrysanthos Dellarocas, the University’s first associate provost for digital learning and innovation, is mapping other online initiatives. Photo (left) courtesy of Chrysanthos Dellarocas. When BU joined the online educational platform edX three years ago, it committed to producing massive open online […]
Sandro Galea’s Vision for Public Health
SPH dean emphasizes social justice issues like race, poverty Sandro Galea switched careers after a stint with Doctors Without Borders, leaving the immediate gratification of medicine to labor in the vineyard of public health. Photo By Eric Levin. Sandro Galea stood with his backpack at the edge of a small airstrip in Mendi, Papua New […]
Getting a Taste for Global Business
BU students get firsthand field experience in Beijing, Hong Kong The artificial hip joint being examined by Alissa Mangy (Questrom’16) and Bryan Chiakpo (ENG’17) is manufactured by CLZD, one of the companies a group of BU students visited in China during spring break. Photos by Gregory Stoller. Benjamin Graham (ENG’16) liked Hong Kong a lot, […]
ENG Makes Highest-Ever Grade in US News Rankings
Questrom, SED, LAW also do well Interdisciplinary research helped the College of Engineering to secure ample outside funding and a personal best in the latest US News rankings. Photo by Cydney Scott. The College of Engineering has earned its highest-ever ranking from US News & World Report, placing 35th among its peer American schools in […]
Questrom Welcomes Renowned Sustainability Expert
Peter Fox-Penner heads University’s new Institute for Sustainable Energy Peter Fox-Penner, a Questrom School of Business professor of the practice, markets and public policy and law, is also a drummer, a fan of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and a vegan. Photo courtesy of the Questrom School of Business. It’s not the rat race […]