President Trump: What He Should Do, How He Should Do It
Students talk about what new US leader ought to focus on On Friday, before a live audience of approximately 800,000, Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. There remains a great deal of uncertainty about what kind of presidency he intends. A political neophyte, Trump has said—among other […]
COM Covers the Inauguration
Students to file for BU News Service today through Saturday BU News Service editors Rob Carter and Sarah Toy are coordinating student coverage of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Most of the nation will watch Donald Trump’s inauguration tomorrow from the comfort of their own homes. It will be more frenzied for […]
BU Will Not Share Info on Undocumented Students
Will obey a court order, cannot bar immigration officials from campus More than 2,000 members of the BU community asked the University to declare itself a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented students. Photo (left) by Kalman Zabarsky. Boston University will not share information about any undocumented students with immigration authorities unless those authorities have a subpoena or […]
President Brown Signs Pro-DACA Open Letter
Counters Trump’s threat to kill program for undocumented youth President Robert A. Brown signed an open letter defending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects children of undocumented immigrants. Photo by Brian Snyder. University President Robert A. Brown last week signed an open letter, along with more than 250 higher education leaders, […]
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 […]
University Continues Climb in U.S. News Rankings
Strategic plan, investment in faculty and students, drive progress BU’s four-way tie for 39th best college in the nation, as judged in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking, is its best-ever placement. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Boston University reached an all-time high in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, moving […]
A Point of Light
BU researcher creates images from single photons It’s difficult to capture clear photos in low light. One BU engineering professor thinks he may have solved the problem. Photo by tolokonov/iStock When you take a photo on a cloudy day with your average digital camera, the sensor detects trillions of photons. Photons, the elementary particles of […]
BU Covers the Democratic National Convention
COM students report live from Philadelphia for BU News Service Boston University News Service students Andrea Asuaje (COM’17) (from left), Jonathan Gang (COM’17), Michael Sol Warren (COM’17), and Michelle Johnson, a COM associate professor of journalism, work inside the media tent outside the Wells Fargo Center during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Photo by Pankaj […]
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 […]
BU BioScience Academy Graduates 15
Year of intensive study and internships launch Class of 2016 in new career field View the slideshow to meet the 2016 graduates of BU’s BIoScience Academy certificate program. (Not pictured: Nandita Bhattacharaya). Photos by Cydney Scott. When Jesse Logan applied for a certificate program in applied biotechnology at BU’s BioScience Academy (BSA), she was at loose […]