GSO News
Congratulations to the 2025 Graduate Student Organization E-board
Congrats to the 2025 Graduate Student Organization at Boston University E-board for the new year! We’re pleased to pass the baton to the next group of enthusiastic grad students!President: ARJUN SHARMAVice President: CHARLES GOBERTSecretary: BROOKE ROTHAMERBest Wishes !!
Congratulations to the 2024 GSO E-board
Congrats to the incoming E-board for the new year! We’re pleased to pass the baton to the next group of enthusiastic grad students! President: Sarah Benhalima Vice President: Arjun Sharma Treasurer: Anne Shapiro Secretary: Jessica Martin Social Chair: Mikaela de Lemos International Student Chair: Oscar Wu
Statement on the Earthquake in Syria and Turkey
The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) of Boston University stands in solidarity with and extends our deepest condolences to those impacted by the devastating earthquake this week in Turkey and Syria. We specifically extend our support to BU students, staff, faculty, and friends who may have been personally impacted by this tragedy. If you are in […]
Statement from GSO President
February 4, 2022Statement from GSO Pres. Arcadia Ewell GSO President’s Statement Regarding Sick Leave Policy for PhD Students I am thrilled to see BU’s commitment to its PhD students through the creation of a new PhD student sick leave policy. Graduate students have consistently expressed concerns regarding university policies related to COVID-19, including how to navigate […]
GSO Official Statement Re: Spring 2022 Policies
The Graduate Student Organization believes the current policies and procedures for the Spring 2022 semester do not fully ensure effective and safe learning environments. We urge the administration to consider additional policies to protect immunocompromised and at-risk faculty members and graduate teaching fellows. Additionally, we have proposed several other encouraged courses of action including LfA […]
Information on Spring Semester Policies
Given the extremely unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many rapidly changing policies and requirements for students. GSO has taken the liberty to summarize BU’s policies for the Spring semester and is working diligently to keep our records up to date. Additionally, we have gathered a list of important COVID-19 resources within […]
Statement of Solidarity
Dear Members of the BU Community, The Boston University Graduate Student Organization (GSO) condemns the incredibly upsetting violence being committed against the Black community in America. We rebuke this violence and stand in support of the Black communities on our campus, in Boston, and beyond who have continued to endure the repeated violent and racist […]
Congratulations Fall 2019 Travel Grant Winners!
The following 10 people have been awarded a travel grant for the Fall 2019 cycle. Conference: Anthropology- Hafsa Arain American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, April 6-10, 2020 in Denver, Colorado Biology- Natalie Vaisman Wolbachia Conference 2020, July 5-10, 2020 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete, Greece Biology- Brandon Guell Society for Integrative […]
Congratulations Summer 2019 Travel Grant Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of travel grants for the summer! If you would like to apply for a travel grant, the next applications are due on December 1. Conference Chad Moore- Religion Andrea Blackburn- Anthropology Lizette Becerra- Psychology Laura Tourtellotte- Anthropology Jamie Harrison- Biology Marina Garner- Religion Chris Stokum- American Studies Lizzy Karnaukh- Chemistry Peter […]
Congratulations to our Spring 2019 GSO Travel Grant Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of travel grants for the spring! If you would like to apply for a travel grant, the next applications are due on August 1. Conference Travel Grant Winners: Jessica Wright- Earth and Environment Tess McCabe- Earth and Environment Chaeyong Lee- Music Eric Scarffe- Philosophy Emma Weizenbaum- Psychology Mihaela Barokova Psychology Gana […]