Forum 2019 Panelist Emily Gowen Featured in The New York Times
Congratulations to BU English PhD student and Forum 2019 panelist Emily Gowen, who was featured in an article in this week’s New York Times discussing the issue of teaching texts affected by #MeToo allegations against their authors: Emily Gowen, a literature instructor at Boston University, asked her freshmen to read Mr. Díaz’s short story “The […]
BU Folger Institute Consortium Membership
Thanks to Boston University’s membership in the Folger Institute Consortium, BU faculty and graduate students are eligible for priority consideration in admission and for grants-in-aid to cover admission, travel, and housing expenses related to research undertaken at the Folger Institute. There are opportunities for people working in a wide range of disciplines. Please visit the […]
Article Cowritten by Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis Forum Hosts
In conjunction with our fall forum, Susan Mizruchi and Sandro Galea have written a piece for Global Thrive on “How the Humanities Can Help the Opioid Crisis.” They write: “The opioid epidemic is the public health crisis of our time: with 64,000 annual deaths, it has surpassed the peak losses of all other epidemics, including […]