Associate Provost Beth Loizeaux to Step Down; Call for Nominations for New Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer I write to announce that Beth Loizeaux, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Professor of English, has announced that she plans to retire and will be stepping down from her role at the end of December 2019. I know that Beth’s departure will be felt […]
Town Hall Meeting to Discuss New Center for Computing & Data Sciences
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As Boston University prepares to break ground on a new 19-story, 345,000 square-foot Center for Computing & Data Sciences on Commonwealth Avenue, I am writing to invite your participation in a town hall meeting on Tuesday, October 22, at 4 pm in the GSU Auditorium, […]
2019 University Lecture
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer You are cordially invited to the 2019 University Lecture on Wednesday, October 23, at 7 pm in the Tsai Performance Center. Established in 1950, the University Lecture each year spotlights the outstanding and thought-provoking research of a Boston University faculty member to the BU community […]
2019-2020 Career Development Professorship Awardees
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Each year, Boston University has the pleasure of recognizing a number of talented junior faculty who are emerging as future leaders within their respective fields with the awarding of Career Development Professorships. Presented to promising junior faculty who have been at BU for less than […]
Professor Mary Elizabeth Moore to Step Down as Dean of the School of Theology (STH); Formation of the Dean Search Advisory Committee
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Mary Elizabeth Moore, Professor of Theology and Education and Dean of the School of Theology, has announced that she plans to step down from her leadership role at the conclusion of the 2019-2020 academic year. Since 2009, Dean Moore has provided clear-headed, compassionate, and inspired […]
Announcement of Community Conversations around Free Speech on Campus
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Freedom of speech is among our society’s core principles and has particular resonance on the college campus where the protection of academic freedom is imperative. This past February, President Brown announced the formation of two committees to help develop a clear and consistent institutional voice […]
Invitation to Participate in Provost’s Mentor Fellows Program
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer I write to invite your participation in the inaugural Provost’s Mentor Fellows Program, a selective cohort-based program designed to promote and highlight excellence in mentoring. Participants in this program will join a community of faculty committed to deepening their mentoring practices, identify new mentoring strategies, […]
Process to Identify the Associate Provost of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As President Brown and I recently discussed in a letter to the University community, the use of large amounts of data and increasingly sophisticated computing is transforming critically important sectors such as industry, government, higher education, and the global economy. At BU, we see this […]
Appointment of Professor Maureen O’Rourke as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer This past spring, I solicited nominations and applications to identify a new Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. This followed the announcement in April that Senior Associate Provost Julie Sandell, who has overseen Faculty Affairs for the last 10 years, would be leaving at the end […]
Appointment of Christos Kolovos as BU Academy Head of School
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer This past January I reopened our national-level search for a new Head of School for Boston University Academy (BUA). Given BUA’s stature as one of the region’s preeminent preparatory schools and its very special partnership with Boston University, it was critical to identify a candidate with […]