Commencement 2015
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer The All-University Commencement scheduled for Sunday, May 17 at Nickerson Field is just over two weeks away. If you plan to march in the processional at Commencement, I ask that you please email bugrad15@bu.edu with your name and school/college. You should have received specific information […]
2015 United Methodist Scholar/Teacher of the Year
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Each year, a distinguished member of the Boston University faculty is recognized for his or her “dedication and contributions to the learning arts and to the institution” with the United Methodist Scholar/Teacher of the Year award. This is a special honor established and endowed by […]
Promotions to Full Professor on the Charles River and Medical Campuses
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Dr. Karen Antman, Dean of the School of Medicine and Medical Campus Provost On behalf of President Brown, we are delighted to announce the promotion of 21 members of our Charles River Campus faculty and four members of our Medical Campus faculty to Full […]
Making Up Missed Class Days on the Charles River Campus
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer The now record-setting 2015 winter weather continues to have a profound effect on New England in general and on Boston in particular. Thus far this semester, classes on the Charles River Campus have been cancelled a total of five times, resulting in the loss of […]
Inaugural East Asia Studies Career Development Professorship Awardees
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Each year, Boston University has the pleasure of recognizing a handful of talented junior faculty emerging as future leaders within their respective fields through the award of Career Development Professorships. This year, we are delighted to announce the addition of a new Career Development Professorship […]
edX Global Forum at Boston University
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Boston University is pleased to host this year’s edX Global Forum, an annual three-day international conference on emerging trends in education that will take place November 19 to 21, 2014. The keynote events will be webcast exclusively to the BU community using www.bu.edu/digital/livestream. The keynote […]
Charge to the Task Force on General Education: Developing the intellectual framework for a University-wide General Education Program at Boston University
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As Boston University continues to emerge as one of the world’s leading private research universities, we increasingly operate and must compete at the very highest levels with the world’s best research universities. This is true for all facets of academic life including our efforts to […]
Ebola Update
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Willis Wang, Vice President and Associate Provost for Global Programs, and Peter Fiedler, Vice President for Administrative Services To the Boston University Community: As Ebola continues to devastate communities and infrastructure in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Boston University continues to monitor news and information […]
2014 University Lecture
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer You are cordially invited to the 2014 University Lecture on Wednesday, November 12, at 7 p.m. in the Tsai Performance Center. Established in 1950, the University Lecture each year spotlights the outstanding and eye-opening research of a Boston University faculty member to the BU community […]
Announcement of the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the BU College of Arts & Sciences
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As we begin the process of selecting the next Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, the first step is to constitute the Search Advisory Committee. The BU Faculty Handbook specifies that: “the advisory committee shall consist of three faculty members elected by the […]