Professor Joyce Wong to Step Down as Director of BU ARROWS; Call for Nominations and Applications for Next Director
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim Dr. Joyce Y. Wong, who has served as the inaugural director of BU ARROWS (Advance, Recruit, Retain & Organize Women in STEM) since the program’s inception in 2014, has announced that she will be stepping down from her leadership role at the end […]
Request for Submissions of Recent Faculty Books and Creative Works
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim In addition to serving as an informational tool for the BU community, the Office of the Provost website (www.bu.edu/provost) provides opportunities for spotlighting the outstanding work and accomplishments of faculty and students. One of the ways we do this is to chronicle on […]
2023 University Lecture
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim You are cordially invited to the 2023 University Lecture: Unifying Concepts: Critical Race Theory, Academic Freedom of Speech, and Democracy Jasmine Gonzales Rose Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Equity, Justice & Engagement Wednesday, November 29, 2023 7 pm Tsai Performance Center […]
Announcement of the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim As we begin the process of selecting the next dean of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, the first step is to constitute the search advisory committee. The BU Faculty Handbook specifies that: “the advisory committee shall consist of three faculty […]
Promotions of Lecturers and Faculty with Modified Titles on the Charles River Campus
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim President ad interim Freeman and I are delighted to announce the promotion of 14 faculty members on the Charles River Campus to the rank of master lecturer, 22 to senior lecturer, four to clinical associate professor, and one each to research associate professor […]
Absences for Religious Observances
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim During the course of the academic year, members of our community may request excused absences from attending classes or participating in examination, work, or study requirements in order to accommodate the observance of their religious faiths. A full reading of the University’s Policy […]
Observations regarding ChatGPT from AAU Provosts Meeting
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim The Boston University AI Task Force, launched earlier this month, will officially begin its work this week. As we embark on this important University-wide effort, I want to share some insights I recently gained at the annual meeting of Association of American Universities […]
2023-2024 Career Development Professorship Awardees
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim Each year, Boston University has the pleasure of awarding Career Development Professorships to several talented junior faculty members emerging as future leaders in their fields. Presented to promising junior faculty early in their careers at BU, these awards are made possible through the […]
Standardized Student Course Evaluations Being Adopted for Fall 2023
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim In 2018, then-University Provost Jean Morrison charged a faculty and staff task force to examine how we approach course feedback from students, among other broader teaching evaluation issues. With regard to end-of-instruction student evaluations, there is significant scholarship about tools that minimize or […]
Announcement of the Boston University AI Task Force
From Dr. Kenneth Lutchen, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer ad interim I write today to announce the appointment of a new University-wide task force focused on developing best practices and shared approaches around the use of generative AI at BU. All of us are witnessing in real time the rapid emergence of generative AI […]