Policy on Course Scheduling for the Charles River Campus
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Dr. Beth Loizeaux, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Effective course and classroom scheduling is critical to the academic mission of the University. It enables students to take the classes they want and need in a timely manner, and helps ensure that faculty teach, and […]
Kilachand Honors College Leadership Transition
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Dr. Beth Loizeaux, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Professor Charles Dellheim, who has served as the founding Director of the Kilachand Honors College since 2011 and as the College’s inaugural Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor, has announced his plans to step down from […]
Appointment of Professor Chrysanthos Dellarocas as Associate Provost for Digital Learning and Innovation
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer I am pleased to announce the appointment of Chrysanthos (Chris) Dellarocas, Richard C. Shipley Professor of Management in the Department of Information Systems in the Questrom School of Business, to the newly-created role of Associate Provost for Digital Learning and Innovation, effective immediately. In this […]
Final Report of the Task Force on General Education
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer I am pleased to share with you the final report of the Task Force on General Education, which recommends the elements of a University-wide General Education (GE) Program for undergraduate students at Boston University. The report may be accessed on the Task Force’s website at http://www.bu.edu/gened/. […]
Inaugural Boston University Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Dr. Beth Loizeaux, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Academic advising is integral to the teaching mission of Boston University. Each day, hundreds of undergraduate advisors across our Charles River Campus actively collaborate with students to explore academic and co-curricular opportunities and set out strategies […]
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 eight members of our Charles River Campus faculty and eight members of our Medical Campus faculty to Full […]
2016 University Lecture — Call for Nominations
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer The University Lecture Committee asks for your assistance in identifying nominees for the 2016 University Lecturer. The University Lecture was established in 1950 to honor members of the Boston University faculty engaged in outstanding research. University Lecturers represent a vast array of disciplines […]
Changes to Boston University Research Administration
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer The support that our faculty receive from the University in their efforts to obtain competitive, externally sponsored funding for their research and scholarship must be highly effective. As you know, the services that our research support organizations have been providing have not been up to […]
Appointment of Matthew Trevett-Smith as Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL)
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Matthew Trevett-Smith as Director of Boston University’s Center for Teaching & Learning (formerly the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching – CEIT), effective immediately. Dr. Trevett-Smith was identified to lead the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) through a […]
Policies and Degree Programs Approved by the Boston University Council
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As part of an ongoing effort to keep you up-to-date on newly approved or revised policies and programs affecting the BU community at large, my office will provide a summary at the beginning of each semester of the academic, faculty, and administrative policies enacted by […]