Faculty

The Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs has as its mission to operationalize the Faculty Handbook’s standards and procedures for faculty-related matters, and advancing academic excellence. In service of that mission, the Office manages the central review of Charles River Campus faculty personnel actions such as search proposals, appointments, reappointments, tenure/promotions, merit and equity salary reviews, and retirements.

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Administration

Recipients of the 2026 Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology and the University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award

From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost & Chief Academic Officer Each spring, we have the pleasure of announcing the recipients of two of our most prestigious University-wide teaching awards: the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology and the Boston University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award. These awards give […]

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Leadership at the College of General Studies; Announcing the Search Advisory Committee

From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As College of General Studies Dean Natalie McKnight prepares to step down from her leadership role at the end of June, I am pleased to share that we have determined the composition of the search advisory committee and appointed Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, assistant provost for general education and professor of rhetoric […]

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Administration

Announcing the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Questrom School of Business

From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As we begin the process of selecting the next dean of the Questrom School of Business, the first step is to establish the search advisory committee. The BU Faculty Handbook specifies that: “the advisory committee shall consist of three faculty members elected by the faculty of the School for […]

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