Faculty and Students Honors and Awards
Dean Moore Featured in BU Today’s “Close Up” for Last Lecture
At 7pm on Thursday, December 10, BU School of Theology (STH) Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore delivered her final lecture as dean of the School. Titled “Dignity: Spiritual Center in Social Chaos,” the lecture was well-attended by members of the greater STH community: current and former staff, faculty, students, alums, and Dean’s Advisory Board members were […]
Conference Celebrates Publication of Book Honoring BUSTH Professor Wariboko
The University of Texas at Austin and Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, School of Theology, and African Studies Center are pleased to announce a conference via Zoom on the “Philosophy of Nimi Wariboko,” covering the major themes of ethics, economy, society, religion, and African social traditions. This conference is called to […]
BUSTH Awarded Lilly Endowment Grant for Thriving Congregations Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kimberly Macdonald Communications Director 617-358-1858 kmacd@bu.edu Boston, MA – November 11, 2020 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded BUSTH a nearly $1 million, four-year grant to work with urban congregations responding to trauma. “Trauma-Responsive Congregations: Equipping Thriving Urban Congregations to Respond […]
Third-Year Student Appointed to BU Socially Responsible Investing Committee
October 2020 – Boston University School of Theology (STH) student Breanne MacFarland (MDiv/MSW ’22) was recently appointed to serve as the BU Graduate Student Representative on the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, with the Board of Trustees. This is the first time an STH student has been selected to represent their University graduate student […]
Entering MDiv Student Named One of Boston’s Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by City Awake
September 2020 – New School of Theology (STH) student Omari Jahi Aarons has had a busy and exciting September. This week, he officially matriculated as a Master of Divinity student at STH, and he was recently named to the City Awake “Ten Outstanding Young Leaders” list, a list that is published each year to recognize […]
BUSTH Students Named BU CURA Fellows for 2020-21
August 2020 – The Boston University Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA) announced their 2020-2021 fellows for the Colloquium on Religion and World Affairs, run in cooperation with the School of Theology. CURA fellows are selected from across Boston University every spring, and this year’s list includes four School of Theology students. The 2020-2021 […]
Faithful Friendships: Prof. Robert’s Publication receives Accolades
Professor Dana Robert’s book Faithful Friendships: Embracing Diversity in Christian Community has been designated among the Top Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity, and Intercultural Theology for 2019 by the International Bulletin of Mission Research. The publication has also been featured in a review on the Englewood Review website. “She invites the reader to […]
BUSTH and Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Awarded Wabash Center Grant
Contact: Kimberly Macdonald, Communications Director Boston University School of Theology 617-358-1858 kmacd@bu.edu Michael Skaggs, PhD, Executive Director Chaplaincy Innovation Lab 781-736-4399 mskaggs@brandeis.edu Boston, MA – July 1, 2020 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) and the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab are pleased to announce that the Wabash Center has awarded a grant to support the […]
Prof. Courtney Goto Wins BU Metcalf Award
This announcement first appeared in BU Today on May 1, 2020, in an article about the Boston University senior breakfast. Please read the full article here. May 1, 2020 – [President Robert] Brown revealed the winners of the University’s highest teaching honors. This year the top honor, the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, goes […]
New Scholarships Honor Two Consequential Women at School of Theology
This article was originally published by BU Today on April 30, 2020. Please see the full article here. Mary Elizabeth Moore, retiring as dean, and Nancy Ammerman, sociology of religion professor emerita, retired in 2018 By Rich Barlow April 30, 2020 – Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore, retiring as School of Theology dean this spring, made institutional […]