Boston University

Faculty

Photo: Professor Jay Zagorsky, a white man wearing glasses holding a bottle of wine, lectures on a stage in front of a whiteboard depicting Bordeaux France.

Faculty

I Will Teach My 10,000th BU Student This Summer. Here’s What I’ve Learned

July 7, 2023

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Diversity & Inclusion

This Student-Created CDS Workshop Examines Equality in the Technology Industry

June 30, 2023

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Affirmative Action

Disappointed and Determined, BU Community Reacts to SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

June 29, 2023

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Affirmative Action

Supreme Court Guts Affirmative Action in College Admissions, Provides Scant Guidance for Universities

June 29, 2023

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Holocaust Museum

BU Wiesel Center Director: Boston’s Proposed Holocaust Museum Would Educate and Inform about the Legacy of Genocide

June 28, 2023

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Promotions

Introducing the Newest Charles River Campus Associate Professors

June 27, 2023

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New Appointment

Sociologist and Scholar Anthony Abraham Jack’s Mission: Create a More Welcoming Campus

June 26, 2023

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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS

Is the Government Concealing UFO Craft and Dead Extraterrestrials?

June 22, 2023

New Appointment

Leading Texas Scholar Is New Dean of BU School of Social Work

June 15, 2023

Photo: College of Engineering professors (from left) Rabia Yazicigil, a white woman with short curly hair and wearing a black blouse, oversized blue blazer, and black pants, Mo Khalil, A tan man wearing glasses, brown sweater, and black pants, and Doug Densmore, a light-skinned Black man wearing a long sleeve collared grey shirt and black pants in a lab. Yazicigil and Mo Khalil look to Densmore as he talks and gesticulates.

Biomanufacturing

Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More

June 15, 2023

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Film & TV

COM Prof’s Documentary Revisits Improbable Story of Man vs. Whale

June 14, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

Where Does Trump’s Case Fall against Past Presidential Scandals Involving Sex, Power, Profit?

June 13, 2023

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Campus Life

Office Artifacts: Romy Ruukel

June 12, 2023

Photo: Two hands with black painted fingernails hold a copy of "Stamped from the beginning", a graphic novel adapted from Dr Ibram X Kendi’s book

Books

Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning

June 5, 2023

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Fighting Climate Misinformation

Tweets, Ads, and Lies: Researchers Are Fighting against Climate Misinformation

May 23, 2023

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COMMENCEMENT 2023

CFA’s Karin Hendricks to Receive the 2023 Metcalf Cup and Prize, BU’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 17, 2023

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Communicating Science and Research—through Puppets

May 16, 2023

Commencement 2023

CGS’ Stephanie Byttebier Wins a 2023 Metcalf Award

May 16, 2023

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Commencement 2023

CAS’ Joanna Davidson a 2023 Metcalf Award Winner

May 15, 2023

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Faculty

Stephen Prothero Delivers a Deeply Personal, Final BU Lecture

May 8, 2023

Stephen Prothero Delivers a Deeply Personal, Final BU Lecture