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Faculty

Photo: Grace S. Kim (left), a woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing glasses, a black blouse, and beige cardigan smiles and holds up a large framed printed award. Renato Mancuso (right), a white man with brown hair wearing glasses, a lavender collared shirt and black blazer smiles as he holds up a large framed printed award.

Accolades

BU Teaching Awards Honor Two Outstanding Educators

April 27, 2023

Photo: Melissa Holt, a white woman with shoulder length straight brown hair ad wearing a blue blouse with white polka dots and a black blazer smiles and poses with hands clasped in front of her. Holt poses for a portrait inside the lobby of Kilachand Hall.

New Appointment

Wheelock’s Melissa Holt to Lead Kilachand Honors College

April 25, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston sit at the front of Morse Auditorium on April 24, 2023. (from left) a tan man wearing a light blue collared shirt and navy blue suit looks and writes on sheets of paper, a Black man with white hair and a gray trimmed beard wearing a light blue collared shirt, blue blazer, and dark grey pants is turned to his right as he talks and gesticulates to a white woman wearing a red blazer, black dress, and black tights. They all sit in black chairs in front of a white background. A small table is at the center of them holding small plastic cups of water.

Arts & Culture

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Speaks of Migrants and Memory—and That Call from Sweden

April 25, 2023

Photo: a view of the west-facing entrance to BU's CAS. A large, ornate wooden metal door is shown in the background. In the foreground pink spring blossoms on a tree highlight the entrance.

Promotions

24 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

April 24, 2023

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Academics

CAS Writing Program Offers New Social Justice Emphasis

April 21, 2023

Photo: Dr. Bokulich, a white woman with long, dark brown hair and wearing a long black dress with long sleeves, poses in her cozy office. A tall warm-light lamp lights the room as Bokulich stands and poses next to a floral armchair and in front of a small, filled bookcase.

Philosophy of Geoscience

Are We Really in a Sixth Mass Extinction?

April 10, 2023

Photo: Candid photo of Donald Trump speaking. An older white man with an orange-tinged tan and wearing a navy suit and red tie speaks into a microphone. A US flag is seen behind him.

Government & Law

Is Trump’s Indictment Good for Democracy?

March 31, 2023

Tributes

Remembering SPH’s Joseph Massaro, CAS’ Gustav Fritz Papanek and Merlin L. Swartz

March 27, 2023

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Arts & Culture

BU Historian Kathryn Lamontagne on King Charles’ Coronation

March 27, 2023

Photo: To the far left, Andrew Reid Bell, a white man wearing a green cap, looks on as a small group of dark-skinned Black women and men look to tablets on a multi-colored, checkered long table. They are in a small wooden dwelling with an open doorway and cross-patterned open windows letting light in.

Conservation

How Do We Make Farming Better for the Planet? Ask Women

March 16, 2023

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Environmental Health

Skiers and Snowboarders Could Be Exposing Themselves to Harmful “Forever Chemicals” Without Realizing

March 14, 2023

9/21/22 -- Boston, MA Melisa Osborne leads a multi-disciplinary CAS class taking a look at the racism implicit in science and healthcare and trying to unpack it. Photo by Cydney Scott

Racism

New Fellowship Program Aims to Bring Antiracism into BU Curricula

March 10, 2023

Photo: Professor Amy Appleford leads an ENG 101 Encounters class at the Center for Computing & Data Science. A white woman with brown hair and wearing a black long sleeved top and pants, laughs and looks to the right as she holds a stack of handouts. She stands in front of a bright classroom as student sit in seats in front of her and turn to look at her.

Academics

Medieval Meets Contemporary in New English 101 Class

March 9, 2023

Photo: The Tobin Bridge is shown over the Mystic River in Massachusetts. A large, cantilever truss bridge is shown over a slightly foggy body of water with a small line of boats docked underneath. The city of Boston can be seen in the distant skyline.

Climate Resilience

Climate Change Is Threatening the Mystic River Watershed—Can It Be Saved?

March 7, 2023

Photo: Two men smile at the camera in a dual collage. On the left, a white man with short hair and a beard, crosses his arms. He has a blue collared shirt on and a blue knit sweater. He has glasses. The man on the right is sitting in chair surround by books in an office. He wears a maroon button up and smiles, casually, at the camera.

Accolades

2023 Academic Advising Awards Go to Christopher Schmitt and Matt Bae

March 2, 2023

Ngozi Okidegbe , associate professor of law and an assistant professor of computing and data sciences, poses for a photo on January 10, 2023. She is the first person at BU to hold such a joint position. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

AI & Law

Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?

February 23, 2023

2/1/23 -- Boston, Massachusetts Foot traffic along Commonwealth Ave and near Marsh Plaza February 1, 2023. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Campus Life

BU Launches Belonging & Culture Survey, First Community-Wide Effort

February 21, 2023

Professor Wesley Wildman, a tall white man in a blue collared shirt, teaches a Data and Ethics class at CDS on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Artificial Intelligence

Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty

February 17, 2023

Nipah viruses binding receptors on human cells, an initial stage of Nipah infection. A newly emerging bat-borne virus that causes acute respiratory illness and severe encephalitis, 3D illustration. Large orange balls with spikes surrounding them attach to tree-like structures sticking up off of a large sphere.

Emerging Pathogens

BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens

February 17, 2023

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Ants

BU’s “Ant Man” Studies Ant Brains

February 16, 2023

BU’s “Ant Man” Studies Ant Brains