Boston University

Faculty

The inaugural cohort of the College of Arts & Sciences Society of Fellows has taken up residence at Boston University this fall: Alisa Prince (from left), Alize Arican, Tori Lee, and Jacob Bongers (not pictured: Najwa Mayer). Photo courtesy of College of Arts & Sciences

University News

CAS Society of Fellows Is Opening New Doors for Early-Career Scholars at BU

October 13, 2022

Dawn Belkin Martinez (center), a School of Social Work clinical associate professor, with graduate students Noor Toraif (CAS’16, SSW’23) (left) and Greer Hamilton (SSW’24), who worked with her to create a free online course on structural racism. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Academics

School of Social Work Offers Free Online Course for Understanding Structural Racism

October 11, 2022

Image: 5 speech bubbles of different pastel colors featuring the words "Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx, and Latine".

Voices & Opinion

If Hispanics Hate the Term “Latinx,” Why Is It Still Used?

October 7, 2022

For a story about a faculty exchange program between Sargent and Italy's University of Pavia—over the summer, prof Paula Quatromoni, at right, traveled to Pavia to teach Italian students about eating disorders in athletes and help develop coursework. Now, Pavia prof Cinzia Ferraris, at left, is here at Sargent this semester guest-speaking in classes. Photo by Cydney Scott

Nutrition Exchange

This International Faculty Exchange Is Training the Next Generation of Nutritionists in Eating Disorder Care

October 7, 2022

Illustration of a woman using her hands to balance a smiley face and sad face. She balances on a board that sits on top of a neutral face.

Mental Health

BU Is Offering Free Screenings for Depression and Anxiety October 6

October 4, 2022

Image Collage: From left to right, headshots of Hugo Javier Aparicio, Diana M. Ceballos, Catherine Espaillat, Raul Garcia, Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Daniel Jacobson López, and Maria C. Olivares.

Latinx Researchers

Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference

October 3, 2022

Edward Avedisian (left) and Aram V. Chobanian at the celebration announcing the Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine on September 29, 2022. Photo by Dave Green

Giving

The Lifelong Friendship behind Astonishing $100 Million Gift to BU’s Medical School

September 29, 2022

Photo of green and orange gliding tree frogs swarming on leaves against a black background.

Research in Photos

From Lovesick Frogs to Music-Making to Mouse Memories, Photo Contest Shows Stunning Breadth of BU Research

September 27, 2022

Collage of BU’s new Career Development Professors from left to right, top to bottom: Heidi Meyer, Jean-Pierre Roussarie, Ngozi Okidegbe, Erica Pratt, Christine Slaughter, Heidi Meyer, Tesary Lin, Daniel Dempsey, and Rui Hua. Photos by Cydney Scott and Jackie Ricciardi

New Appointment

University Names Eight Junior Faculty to Career Development Professorships for Promising Scholars

September 26, 2022

Photo of Cloudy blue skies reflecting in the windows at the BU Kilachand Center. A long figure walks by on the sidewalk.

Kilachand Fund

The Kilachand Fund’s Impact on Science’s Biggest Challenges

September 26, 2022

Photo: Fall stock photo of BU campus. Trees with orange and yellow leaves line the sidewalks of Comm Ave as pedestrians walk by the campus.

FACULTY PROMOTIONS

Meet the 18 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Associate Professor

September 23, 2022

The Center for Computing & Data Sciences, dubbed the “Jenga building” by students, will house a new faculty that has received a $3 million gift from MassMutual. Photo by Janice Checcio

University News

MassMutual Gives $3 Million to Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

September 21, 2022

9/8/22 -- Boston, MALoretta Lees, new leader of Initiatives on Cities (IOC). Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

New Appointment

For New Initiative on Cities Leader, Urban Geography Is People

September 21, 2022

Photo of a series of black and grey brain scans.

Brain Health

New BU Center for Brain Recovery Aims to Advance Treatments for Stroke, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s

September 19, 2022

Photo: A group of migrants huddle on a sidewalk in front of St. Andrews Episcopal Church. A young Latina woman wearing a large white shirt holds a white cup and looks off as other Latinx individuals stand and look off around ehr.

Immigration

Florida Governor DeSantis’ Transport of Migrants to Massachusetts Is a “Crude Political Tactic…Playing with People’s Lives,” LAW Expert Says

September 16, 2022

Photo: CGS professor Kari Lavalli, a white woman with shoulder-length blonder hair wearing a blue floral blouse and black pants, sits and poses with her dog, a black, seven-year-old Portuguese Water Dog Bell.

Dog Training

Teaching Dogs to Jump off a Boat—and Ignore the Ducks

September 16, 2022

Photo of Dr. Nancy Sullivan of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discussing Ebola research with President Barack Obama as NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell look on.

NEIDL Director

Nancy J. Sullivan, Ebola Vaccine and Treatment Pioneer, Named New NEIDL Director

September 16, 2022

Photo of Brian McGrory, in his office at the Boston Globe. McGrory is a middle-aged White man with short blondish hair. He poses with his hand on his chin and holds a blue pen. He has a large desk that curves around to the back and his office has a large window that looks out onto downtown Boston. Papers and diet pepsi are seen in the foreground.

New Appointment

Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory to Lead BU Department of Journalism

September 13, 2022

Ribbon cutting event for the Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering September 14, 2017. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Administration

“A Lasting Legacy of Excellence”: Reflections on President Brown’s Impact on BU Research

September 8, 2022

As a CAS associate professor of the practice of playwriting, Nathan Alan Davis will run the University’s MFA Playwriting Program, and Megan Sandberg-Zakian is the new artistic director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Here the two stand back to back on Commonwealth Ave outside the theatre. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Theatre

Longtime Collaborators Raising the Curtain on a New Era for Playwriting at BU

August 25, 2022

Longtime Collaborators Raising the Curtain on a New Era for Playwriting at BU