Boston University

Faculty

Boston University BU, School of Theology, associate dean Pamela Lightsey, Ferguson Missouri, Michael Brown murder, police brutality, racial racism ethnicity

Racism

Eyewitness to the Turmoil in Ferguson

August 26, 2014

deforestation in africa, ebola virus disease, ebola hemorrhagic fever, ebola epidemic response, ebola virus transmission

Health & Medicine

Battling Ebola: Is Human Activity to Blame?

August 7, 2014

Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, West Africa Ebola virus outbreak 2014, viral outbreak pattern

Health & Medicine

Battling Ebola: Tracking the Virus

August 6, 2014

Ran Canetti, Director, Boston University Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security, Massachusetts Open Cloud, MOC, Modular Approach to Cloud Security, MACS, Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, MGHPCC

Cybersecurity

Securing the Cloud

August 1, 2014

Mark Crovella, Boston University Innovator of the Year Award, professor computer science, chair of computer science, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, computer science research, computer networks research

Research

Computer Scientist Is BU’s Innovator of the Year

July 22, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, religion, summer course Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination class, professor of religion Michael Zank, director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies

Faculty

Jerusalem: How Did It Get to Be the Holy City?

July 18, 2014

James Bird, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, Interfacial Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, assistant professor of mechanical engineering

Faculty

How Fast Can a Drop Bounce?

July 17, 2014

Stephen Quigley, Boston University College of Communication COM associate professor of public relations, online education for international students

Business & Law

East Meets West—Online

July 11, 2014

David Weil, Boston University School of Management, SMG, labor market policy, US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

Economy

SMG Prof Confirmed for Department of Labor Position

July 8, 2014

Muhammad Zaman

Science & Technology

Two Faculty Named BU’s First Howard Hughes Professors

July 1, 2014

Andrew Bacevich, international relations expert, professor of international relations, Boston University

Faculty

Good-bye, Professor Bacevich

June 23, 2014

Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront, Brando’s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work, Susan L. Mizruchi

Arts & Culture

Lights, Camera, Brando

June 23, 2014

Edward Damiano, bionic pancreas, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, biomedical engineering, type 1 diabetes

Business & Law

ENG Prof’s Bionic Pancreas Takes a Big Step Forward

June 19, 2014

James Johnson, professor of history, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Research

CAS Professor Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

June 18, 2014

Leonid Levin, professor of computer science, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, nondeterminism, holographic proofs, aperiodic tilings, randomness

Faculty

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Taps CAS Prof for Membership

June 16, 2014

Paul Lipton, professor of neuroscience, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, UROP, Boston University undergraduate neuroscience program

Research

Paul Lipton Named New UROP Director

June 12, 2014

Sabermetrics 101 MOOC, Boston University Digital Learning Initiative, online classes, edX

Digital Learning

Baseball MOOC Pulls in 17,000 Learners

June 5, 2014

Boston University BU, Chinese author poet Ha Jin, American Academy of Arts and Letters, College of Arts and Sciences CAS professor

Awards

Ha Jin Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters

May 27, 2014

Terry Everson, associate professor of music, Boston University College of Fine Arts, CFA, Boston University School of Music, Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, trumpeter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops

Music

Metcalf Award Trumpets Everson’s Virtues

May 15, 2014

Alan Marscher, professor of astronomy, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Institute for Astrophysical Research, Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Science & Technology

Metcalf Award Goes to Alan Marscher

May 14, 2014

Metcalf Award Goes to Alan Marscher