Boston University

Faculty

Muhammad Zaman, Boston University BU, assistant professor, College of Engineering, anti-malaria drugs, antimalarial drugs, PharmaCheck device, pharmacheck device

Faculty

A New Counterfeit Problem: Anti-Malaria Drugs

July 26, 2012

JPMorgan Chase, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, too big to fail banks, high risk investment trading, global economic recession and financial crisis

Social Sciences

How Does a Bank Lose $5.8 Billion?

July 24, 2012

Stephen Prothero author of The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation book

Politics

In Arguing We Trust

June 28, 2012

Boston, IBM Smarter Cities grant, global warming, climate change, greenhouse gas emission

Sustainability

Gridlock and Global Warming in BU’s Sights

June 7, 2012

Jay Atkinson author, Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man: Guts, Glory and Blood in the World’s Greatest Game, Ice Time, Legends of Winter Hill book

Sports

Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man

June 1, 2012

Ward Farnsworth, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Boston University School of Law

Schools and Colleges

Farnsworth New Dean of University of Texas School of Law

May 31, 2012

Predicting solar storms, W. Jeffrey Hughes, Boston University Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling

Faculty

Detecting the Perfect Solar Storm

May 25, 2012

James A. Winn, James C. McCann, Boston University Humanities, Guggenheim Fellowship

Accolades

Two Guggenheims Will Fuel Humanities Research

May 25, 2012

Jim Collins, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston University William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and College of Engineering professor of biomedical engineering

Awards

Jim Collins Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 24, 2012

Kate Snodgrass, 2012 Elliot Norton Award Prize for Sustained Excellence in Theatre, Theater

Awards

Elliot Norton Award to Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Director

May 23, 2012

Boston University Robert Knox Professorship, Robert and Jeanne Knox Foundation, Jonathan Simon, Director, Boston University Center for Global Health and Development CGHD

University News

$2.5 Million Endows Robert A. Knox Professorship

May 23, 2012

improvised explosive device IED explosion exercise, brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE

Faculty

Study Links Explosions to Brain Disease in Military Vets

May 22, 2012

Boston University faculty tenure

University News

Tenure Awarded to 24 Professors

May 22, 2012

Boston University faculty and staff advice to graduating Class of 2012

University News

Advice to Graduates: “Keep on Playing”

May 17, 2012

Robert C. Lowe, Associate professor of medicineBoston University School of Medicine MED, Metcalf Award 2012

CAMED

MED’s Robert Lowe a Metcalf Award Winner

May 15, 2012

Marisa Milanese, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program, Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching winner 2012

Awards

“Irrepressible” Milanese Wins Metcalf

May 11, 2012

Andrew Duffy, physics, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Metcalf Cup and Prize

Awards

Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner: Andrew Duffy

May 10, 2012

William J. Bicknell, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

University News

Looking Back on a Career in Public Health

May 2, 2012

2012 Boston University National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipients

Faculty

BU Researchers Receive NSF CAREER Awards

April 30, 2012

Boston University College of General Studies Breaks with Tradition literature class, student volunteer community service tutoring

Academics

Great Books, Good Works

April 27, 2012

Great Books, Good Works