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Faculty

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Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?

May 23, 2024

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Awards

BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams

May 7, 2024

Composite Image: The 2024 recipients of the John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service are Walter von Bosau, media resources coordinator, Krasker Film/Video Services, Mugar Memorial Library (from left), Daniel Ivey, program administrator, CAS Writing Program, and Richard Vezina (SPH’90), associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center. von Bosau photo by Jackie Ricciardi, Center photo provided by Dan Ivery, Vezina photo by Cydney Scott

University News

Meet the 2024 John S. Perkins Award Winners

May 6, 2024

Bobak Nazer (left), an ENG associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, helped to overhaul a complex course that all engineering students are required to take. Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology, brings experience as a student to his approach to teaching. Both will be honored at a private dinner on Monday, May 6, for their outstanding teaching accomplishments. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Two BU Faculty Honored with Outstanding Teaching Awards

May 3, 2024

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Commencement 2024

Advice to the Class of 2024: “Say Thank You”

May 3, 2024

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Promotions

22 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

May 1, 2024

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University News

University, Part-Time Faculty Tentatively Agree to New Four-Year Contract

April 30, 2024

Schanaya Barrows as Chloe, Sydney Jackson (CFA’26) as Dailyn, and Asilinn Brophy as Nat in Kirsten Greenidge’s Morning, Noon, and Night, a Company One production with Boston University. Photo by Ken Yotsukura

Theatre

BU Plays a Big Role in New Production from Boston’s Company One Theatre

April 29, 2024

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Evolutionary Development

Why Is a BU Researcher So Fascinated with the Diets of Dung Beetles?

April 25, 2024

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Expert Take

We Are Underestimating the Health Harms of Climate Disasters

April 22, 2024

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Awards

Three BU Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

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University News

AI Task Force Report Recommends Critical Embrace of Technology and Cautious Use of AI-Detector Apps

April 11, 2024

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Expert Take

Not Having Job Flexibility or Security Can Leave Workers Feeling Depressed, Anxious, and Hopeless

April 11, 2024

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Awards

BU Electrical Engineer Vivek Goyal Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow

April 11, 2024

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Measles

How Worried Should We Be about US Measles Outbreaks?

March 29, 2024

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Theatre

For CFA’s Head of Acting, Huntington Role Required Discretion, Listening

March 29, 2024

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Politics

Biden’s Biggest Challenges to Reelection—Immigration, Gaza, and Even the Economy

March 28, 2024

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Black Holes

Stunning New Image Shows Black Hole’s Immensely Powerful Magnetic Field

March 27, 2024

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Politics

Does the United States Have the Clout to Alter Netanyahu’s Course in Gaza?

March 26, 2024

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University News

BU Graduate Workers Launch Strike with Rally, Picket Plans

March 25, 2024

BU Graduate Workers Launch Strike with Rally, Picket Plans