Category: Learning
University Professors Program Created
The University Professors Program (UNI), an interdisciplinary program for gifted students, is created. The first course is taught in 1972.
First Rhodes Scholar
Richard Taylor (COM'73) becomes Boston University’s first Rhodes Scholar.
Institute for Philosophy & Religion
A unique, interdisciplinary forum dedicated to studying issues at the intersection of philosophy, religion, and public life, the Institute for Philosophy & Religion is conceived by a group of philosophers (called The Personalists) who were among Martin Luther King, Jr.'s teachers when he was a PhD candidate at Boston University. Over the years the institute's programs reflect broad concerns such as promoting social justice, founding pluralistic societies, and exploring the deepest questions about life as reflected in theological and philosophical discourse. Established with the cooperation of three academic units of Boston University—the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Religion, and the School of Theology—the institute is envisioned as a home for serious philosophical and religious reflection and hosts a popular lecture series on issues that cross boundaries between academic disciplines and between scholars and the educated public.
BU Marine Program
The Boston University Marine Program is founded at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Center for Educational Development in Health
The Center for Educational Development in Health is invited to move from the Harvard School of Public Health to the Health Policy Institute at Boston University. The CEDH team has taught courses on Educational Design and Evaluation at Harvard and Boston University since 1968 and authored several highly regarded, widely used texts on competency-based education and training.
"The wealth of this course is as a candle hidden under a bushel. I submit that this course should be known and readily available through the whole university as an 'inter-school' program….To briefly relate my personal experience, teaching is no longer arbitrary. Given a subject to teach, a lecture to present, a course to plan, there are logical and systematic approaches to these problems which firstly are student centered." — Elliott V. Miller, MD, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Center for Science & Medical Journalism
The Center for Science & Medical Journalism at Boston University College of Communication is dedicated to improving the quality of science and medical journalism worldwide. Students and veteran journalists are trained to recognize, investigate, analyze, and explain scientific and medical findings and issues.
"Typically students in this program are very intelligent people with amazing backgrounds. Because of this, I always feel compelled to have my ideas very together when I come to class, especially if I'm presenting something. My classmates as much as my professors have pushed me to be a better student."—Steven Bedard, Class of '00, is now a content developer for WGBH Interactive, the online extension of WGBH-TV Public Television to Boston.
Mugar Library Completed
The Mugar Memorial Library is completed.
MET Established
Metropolitan College is opened.
First Cancer Research and Teaching Lab Created
Boston University is the first university to combine a cancer research and teaching laboratory.
Overseas Program Begins
The Overseas Program offers its first course. The International Relations Program begins with 34 students in the spring of 1964. The first Boston University professor assigned overseas is Assistant Professor Stephen Anderson.
