Category: Learning
ENG Building Opens
The College of Engineering, successor to the College of Industrial Technology, opens a new building at 110 Cummington Street.
School of Dentistry Opens
Boston University is the first university to open a graduate school in dentistry. In 1996, the School of Graduate Dentistry is renamed the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine after its founding dean.
Astronomy Major Offered
Astronomy is first offered as a major, leading to the creation of the Astronomy Department in 1966.
Six-Year Liberal Arts/Medical Degree Program Established
Boston University is the first university to establish a combined six-year liberal arts/medical degree program.
International Student Training at SED
The first US professional training for international student advisors is offered by the School of Education.
Law-Medicine Research Institute
Recognizing the widening scope of the medico-legal field, Boston University establishes the Law-Medicine Research Institute. A public service organization dedicated to defining health law and its role in public policy decisions and developing effective teaching modalities in health law at the graduate level, the institute is renamed the Center for Law & Health Sciences in 1970 to convey the field's expanding range. In 1977, the center's core faculty members move to Boston University Medical School to form the Health Law Section—later the Health Law Department—at the new School of Public Health. The department is renamed the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights in 2003 and is the successor and current incarnation of the original Law-Medicine Institute.
Boston University Fights Cancer with Groundbreaking New Center
The Cancer Research Center, an innovative effort dedicated to research and discovery. The center's research activities are organized into four programs: three are laboratory-based (Tumor Immunology/Lymphoid Malignancy Research, Cell Cycle Control and Signaling Research, and Hormone-Responsive Cancers Research) and one is population-based (Population Science—Cancer Disparities). Investigators from across the board collaborate on these themes, allowing greater opportunity for interdisciplinary and translational research.
Robert Lowell Poetry Workshop
BU hosts a most remarkable poetry workshop when Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and George Starbuck gather for instruction by poet Robert Lowell, who began teaching at Boston University in 1954.
CFA Established
The School of Fine & Applied Arts, now the College of Fine Arts, opens; the College of Music is absorbed into the new school.
African Studies Center
The African Studies Center, a program making major contributions to our national capacity to acquire and disseminate knowledge about Africa and its affairs, opens at Boston University.
"Those of you who know the African Studies Center well are already aware that it is not a department or just a research center. It is a community that lives each day, actively welcomes newcomers each year, and nurtures a wider set of colleagues around the United States and across Africa. Our sense of ourselves is historical, but grounded in the everyday as well." — James McCann, Director Ad Interim
