Boston University

Humanities

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Gail March BUSM assistant professor, director of instructional design and faculty development, Stephen Quigley, College of Communication COM associate professor of public relations, Willis Wang, vice president and associate provost for global programs, Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, College of Arts and Sciences CAS assistant dean, director of language instruction, Digital Learning Initiative DLI, MOOCs massive open onine courses, EdTech

Faculty

Faculty, Staff Win Grants for Innovative Online Education

March 25, 2014

Catherine West, professor of archaeology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, climate change research, Chirikof Island, Kodiak Archipelago, climate change

Arts & Culture

What Ancient Dinners Tell Us about Climate Change

January 23, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, humanities, Michael Howard, Northeastern Elite Certamen Tournament, College of Engineering ENG

Humanities

Swapping High-Tech Studies for the Classics

October 7, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS research assistant professor of archaeology Francisco Estrada-Belli, Mayan archaeological dig, Guatemala Ministry of Culture, Pacunam Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, National Geographic Society Waitt Grants Program, Maya Archaeology Initiative, National Science Foundation funded study

Archaeology

CAS Archaeologist Finds Near-Perfect Maya Mural

October 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva, prehistoric humans feet, physical therapist Kenneth Hold, how human ancestors walk

Research

Walking Like a Cavewoman

September 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Archaeologist Curtis Runnels, David Carballo, tool knapping tool making, archeology, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Humanities

Knapping Rocks

September 16, 2013

Wakefield Estate Summer Archaeology Institute summer program, Milton, Massachusetts

Education

Archaeologists Explore an 18th-Century Estate

September 4, 2013

MET ML 620 Wild and Foraged Foods class, Boston University Metropolitan College, Gastronomy Program, Netta Davis, foraged foods, foreageable foods, wild plants, foraging for food

Boston

The Pleasures of Wild and Foraged Foods

July 29, 2013

Sarah Keklak, archaeologist, Brook Farm Utopian Community, Beyond Utopia: 5,000 Years at Brook Farm exhibit

Humanities

Uncovering a Revered Utopia’s History

July 22, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Robert P. Weller professor, anthropology, the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs, 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship

Humanities

BU Anthropologist Awarded Guggenheim

July 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Memorials and Memory class, College of Arts & Sciences professor of archaeology Andrea Berlin

Humanities

294 Steps to Class

October 25, 2012

Boston University BU Office of the Provost, Elizabeth Loizeaux, associate provost undergraduate affairs, Timothy Barbari, associate provost graduate affairs

Schools and Colleges

Two New Associate Provosts Named

September 7, 2012

Archaeologist William Saturno, Younger Brother Obsidian 9th century A.D. painting at Maya city house, Xultun, Mexico

Arts & Culture

BU Archaeologists Discover Oldest Maya Calendars

August 9, 2012

Faculty

Playing with Fire

April 3, 2012

Business & Law

Addiction Expert Designated White House Champion of Change

August 3, 2011

Arts & Culture

One Class, One Day: Studying What You Eat

July 11, 2011

Faculty

Trustees Welcome Entrepreneur, Tech Expert, Investor

May 13, 2011

Arts & Culture

Classicist Jeffrey Henderson Elected to AAAS

April 26, 2011

Social Sciences

Innovating for San Francisco’s Health Department

March 23, 2010

Arts & Culture

Religious Freedom Commission Battles Hate and Critics

March 22, 2010

Religious Freedom Commission Battles Hate and Critics