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Awards

Accolades

Stefan Hofmann Receives Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award

January 26, 2018

Clarinda lights bright pink incense in China.

University News

CAS Alum Wins Schwarzman Scholarship

December 6, 2017

Josiah Sherman, an undergraduate majoring in biology at Xavier University, in New Orleans, explaining his research at Xavier’s 2017 summer research symposium. As part of a new NSF grant to engage underrepresented minorities in exploring STEM careers, the BU School of Medicine will offer opportunities for Xavier students to meet with researchers at BU.

STEM

BU Promotes Diversity in STEM Fields with NSF Grants

November 20, 2017

Maria Vertkin, founder of the Found in Translation nonprofit organization that trains low-income women to become medical interpreters

Accolades

Helping Immigrants Understand Their Doctors

November 13, 2017

Portrait of Elie Wiesel, grinning

University News

Remembering Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74)

September 15, 2017

Career Development Award Winners

Science & Technology

Career Development Awards Go to Seven Junior Faculty

September 12, 2017

Graphic of Danville, Fecteau, Gilroy, Kenney, Lehane, and Setterlund

University News

BU Athletic Hall of Fame to Induct Six This Fall

July 13, 2017

Mayor Walsh and Robert A. Brown with BPS scholars

Accolades

Scholarships for 65 Boston High School Graduates

June 15, 2017

Cast of Indecent on stage

Theatre

CFA Alum Finds Himself in the Tony Spotlight

June 8, 2017

Flutist Alexandra Conway (CFA’09,’17), Painter Kayla Suverkrubbe (CFA’17), and actress and director Emily Brown (CFA’17)

Arts on Campus

Three Artists, Three Plans

May 25, 2017

LAW’s Naomi Mann was inspired to seek social justice by her late father, a prominent doctor combating AIDS in the 1980s.

Accolades

2017 Metcalf Cup and Prize Goes to LAW’s Naomi Mann

May 17, 2017

Gary Lawson, Philip S. Beck Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, and winner of the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty

A Very Different Path to Excellence

May 16, 2017

Sophie Godley, winner of one of this year’s Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Accolades

SPH’s Sophie Godley to Receive a 2017 Metcalf Award

May 15, 2017

BU's 2017 student-athlete winners

Awards

BU Student-Athletes Honored at Annual Ceremony

May 8, 2017

2017 John S. Perkins Awards winners Lo-Su King, Digital Learning & Innovation manager of scanning services, Matthew Barber, College of Engineering biomedical engineering department director, and Karen Clements, School of Medicine urology department administrative manager

Accolades

Annual Ceremony Honors Staff Members for Service

May 3, 2017

Amie Grills has devoted her career to researching and teaching about ways to help children control their anxieties.

Psychology

Helping Children Beat Anxiety Wins a Top Award

April 28, 2017

Amber Navarre is this year’s winner of the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology

Technology

Teaching Chinese with Everyday Technology

April 27, 2017

Azer Bestavros and Bonnie Costello have been honored with William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorships.

Faculty

Azer Bestavros, Bonnie Costello Latest Warren Distinguished Professors

April 26, 2017

2017 Student Employee of the Year Award Winners Miles Avila, Christopher Crivelli, Sara Do, Caylin Marotta, Tesla Abrego

Accolades

Annual Awards Bestowed on Student Employees, Supervisors

April 11, 2017

Emily Sheehan won the Redstone Film Festival award for best picture from festival faculty director Geoffrey Poister, a COM associate professor of film and television.

Arts & Culture

Film about Urban Paramedic Nabs Top Pick at Redstone

April 4, 2017

Film about Urban Paramedic Nabs Top Pick at Redstone