Boston University

Faculty

David Roochnik, Chair of Boston University BU College of Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy, Maria Stata Professorship

University News

$2.5 Million Gift Creates Maria Stata Professorship

May 23, 2013

BUx, edX, MOOC, Boston University Digital Learning Initiative, DLI

Academics

BU Joins Leading Online Course Platform edX

May 21, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Education associate professor Carol Brennan Jenkins, Metcalf award recipient

Accolades

SED’s Jenkins Honored with Metcalf Award

May 16, 2013

Boston University BU, scarlet key, Dean Elmore, faculty, awards, commencement

Scarlet Key

Scarlet Key Society Inducts 81 from Class of 2013

May 16, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Core Curriculum, BU Marine Program, 2013 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty

Innovator Finnerty Wins Metcalf Award

May 15, 2013

Boston University BU, Deborah Vaughan, Metcalf Cup and Prize winner, commencement

Commencement

Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner: MED’s Deborah Vaughan

May 14, 2013

Boston University BU, Faculty promotions, tenure professorships

Accolades

Tenure Goes to 12 Charles River Campus Faculty

May 13, 2013

Boston University BU Engineering Product Innovation Center EPIC

Schools and Colleges

New EPIC Studio Will Equip ENG Students with Design Skills

May 10, 2013

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine 50th Anniversary

University News

School of Dental Medicine Celebrates 50th Anniversary

May 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Communication, professor journalism, author Mitch Zuckoff, Frozen in Time, Lost in Shangri La

Journalism & Media

Frozen in Time Recounts World War II Arctic Ordeal

April 30, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Management SMG, Business Insider ranking, worlds best business schools list

Accolades

SMG’s Finance Degree Ranked Seventh Nationwide

April 29, 2013

Andrei Ruckenstein, vice president and associate provost for research, professor of physics, Boston University

Staff

BU Associate Provost for Research Ruckenstein Steps Down

April 25, 2013

Boston University BU, dean Marsh Chapel Robert Allan Hill, School of Theology STH, Methodist Origins

Staff

BU Adopts Junior Scholar Leave

April 22, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Communication COM, professor Geoffrey Poisner, cinematheque, documentary Jazz Dreams II, film and television production, Courtney Bryan, Irvin Mayfield, Jason Marsalis, New Orleans jazz musicians composer drummer trumpeter

Music

Dreaming of Jazz

April 16, 2013

Boston University BU, disability website, peer support network, parents of children with disabilities, BU faculty staff raising children with disabilities

Health & Medicine

Help for Parents Caring for Children with Disabilities

April 16, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, political science funding cuts, government funding research budget cuts

Politics

Congress Cuts Political Science Research Grants

April 9, 2013

Max Versace, Neuromorphics Lab, Boston University BU, robotics engineering, Cog Eye, Massimiliano Versace, BU Neuromorphics Lab, biological intelligence, robotic autonomous thinking

Labs

The Robot as Decider

April 4, 2013

Boston University BU, massive open online courses MOOCs, Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation, future online education,

Science & Technology

Faculty Urged to Help Design Online Offerings

April 4, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Materials Science and Engineering, Alfred P Sloan fellow Ramesh Jasti, carbon research

Accolades

CAS Faculty Member Wins Sloan Fellowship

April 1, 2013

Ian Sue Wing, Johannes Schmieder, Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Department of Earth and Environment, human induced climate change, economic growth, mitigating climate change, carbon dioxide stabilization policy, environmental policy, environmental economics, carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?

March 29, 2013

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?