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Faculty

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COMMENCEMENT 2023

CFA’s Karin Hendricks to Receive the 2023 Metcalf Cup and Prize, BU’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 17, 2023

Commencement 2023

CGS’ Stephanie Byttebier Wins a 2023 Metcalf Award

May 16, 2023

Photo: CAS professor Joanna Davidson, a white woman with short, curly brown and wearing a blue mosaic-themed blouse and black long-sleeved top smiles and poses with arms clasped behind her back. A blurry outdoor BU building can be seen behind her.

Commencement 2023

CAS’ Joanna Davidson a 2023 Metcalf Award Winner

May 15, 2023

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University News

Stephen Prothero Delivers a Deeply Personal, Final BU Lecture

May 8, 2023

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Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre’s Matilda, the Musical Nominated for Four Elliot Norton Awards

May 5, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Where’s Antiracism in the BU Hub?

April 28, 2023

Photo: Grace S. Kim (left), a woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing glasses, a black blouse, and beige cardigan smiles and holds up a large framed printed award. Renato Mancuso (right), a white man with brown hair wearing glasses, a lavender collared shirt and black blazer smiles as he holds up a large framed printed award.

Accolades

BU Teaching Awards Honor Two Outstanding Educators

April 27, 2023

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New Appointment

Wheelock’s Melissa Holt to Lead Kilachand Honors College

April 25, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston sit at the front of Morse Auditorium on April 24, 2023. (from left) a tan man wearing a light blue collared shirt and navy blue suit looks and writes on sheets of paper, a Black man with white hair and a gray trimmed beard wearing a light blue collared shirt, blue blazer, and dark grey pants is turned to his right as he talks and gesticulates to a white woman wearing a red blazer, black dress, and black tights. They all sit in black chairs in front of a white background. A small table is at the center of them holding small plastic cups of water.

Arts & Culture

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Speaks of Migrants and Memory—and That Call from Sweden

April 25, 2023

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Promotions

24 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

April 24, 2023

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Academics

CAS Writing Program Offers New Social Justice Emphasis

April 21, 2023

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Government & Law

Is Trump’s Indictment Good for Democracy?

March 31, 2023

9/21/22 -- Boston, MA Melisa Osborne leads a multi-disciplinary CAS class taking a look at the racism implicit in science and healthcare and trying to unpack it. Photo by Cydney Scott

Race

New Fellowship Program Aims to Bring Antiracism into BU Curricula

March 10, 2023

Photo: Professor Amy Appleford leads an ENG 101 Encounters class at the Center for Computing & Data Science. A white woman with brown hair and wearing a black long sleeved top and pants, laughs and looks to the right as she holds a stack of handouts. She stands in front of a bright classroom as student sit in seats in front of her and turn to look at her.

Academics

Medieval Meets Contemporary in New English 101 Class

March 9, 2023

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Accolades

2023 Academic Advising Awards Go to Christopher Schmitt and Matt Bae

March 2, 2023

2/1/23 -- Boston, Massachusetts Foot traffic along Commonwealth Ave and near Marsh Plaza February 1, 2023. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Campus Life

BU Launches Belonging & Culture Survey, First Community-Wide Effort

February 21, 2023

Professor Wesley Wildman, a tall white man in a blue collared shirt, teaches a Data and Ethics class at CDS on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Artificial Intelligence

Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty

February 17, 2023

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Black History Month

What “Black Resistance” Means to Me

February 15, 2023

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Valentine’s Day

For This Valentine’s Day, Terriers Send Love Notes—to Themselves

February 14, 2023

Photo: An Argentinian man with orange slacks, a red sweater with a black turtleneck underneath. He stands in the center of his office. To the left, an aquarium is featured. Above the aquarium tank are shelves of books. Lining the selves are chocolate wrappers from unique chocolate bars. On his right, there is a huge desk with tons of miscellaneous merchandise on top. Some of those items are a yerba mate pot, a silver plaque, and a wooden model of a motorcycle. Two chairs sit in front of his desks. Throughout the room are tons of personal pictures, framed and loose. Mostoslavsky smiles for the photo

OFFICE ARTIFACTS

Office Artifacts: Gustavo Mostoslavsky

February 6, 2023

Office Artifacts: Gustavo Mostoslavsky

Office Artifacts

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