Meet the Newly Promoted Charles River Campus Professors
Faculty from CAS, CFA, ENG, LAW, Pardee, Questrom, Sargent, SSW, STH, Wheelock The recently promoted BU faculty on the Charles River Campus “are having demonstrable impact in their disciplines and excelling as teachers in our classrooms and laboratories,” says Jean Morrison, University provost. Photo by Cydney Scott. Nearly three dozen faculty on the BU Charles […]
Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & Sciences
After nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership The new dean of Arts & Sciences reflects its liberal arts mission: Stan Sclaroff was a double-major in computer science and English as a Tufts undergraduate. Photo by Cydney Scott. Stan Sclaroff embodies the philosophy of a liberal arts education. An accomplished computer scientist, […]
A Day in the Life of BU’s Engineering Product Innovation Center
Students, faculty, staff get a chance to design and build their own ideas at EPIC When it opened in January 2014, BU’s Engineering Product Innovation Center—better known as EPIC—was hailed as an opportunity to not only transform BU’s engineering programs, but to provide a hub for all members of the BU community, regardless of major, […]
Professor Named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Committee
Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences, has been appointed to serve on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Comprised of 20 nutrition and health experts across the country, the independent advisory committee reviews scientific evidence on topics and questions identified by the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), […]
New Leader for Technology Development Office
Mike Pratt will aid faculty in collaborations with industry Mike Pratt has been promoted to managing director of the Technology Development Office after being interim managing director since August 2015. Photo (right) by Jackie Ricciardi. Talk about taking one for the team. In 2008, BU researcher Ed Damiano needed a couple of healthy adults as controls for […]
How the Trump Administration Could Impact Research
Federal Relations’ Jennifer Grodsky on the uncertainties ahead for BU There are a lot of unknowns about the impact the incoming Trump administration and the new Congress will have on federally funded research at BU and other universities. Photo by Kkolosov/iStock. As Donald Trump assumes the presidency, Boston University and other higher education institutions face […]
Center for Teaching & Learning Expands Efforts
BU Center for Teaching & Learning fellows: (back row, from left) Jonathan Hibbard, Christophor Cavalieri, Cheryl McSweeney, Kaija Schilde, Pary Fassihi, Peter Zink, and Scott Marr; (front row, from left) Sophie Hochhäusl, Gouri Gupte, center director Matthew Trevett-Smith, Bruce Anderson, and Rosina Georgiadis; (not pictured) Anthony Mecham. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Matthew Trevett-Smith sent an email […]
Someday, You’ll Have Supercomputing in Your Hand
ENG prof advised US government on developing exascale computing Roscoe Giles testified before Congress in 2013 as an advisor to Uncle Sam on developing the next generation of supercomputers. Photo (left) courtesy of Roscoe Giles. Some time ago, Roscoe Giles gave a talk to BU computer scientists where he used his iPad 3—a handheld, aging […]
Cybersecurity Experts Go to Washington
Sharon Goldberg briefs Congressional staffers on internet insecurities Expert panelists at a recent Capitol Hill cybersecurity briefing sponsored by BU and the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus: FTC Office of Technology, Research, and Investigation research director Joseph Calandrino (from left), Center for Democracy & Technology chief technologist Joseph Lorenzo Hall, and Sharon Goldberg, a CAS associate professor […]
Elie Wiesel (Hon. ’74), Spokesman for Peace and Human Rights, Dies at 87
Auschwitz survivor, Nobel laureate, taught at BU since 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74), BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, 1928–2016. AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, a Nobel laureate, and the most powerful witness for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, died Saturday at […]