Boston University

Faculty

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

Science & Technology

Two New Associate Provosts Named

September 7, 2012

The Kings’ Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth Goldsmith, College of Arts & Sciences CAS professor

Research

17th-Century Sisters the Kardashians Might Admire

August 27, 2012

Sin the early history of an idea by Paula Fredriksen, Christian views on original sin

Religion

Evolving Ideas of Sin

August 6, 2012

Boston University Department of Archaeology, Twenty thousand 20,000 year old pottery, Xianrendong Cave, China, world's oldest known pottery

Labs

A Prehistoric Pottery Barn

August 2, 2012

Jack Beermann, Boston Univeristy BU, School of Law LAW professor, Harry Elwood Warren Scholar, political rulemaking, presidential rules end of term

Law

When Presidents Make Rules Heading Out the Door

August 1, 2012

Muhammad Zaman, Boston University BU, assistant professor, College of Engineering, anti-malaria drugs, antimalarial drugs, PharmaCheck device, pharmacheck device

Health & Medicine

A New Counterfeit Problem: Anti-Malaria Drugs

July 26, 2012

JPMorgan Chase, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, too big to fail banks, high risk investment trading, global economic recession and financial crisis

Global

How Does a Bank Lose $5.8 Billion?

July 24, 2012

Stephen Prothero author of The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation book

Science & Technology

In Arguing We Trust

June 28, 2012

Boston, IBM Smarter Cities grant, global warming, climate change, greenhouse gas emission

Sustainability

Gridlock and Global Warming in BU’s Sights

June 7, 2012

Jay Atkinson author, Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man: Guts, Glory and Blood in the World’s Greatest Game, Ice Time, Legends of Winter Hill book

Sports

Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man

June 1, 2012

Ward Farnsworth, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Boston University School of Law

Schools and Colleges

Farnsworth New Dean of University of Texas School of Law

May 31, 2012

Predicting solar storms, W. Jeffrey Hughes, Boston University Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling

Space

Detecting the Perfect Solar Storm

May 25, 2012

James A. Winn, James C. McCann, Boston University Humanities, Guggenheim Fellowship

Accolades

Two Guggenheims Will Fuel Humanities Research

May 25, 2012

Jim Collins, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston University William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and College of Engineering professor of biomedical engineering

Accolades

Jim Collins Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 24, 2012

Kate Snodgrass, 2012 Elliot Norton Award Prize for Sustained Excellence in Theatre, Theater

Awards

Elliot Norton Award to Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Director

May 23, 2012

Boston University Robert Knox Professorship, Robert and Jeanne Knox Foundation, Jonathan Simon, Director, Boston University Center for Global Health and Development CGHD

Public Health

$2.5 Million Endows Robert A. Knox Professorship

May 23, 2012

improvised explosive device IED explosion exercise, brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE

Science & Technology

Study Links Explosions to Brain Disease in Military Vets

May 22, 2012

Boston University faculty tenure

Schools and Colleges

Tenure Awarded to 24 Professors

May 22, 2012

Boston University faculty and staff advice to graduating Class of 2012

Commencement

Advice to Graduates: “Keep on Playing”

May 17, 2012

Robert C. Lowe, Associate professor of medicineBoston University School of Medicine MED, Metcalf Award 2012

Awards

MED’s Robert Lowe a Metcalf Award Winner

May 15, 2012

MED’s Robert Lowe a Metcalf Award Winner