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Humanities

Sarah Phillips, associate professor of history at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and author of The Price of Plenty: From Farm to Food Politics in Postwar America

Faculty

BU Center for Humanities Names New Fellows

July 5, 2017

Brian Woerner is equally at home offering a tasting at Follow The Honey in Cambridge or working with locals in Tanzania to help produce a sustainable supply of organic honey.

Wellness

A Global Taste of Honey for Questrom Grad Student

May 1, 2017

still life portrait of classic literature books and a violin symbolizing the arts

Humanities

POV: Doctor’s Orders, Don’t Cut Arts Funding

April 11, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Arts & Culture

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Archaeology

Arctic Squirrels: Invasive or Native Species?

February 22, 2017

Egyptologist Ava Forte Vitali speaking with a family with a mummy on the table

Archaeology

Archaeologists Reenact 19th-Century Mummy Ritual

October 31, 2016

photo of a ververt monkey

Anthropology

Why Do Monkeys Get Fat?

October 25, 2016

Squirrel gnawing on a chicken bone

Forensic Science

Toothy Squirrels Could Confuse Crime Scenes

August 30, 2016

Marc Sommers thumbnail

Books

Challenging Assumptions about Africa’s Exploding Youth Population

July 21, 2016

James Pokines, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine

Anthropology

Bone Detective

July 21, 2016

Michael Zank, Dorothy Kelly, Sanjay Krishnan

Humanities

BUCH Fellowships Awarded to Nine Faculty

June 14, 2016

Daniela Fernandez talks about different types of food of the Prehispanic Aztec period during "Eating Archaeology", a multidisciplinary event that unearthed ancient recipes.

Students

Cooking Up the Past

June 9, 2016

Cheryl Boots

Arts & Culture

Freedom Songs

February 24, 2016

Ben Wolozin

Arts & Culture

BU Research Benefits from First Federal Funding Boost in Years

January 25, 2016

Stephen Scully

Diversity

Black Classics Scholars, an Untold Story

January 15, 2016

Into Africa: Three Fulbright Scholars, three countries, three perspectives on a changing region

Arts & Culture

Into Africa

December 7, 2015

Humanities

BU Center for the Humanities Names New Fellows

April 15, 2015

Kristi Lewton, assistant professor in the anatomy and neurobiology department at BU School of Medicine. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Anatomy

In Defense of Wide Hips

April 15, 2015

Jack Ammerman, Robert Hudson, and Vika Zafrin

Data Science

BU Adopts Opt-Out Open Access Policy

March 25, 2015

Andrea Digiorgio Cornell Tree Climbing Institute, Borneo orangutan research

Anthropology

Chasing Orangutans

January 26, 2015

Chasing Orangutans