Boston University

Humanities

Joe Bagley, Boston City Archaeology, Three Cranes Tavern

Science & Technology

Secrets of the Three Cranes Tavern

November 9, 2014

Kaymakçı Citadel, Turkey, Christopher Roosevelt, Christina Luke, photogrammetry

Research

Picturing a Long-Gone Citadel

November 9, 2014

emily peschel, viking archaeology, viking teeth, forensic anthropology

Archaeology

Vikings: Menacing Marauders or Homebodies?

November 9, 2014

william saturno, benjamin vining, archaeology research, peru, remote sensing

Earth

Seeing beneath the Sugarcane

November 9, 2014

Michael Danti, iraq archaeology, boston university college of arts and sciences

Social Sciences

Digging in the Shadow of Death

November 9, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Archaeology site dig, Turkey, blog

Business & Law

BU Archaeologists Explore Turkey, and Blog About It

July 17, 2014

Tess Davis, archaeologist, Duryodhana Cambodian statue, archaeology, stolen antiquities, looted antiquities, ancient temples of Cambodia

Alumni

Returning Duryodhana

June 16, 2014

Boston University BU, Humanities scholars and librarians, New England, That Camp, interactive online maps, create digital archives, basic computer coding, College of General Studies CGS Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning

Business & Law

THATCamp: an “Unconference” Comes to BU

May 29, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Gail March BUSM assistant professor, director of instructional design and faculty development, Stephen Quigley, College of Communication COM associate professor of public relations, Willis Wang, vice president and associate provost for global programs, Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, College of Arts and Sciences CAS assistant dean, director of language instruction, Digital Learning Initiative DLI, MOOCs massive open onine courses, EdTech

University News

Faculty, Staff Win Grants for Innovative Online Education

March 25, 2014

Catherine West, professor of archaeology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, climate change research, Chirikof Island, Kodiak Archipelago, climate change

Climate Change

What Ancient Dinners Tell Us about Climate Change

January 23, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, humanities, Michael Howard, Northeastern Elite Certamen Tournament, College of Engineering ENG

Arts & Culture

Swapping High-Tech Studies for the Classics

October 7, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS research assistant professor of archaeology Francisco Estrada-Belli, Mayan archaeological dig, Guatemala Ministry of Culture, Pacunam Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, National Geographic Society Waitt Grants Program, Maya Archaeology Initiative, National Science Foundation funded study

Research

CAS Archaeologist Finds Near-Perfect Maya Mural

October 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva, prehistoric humans feet, physical therapist Kenneth Hold, how human ancestors walk

Science & Technology

Walking Like a Cavewoman

September 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Archaeologist Curtis Runnels, David Carballo, tool knapping tool making, archeology, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Humanities

Knapping Rocks

September 16, 2013

Wakefield Estate Summer Archaeology Institute summer program, Milton, Massachusetts

Archaeology

Archaeologists Explore an 18th-Century Estate

September 4, 2013

MET ML 620 Wild and Foraged Foods class, Boston University Metropolitan College, Gastronomy Program, Netta Davis, foraged foods, foreageable foods, wild plants, foraging for food

Food & Dining

The Pleasures of Wild and Foraged Foods

July 29, 2013

Sarah Keklak, archaeologist, Brook Farm Utopian Community, Beyond Utopia: 5,000 Years at Brook Farm exhibit

Alumni

Uncovering a Revered Utopia’s History

July 22, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Robert P. Weller professor, anthropology, the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs, 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship

Social Sciences

BU Anthropologist Awarded Guggenheim

July 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Memorials and Memory class, College of Arts & Sciences professor of archaeology Andrea Berlin

Academics

294 Steps to Class

October 25, 2012

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

Engineering

Two New Associate Provosts Named

September 7, 2012

Two New Associate Provosts Named