Econ alum is a rising political star
Alexi Giannoulias, 2025 economics convocation speaker, learned on the BU basketball court and in his econ classes
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Do Forest Carbon Credits Work?
BU environmental ecologist and alum study forest carbon credits
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Translating Rocket Science for the Masses
Alum Korine Powers’ career took an unexpected turn, from studying English literature to the communications office at NASA
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The Humanity Lab
For 35 years, the Core has taught some of history’s most consequential thinkers and their writings.
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A Gemologist’s Debut Novel
Alum Anna Rasche's new novel tells the story of a girl who uses gemstones to heal the sick.
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Keeping Seeds Alive
English Professor Adriana Craciun studies an Arctic archipelago where seeds are a symbol of hope.
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Remembering Leslie Epstein
Friends, colleagues, and former students of the author, who died May 18, recall his steadfast dedication to—and passion for—literary fiction.
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Four Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Historian Brooke Blower, Computer Scientist Marco Gaboardi, Chemist Pinghua Liu, and Economist Juan Ortner have been promoted to the rank […]
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Doctoral student creates marine textbook f…
Doctoral student creates marine textbook for Central American communities
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Four CAS professors receive Guggenheim awa…
Writer Louis Chude-Sokei, astronomer Merav Opher, physicist Anders Sandvik, and historian Bruce Schulman have been honored with 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships.
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Political Science Professor named 2025 And…
Jacob Brown selected as one of 26 Carnegie Fellows for his research on political polarization.
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CAS physicists receive Breakthrough Prize…
Physics faculty are amongst 13,000 researchers celebrated for their work at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.
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Computer Science faculty receive NSF early…
Computer Scientists Vasiliki Kalavri, Sabrina Neuman, Nathan Klein, and Kira Goldner have received early-career NSF awards.
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Younger receives Wellcome Discovery Award
Assistant Professor of Biology Meg Younger has received a grant to map the brain of the Aedes aegypti mosquito
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