Building Better Cities
How Arts & Sciences has emerged as a hub for urban sustainability research and solutions
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The Big Picture
What Does the Evolution of AI Mean for Our World? Philosopher Rachell Powell explores the philosophical and ethical aspects of rapidly advancing technology.
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Faster, Safer, Smarter
Computer scientist Renato Mancuso wants to improve the systems that control our vehicles and devices
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Digital Spiritualities
Black Americans are using technology to express their religious identities, and religion scholar Margarita Guillory is here to tell their stories
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Memory Serves Them Well
Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has built a diverse, vibrant community of young scientists in his memory lab
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Julie Roginsky’s Quest to End NDAs
Alum, Fox whistleblower, and cofounder of Lift Our Voices, is freeing workers from the silencing effects of nondisclosure agreements
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Boundless Possibilities
Do mushrooms hold the secret to slowing human aging? Chemist Pinghua Liu has cofounded a company focused on answering that question.
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Cross-City Collaborations
BU’s campuses aren’t the only place where the Arts & Sciences community learns—Greater Boston itself is a classroom, laboratory, and workplace. See where students and faculty are collaborating.
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Arts × Sciences 2023
Read the College of Arts & Sciences’ redesigned magazine as a PDF
Abstracts
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Results
From 16th-century Chinese monasteries to 21st-century farms in Gabon, Arts & Sciences researchers are finding solutions to real-world mysteries and problems
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The Humanities’ Time to Shine
Juliet Floyd, new director of the BU Center for the Humanities, has high hopes for the expanded center
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A 150th Anniversary Celebration
The College of Arts & Sciences celebrated its sesquicentennial throughout 2022–23.
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New Hires
Meet four new members of the Arts & Sciences faculty
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Charting New Courses
Arts & Sciences introduced 50 new courses in 2022–23, many of them crossing departmental boundaries to bridge disciplines.
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CAS Writing Program Offers New Social Justice Emphasis
Classes probe race, labor, the environment—and English supremacy
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BU Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”
Expert on urban climate honored for efforts to mitigate extreme heat and other consequences of climate change
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The Big Question
Faculty explore matters of global—even universal—concern, sharing their ideas and solutions