FALL 2016 Features

a&s Insider

  • From the Dean

    Liberal education in the modern world and reconnecting with your alma mater

  • Tackling the Opioid Crisis—With a Book

    While some predict a dim future for the humanities, literature professor Susan Mizruchi has plans to make them more relevant than ever

  • Say Again?

    Project GO teaches future armed forces officers to speak critical languages

  • The ID Dilemma

    Ever stop to wonder why identity management is outsourced to the DMV? A former CIA officer suggests more secure options.

  • Rooftop Science

    Measuring urban climate change—from the top of CAS

  • Risky Leaks

    A clearer look at escaping natural gas

  • View from the Favela

    Jessica Depies (CAS’17) investigates why Brazilians built a shantytown on protected land

  • Then

    From the Archives: The hardships of summer study on Cape Cod

About Alumni

  • Honoring Favorite Teachers

    New funds celebrate treasured professors and support the next generation of students

  • Why I Give

    BU gave Laszlo Beres (CAS’67) a chance to make it in this country; now, he’s returning the favor

Class Notes

Whatever you’ve been up to, we’d like to hear about it. Send us an email with your stories or photos, and we’ll share them in class notes.

Letters

Read our letters to the editor—and see what we discovered about last issue’s photo from the archives