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From Dr. Melissa Gilliam, President and Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer March 6, 2025 Dear Members of the Boston University Community, We are pleased to announce the launch of the Boston University Task Force on Convergent Research and Education. This initiative will build upon our University’s strong foundation in impactful and […]
From Dr. Gloria Waters University Provost and Chief Academic Officer The Office of the Provost asks for your assistance in identifying nominees for the 2025 University Lecturer. The University Lecture was established in 1950 to honor members of the Boston University faculty engaged in outstanding research and creative pursuits. University Lecturers represent a vast array […]
From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Jason Campbell-Foster, Dean of Students The Dean of Students’ Office and Residence Life are seeking faculty members interested in appointment to the Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) Program for the 2025-2026 academic year. Faculty members are eligible to apply to the FIR program if they are full-time […]
From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer The Office of the Provost invites nominations and applications from the BU professoriate for the position of director of the next generation of what was previously known as ARROWS (Advance, Recruit, Retain, and Organize Women in STEM). The new organization, tentatively titled WISE (Women in […]
From Dr. Melissa Gilliam, President, Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer, and Nicole Tirella, Senior Vice President for Financial Affairs, CFO, and Treasurer January 28, 2025 Dear Members of the BU Community, As you’ve likely seen in the news, in the past week the new administration has issued executive orders affecting federal […]
From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Last spring, we invited a representative sample of Boston University students to take part in a climate survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct. Conducted in partnership with Rankin Climate LLC, a nationally recognized climate assessment firm, the survey was designed to gauge student perceptions […]
From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As we being a new semester, I am writing to restate Boston University’s commitment to respecting the practice of all religious denominations. During the course of the academic year, members of our community may request excused absences from attending classes or participating in examination, work, […]
From Dr. Gloria Waters, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer As we begin the process of selecting the next dean of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, the first step is to constitute the search advisory committee. The BU Faculty Handbook specifies that: “the advisory committee shall consist of three faculty members elected by […]