BU Now » College of Arts and Sciences http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Commencement address by student speaker Monica Narang http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/25/9413/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/25/9413/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:29:29 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=9413 Student commencement speaker Monica Narang (CAS ’11) addressed nearly 20,000 attendees at Sunday’s celebration and reflected on student life, academics and BU’s “soul”:


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/25/9413/feed/ 0 The next Dean Elmore? Experience commencement through the eyes of a graduate http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/23/the-next-dean-elmore-experience-commencement-through-the-eyes-of-a-graduate/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/23/the-next-dean-elmore-experience-commencement-through-the-eyes-of-a-graduate/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 13:28:20 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=9401 BU Today joined Kyle Trotman (CAS’11) at this weekend’s events from the Champagne Reception on Friday night through Commencement yesterday to offer a graduate’s perspective.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/23/the-next-dean-elmore-experience-commencement-through-the-eyes-of-a-graduate/feed/ 0 “Just stew it!” say the south campus stewards http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/19/just-stew-it-with-the-south-campus-stewards/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/19/just-stew-it-with-the-south-campus-stewards/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 12:03:18 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=9305 Graduating seniors Molly Byrd (CAS), Emily Drevets (CAS) and Emily Bell (CAS, COM) gave BU Today and inside look into what their lives were like while studying at BU the past four years and how they came to give away “free stew and friendship” on Wednesdays:

See more be BU Today’s Point of Departure series daily on their homepage.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/19/just-stew-it-with-the-south-campus-stewards/feed/ 0 Creative Writing hosts faculty reading tonight http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/04/12/creative-writing-hosts-faculty-reading-tonight/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/04/12/creative-writing-hosts-faculty-reading-tonight/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:15:52 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8115 The Creative Writing Program, one of the oldest writing programs in the country, is hosting their annual faculty reading tonight at 6:00 PM in the SMG Auditorium (595 Comm. Ave).  Faculty participating include:

Leslie Epstein (Program Director)
David Ferry
Louise Glück (United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner)
Allegra Goodman (National Book Award finalist)
Ha Jin (Awardee of National Book Award, PEN/Hemingway, twice PEN/Faulkner)
Ronan Noone
Sigrid Nunez
Robert Pinsky (United States Poet Laureate)
Maya Sloan

Tonight’s event is free and open to the public.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/04/12/creative-writing-hosts-faculty-reading-tonight/feed/ 0 Robert Pinsky reading tonight http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/03/24/robert-pinsky-reading-tonight/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/03/24/robert-pinsky-reading-tonight/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:10:29 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8015 Pinsky HeadshotThe Creative Writing Program is hosting famed poet and BU Professor of Poetry Robert Pinsky for a reading from his newest book Selected Poems.  Pinsky was formerly a United States Poet Laureate and has written nineteen books.  The event will take place tonight at 7:30 PM in the Photonics Center (8 Saint Mary’s Street) in Room 206 and is free and open to the public.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/03/24/robert-pinsky-reading-tonight/feed/ 0 BU Art Gallery appoints new Director, Chief Curator http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/28/bu-art-gallery-appoints-new-directorchief-curator/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/28/bu-art-gallery-appoints-new-directorchief-curator/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:24:22 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8406 The BU Art Gallery (BUAG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate McNamara to the role of Director and Chief Curator.  McNamara comes to BUAG with an extensive background in curation and instruction both in New York and Western Massachusetts working at MoMA PS1 (Long Island City, NY),  The Bronx Museum (New York, NY) and Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT), among many others.  She will fill the position currently being held ad interim by Exhibitions and Special Projects Coordinator of BU’s School of Visual Arts Lynne Cooney and will begin her tenure in mid-March.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/28/bu-art-gallery-appoints-new-directorchief-curator/feed/ 0 Life of [Kerin] Riley visits northern Ireland http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/23/life-of-kerin-riley-visits-northern-ireland/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/23/life-of-kerin-riley-visits-northern-ireland/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:58:24 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8333 Political Murals

Kerin spent President’s Day weekend in Northern Ireland and got a chance to view the Peace Walls and political murals in Belfast.  She experienced firsthand the contentious culture of the region when the bouncers at a bar declined to allow their friend from Dublin in because he spoke with a “southern Ireland” accent, was from “The Republic,” was “nationalist” and was, as they said, most likely Catholic.  See for yourself.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/23/life-of-kerin-riley-visits-northern-ireland/feed/ 0 Tom Kunz chatting live about bats and the atmosphere http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/18/tom-kunz-chatting-live-about-bats-and-the-atmosphere/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/18/tom-kunz-chatting-live-about-bats-and-the-atmosphere/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:44:22 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8307 CAS Professor of Biology and Director of our Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology Tom Kunz will be chatting live from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) meeting in Washington D.C. tomorrow at noon via Science magazine’s homepage, ScienceNOW.  The chat will also stream live below.  ScienceNOW chats occur daily and are moderated by an expert from their news staff; reader questions are solicited ahead of time via their site’s comments section.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/18/tom-kunz-chatting-live-about-bats-and-the-atmosphere/feed/ 1 The Life of [Kerin] Riley http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/14/the-life-of-kerin-riley/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/14/the-life-of-kerin-riley/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:33:37 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8107 KerinCAS Junior Kerin Riley left for Dublin on January 20 for 4 months to study at Dublin City University and intern at an international law firm. Riley is chronicling her experiences, good and bad, on her blog The Life of [Kerin] Riley which hosts messages to family and friends at home, pictures from her travels, musing on life, school and living abroad and reflections on gaeilge culture.  We will be hosting posts from The Life of [Kerin] Riley throughout the semester to showcase what life is like for BU students studying abroad.


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/02/14/the-life-of-kerin-riley/feed/ 0 Afghanistan’s mineral future http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/24/afghanistans-mineral-future/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/24/afghanistans-mineral-future/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:39:04 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=6131 mining equipmentWord that war-torn Afghanistan has at least $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits already has that country’s officials scrambling to start the process of opening up the nation’s reserves to international investors.  Anthropology Professor Thomas Barfield, who also is president of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies, says cashing in on the potential will take significant infrastructure building which will require security and likely involve investment from China.  Barfield discusses the prospects and pit fields of Afghanistan’s mining future in a BU Today interview.

“The work needed to put in the infrastructure and the side effects — better transportation systems, electricity, jobs for people — that’s going to have an enormous impact well before we get to the question of payment of royalties.”

Contact Thomas Barfield, 617-353-2195, barfield@bu.edu

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