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Humanities

Office Artifacts: John Marston

January 24, 2018

Jodi Cranston, Professor of Renaissance art at Boston University and founder of historical art research website mappingpaintings.org

Fine Arts

Hidden Stories behind Art Masterpieces

November 1, 2017

1) Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology and director of the African Studies Center, with Amadou Ndiaye, an Ajami and Arabic bookseller in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Photo courtesy of Ablaye Diakité

Arts & Culture

Libraries and Archives Meet the Digital Age

October 5, 2017

Natalie McKnight

Research

Please, Sir, I Want Some More Textual Analysis

July 14, 2017

Clarinda Blais teaches philosophy at the Women's Lunch Place homeless shelter via the Free Philosophy Project program

Social Work

Teaching Philosophy to the Homeless

July 10, 2017

Sarah Phillips, associate professor of history at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and author of The Price of Plenty: From Farm to Food Politics in Postwar America

Research

BU Center for Humanities Names New Fellows

July 5, 2017

Brian Woerner is equally at home offering a tasting at Follow The Honey in Cambridge or working with locals in Tanzania to help produce a sustainable supply of organic honey.

Ecology

A Global Taste of Honey for Questrom Grad Student

May 1, 2017

still life portrait of classic literature books and a violin symbolizing the arts

Arts & Culture

POV: Doctor’s Orders, Don’t Cut Arts Funding

April 11, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Classes

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Archaeology

Arctic Squirrels: Invasive or Native Species?

February 22, 2017

Egyptologist Ava Forte Vitali speaking with a family with a mummy on the table

Religion

Archaeologists Reenact 19th-Century Mummy Ritual

October 31, 2016

photo of a ververt monkey

Anthropology

Why Do Monkeys Get Fat?

October 25, 2016

Squirrel gnawing on a chicken bone

Forensic Science

Toothy Squirrels Could Confuse Crime Scenes

August 30, 2016

Marc Sommers thumbnail

African Studies

Challenging Assumptions about Africa’s Exploding Youth Population

July 21, 2016

James Pokines, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine

Anthropology

Bone Detective

July 21, 2016

Michael Zank, Dorothy Kelly, Sanjay Krishnan

Humanities

BUCH Fellowships Awarded to Nine Faculty

June 14, 2016

Daniela Fernandez talks about different types of food of the Prehispanic Aztec period during "Eating Archaeology", a multidisciplinary event that unearthed ancient recipes.

University News

Cooking Up the Past

June 9, 2016

Cheryl Boots

Faculty

Freedom Songs

February 24, 2016

Ben Wolozin

Humanities

BU Research Benefits from First Federal Funding Boost in Years

January 25, 2016

Stephen Scully

Exhibitions

Black Classics Scholars, an Untold Story

January 15, 2016

Black Classics Scholars, an Untold Story