On behalf of the ReadUP Committee, please join in UP’s seventh annual ReadUP program. This year’s selection is How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, who will be speaking at a virtual event this spring, as part of this year’s annual Schoenfeldt Writers Series.
How to Be an Antiracist is a New York Times #1 bestseller and was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and The Washington Post, among many others. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the founding director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research. He won a National Book Award in 2016 for his non-fiction book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
A limited number of print books will be available for those who are able to pick up the book on campus. More information on how to reserve one of these free copies will be communicated in the coming weeks. Or start reading online now, through the library!
Check back regularly at up.edu/readup for more information regarding upcoming book discussions and other highlights.
Were course evaluations higher or lower this semester? How did grades turn out for this semester? With and without P/NP? How many degree candidates took part in virtual Commencement?
Please join the University community on Sunday, May 3, at 1 p.m. (PDT) for a special virtual Commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2020. 
Commencement weekend takes place from Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3, 2020. This note provides important information for faculty and staff as our community prepares for this important academic event.
The University Club (the event, not the place, stresses Thomas Greene, provost) returns on Friday, February 28, beginning at 4 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Board Room. Please mark your calendars now to join in an almost-Spring celebration of community.
Since its inauguration in 2015, the Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research has provided support for faculty members from across the University who collaborate with undergraduates on a semester-long research project. The provost’s office is committed to increasing opportunities for student experiential learning, and this initiative represents a key element in achieving that goal.
The Scholarly Activity Portal is always live and ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” menu. The data obtained via the portal is used to populate A Community of Scholars (published annually by the Provost’s office), the Clark Library’s annual celebration of UP authors, and annual self-evaluations. Faculty members will send a report from their portal to their respective deans as a part of the annual self-evaluation process, and they can also use the data entered to develop their personal curriculum vitae.
This week the Office of the Provost is pleased to introduce:
This week the Office of the Provost is pleased to introduce: