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Michael D. Aeschliman
Michael D. Aeschliman (born 21 February 1948) is a U.S.–Swiss educator, literary critic and scholar, Professor Emeritus at Boston University, Professor of Anglophone Culture at the ''Università della Svizzera italiana'' (University of Italian Switzerland) and Curriculum Advisor to The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) Foundation Board. Biography He is one of the four sons of the Swiss-American Protestant minister, linguist, aviator, soldier, college professor, and writer Rev. Adrien R. Aeschliman (1899–1981) and Dorothy G. (Schumacher) Aeschliman (1919–2006). Aeschliman taught at the University of Virginia from 1985 to 1993. He was a very popular undergraduate teacher and in 1990 the University of Virginia student weekly newsmagazine “The Declaration” featured him as the ”Hottest/Coolest Male Professor” in the university. He ran a summer institute in Italy for the university's Jefferson Scholarship, Jefferson Scholars, 1996–2009, and also taught at the Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont, before moving to Boston in 1867. The university now has more than 4,000 faculty members and nearly 34,000 students, and is one of Boston's largest employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through 17 schools and colleges on three urban campuses. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and Allston, Massachusetts, Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical Campus is located in Boston's South End, Boston, South End neighborhood. The Fenway campus houses the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, formerly Wheelock College, which merged with BU in 2018. BU is a member of the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
