Joshua Shifrinson, an assistant professor of International Relations at Pardee, will join the Wilson China Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute in the United States and China, according to Pardee’s website.

Music resonated throughout the room as six chamber choir members of “Voices 21C” sang “Adinu,” a traditional Sufi song. The audience comprised of students, professors and community members listening to the melody of another culture before delving into a conversation on cultural appropriation.

Twenty-one professors on Boston University’s Charles River Campus have been promoted from associate professor in recognition of their high performance in their fields and in the classroom. Julie...