Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez Awarded BU’s 2021 Metcalf Cup and Prize Steve Ramirez (CAS’10), a CAS assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, is commended by students for his listen-first approach. In awarding him this year’s top teaching award, the judges wrote that he “presents information in a way that students say is impossible to forget, using personal stories, videos, and pop-culture references they can relate to.” Photo by Cydney Scott Commencement Students: he’s “humble,” “engaging,” the “embodiment of a great teacher” May 12, 2021 Twitter Facebook His students may think that when they come to a Steve Ramirez class, they are the ones learning, he is the one teaching. After all, the College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences is a renowned neuroscience researcher and a leading expert on the science of memory. But what his students don’t realize is that just as Ramirez is teaching them, they are teaching him.