Dr. Tuan Leng Tay Receives 2023 Spivack Neuroscience Pilot Award
Congratulations to Dr. Tuan Leng Tay for receiving the 2023 Spivack Neuroscience Pilot Award. Jack Spivack, a founding member of the MED Dean’s Advisory Board, established these awards in 2013 to recognize and support the research of outstanding faculty conducting either clinical or basic research in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, and other neurological disorders. […]
Chip Celenza Becomes DIAT Member
Dr. Chip Celenza is one of the newest members of DIAT, a representative group across CAS and GRS that facilitates and implements diversity, equity, and inclusion at BU. The team consists of 12-15 members of faculty, staff, and students who are committed to addressing: (1)Assessing Accessibility in CAS (2) First Year Success, and (3) Engaging […]
Meg Younger Named Searle Scholar
Congratulations to Dr. Meg Younger for becoming a Searle Scholar. The Searle Scholars Program provides annual grants to selected universities to support independent biomedical research of exceptional young faculty. Dr. Younger, who has recently become an assistant professor for the Department of Biology, was awarded $300,000 in flexible funding for her work over the course […]
Postdoc Maritere Uriostegui Arcos Received a PostDoc Fellowship from the Pew Charitable Trusts
Annually, the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in Biomedical Sciences provides support to ten post-doctoral Latin American scientists from countries like Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil to receive postdoctoral training in the United States. Maritere Uriostegui, a postdoc student working in the Fiszben lab, has received funding […]
Pam Templer Featured in the Brink
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Templer for her feature in the Brink article titled, “Building a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce.” On June 9, 2022, Climate advocates from around the world teamed up with BU to brief Congressional staff on their plan to train the next generation for careers in solving the current climate crisis. Climate change […]
Meg Younger Featured in the Brink
Biology Assistant Professor, Dr. Meg Younger, is featured in a Brink article titled, “Mosquitoes have a Bizarre Sense of Smell, Study Finds.” The article discusses how mosquitoes have an unconventional method of detecting odors which could explain their ability to detect humans to pray on. Mosquitoes are the most deadly insects in the world due […]
Richard Primack Interviewed for Article in CTInsider
Dr. Richard Primack was interviewed by CTInsider regarding the effect of drought on Connecticut fall foliage this past year. Primack describes how during years with extremely dry conditions, New England trees tend to experience senescence before displaying vibrant colors. He elaborates, “If plants are experiencing drought, then the leaves will not undergo this normal slow […]
Michael Sorenson featured in PNAS
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Sorenson for being featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal article. Sorenson collaborated with a team consisting of Katherine Stryjewski of Harvard University, Jeffrey DaCosta of Boston College, Evan Kuras of BU Urban Program, and collaborators at Cambridge University and farms in Zambia’s Southern Province. Their […]
Tom Gilmore Renews BU SURF Award
Dr. Tom Gilmore received funding for BU’s SURF Program. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is dedicated to promoting access to graduate education for talented undergraduate students, specifically, those from minority groups that are underrepresented in the sciences. The program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF-REU) and Boston University. It is open […]
Sarah Davies Wins the ARROWS Mary Eskrine Award
Congratulations to Sarah Davies for Winning the ARROWS Mary Eskrine Award. The Mary Eskrine funding award is given to BU STEM faculty members to fund professional development activities that support the BU community of women and other underrepresented genders in STEM. This July, Dr. Davies attended the 15th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Bremen, […]