Hua Wang Supporting the COVID-19 Frontline in Wuhan and Massachusetts

One Professor’s Extraordinary Extracurriculars Professor Hua Wang was interviewed by Ross Cristantiello for Lexington Wicked Local. Professor Hua Wang has been organizing local residents to combat COVID-19 since Wuhan, China emerged as the virus epicenter. As president and spokesperson of the Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), Wang oversaw CAAL in donating thousands of dollars and […]

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First year MSE PhD student awarded Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship

By Mariana Sánchez Gaona First year MSE PhD candidate Jillian Rix was named Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship 2020 recipient. The Clare Boothe Luce fellowship benefits recipients at the early stages of their graduate studies. According to the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) program’s website, it is one of the single most significant sources for private support […]

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Game Changer: Azer Bestavros’ Journey from Egypt to Cambridge to BU’s Computing Mastermind

“Technology is not creative; people are creative,” says the new associate provost for computing and data sciences. By Art Jahnke, originally featured on The Brink. In December 1977, when Azer Bestavros was a 16-year-old junior in a Lasallian French school in Alexandria, Egypt, he asked for career advice from a much-admired uncle who was living […]

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