BU Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research
The grant will also spur investment in early-career faculty.
BU Appoints Ken Lutchen to Top Research Job
Boston University has appointed pioneering biomedical engineer and experienced higher education leader Kenneth Lutchen as its new vice president and associate provost for research. He will lead BU’s $500 million research enterprise, which spurs new knowledge and impactful advances. In the past year alone, BU researchers have launched a global AI-powered infectious diseases monitoring tool, engineered devices that could improve cancer treatment, and landed a telescope on the moon.
Béla Suki Presents 2025 DeLisi Lecture
“There is no aspect of the integration of science, engineering, and technology related to lung function that Béla would not be able to impact and use.”
Lutchen Named AAAS Fellow
A champion of the convergent research approach, the ENG dean emeritus was recognized for pioneering advances in lung care.
“The Hub of the Robotics Universe”
RASTIC is a state-of-the-art facility where students can design, build, and test a range of robotic solutions to real-world problems
How to Produce the Tech Workforce We Need
In Harvard Business Review, Ken Lutchen shares the BU ENG recipe for a successful industry-academia partnership.
Dean Kenneth Lutchen Named Interim BU Provost
ENG Dean Kenneth Lutchen will take over as Boston University’s interim provost and chief academic officer on July 1, announced President Robert Brown in a letter to the BU community Wednesday.
Prestigious Metcalf Chair Awarded to David Boas
“I’ll take this as a new challenge going forward,” says Boas.
At Last: 2020 Grads Get an In-Person Send-Off
By Patrick L. Kennedy Bringing some long-delayed closure to an important chapter in their lives, more than 200 graduates of ENG’s Class of 2020 returned to Boston University to don scarlet robes and walk across a stage as their names were called to loud, live cheers, during BU College of Engineering recognition events on Saturday, […]
College Launches Machine Learning Concentration
By Patrick L. Kennedy Not long ago, speech processing software was pretty much limited to a phone robot asking a caller to speak the number “1,” says Professor and ECE Department Chair W. Clem Karl. “Now we routinely ask Alexa questions or tell Google Maps where we want to go just by speaking.” That’s the […]