Climate Workforce, Commencement, Antimicrobial Resistance
BU IN DC
Building The Next-Generation Climate Workforce
Join us for a virtual briefing on June 9th to learn how policymakers can support solutions-oriented graduate education and workforce training that equips leaders from diverse backgrounds to solve complex climate challenges.
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
Journalist and Author Bob Woodward Tells BU Grads: Mistakes Are Life’s Best Guide
Addressing the Class of 2022, Woodward tells graduates, “Don’t be in a hurry to do what may be the wrong thing in your life… Stay engaged.…Play a part, either small or large. Pitch in in some way.”
FACULTY EXPERT
Can We Prevent Antibiotic Resistance?
Antibiotics are losing effectiveness—and millions are dying as a result. CARB-X, a BU-based partnership that aims to solve antimicrobial resistance, has been given up to $370 million in new funding from the US government and charitable foundation Wellcome.
See how we’re solving the problem
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
Kevin Outterson of the BU School of Law will join Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) tomorrow for a virtual panel discussion on antibiotic resistance hosted by The Hill… The White House cited data from the BU Initiative on Cities Menino Survey of Mayors that indicates more than a quarter of the nation’s mayors anticipate making significant cuts to their police budgets and services… BU College of Fine Arts Dean Harvey Young writes that the recent shooting in Buffalo exposes his hometown’s history of segregation in The Chicago Tribune… Astraea Augsberger and Mary Elizabeth Collins of the BU School of Social Work explain how persistent childhood poverty is overwhelming the child welfare system in The Conversation… Mayank Varia of the Hariri Institute for Computing discusses how cryptographic research can inform public policy.