White House COVID Response, Urban Heat Islands, BU Astronaut
BU IN DC
BU’s Nahid Bhadelia Joins White House COVID-19 Response Team
Bhadelia, an infectious diseases physician and global leader in pandemic preparedness, was named senior policy advisor for global COVID response.
FACULTY EXPERT
Amid Climate Change, BU Researchers Study Chelsea’s “Heat Island”
BU environmental health scholars Madeleine Scammell and Patricia Fabian study ways to cool down one of the hottest spots in Massachusetts, where temperatures can reach 140 degrees.
Learn how to turn down the heat
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
Live From Space, BU Alum and Astronaut Bob Hines Talks Gravity, Lasagna, and NASA Careers
The university hosted a live downlink on campus that allowed Boston high school students to ask questions of the astronauts on the International Space Station.
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
President Joe Biden nominated Martha Guzman (LAW ’92) to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; she would be the first Hispanic judge to serve on the Court… Joshua Goodman of the BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development hopes schools rethink their COVID protocols this school year in The Boston Globe… Deborah Carr of the BU College of Arts & Sciences explains how women decide whether to change their last names when they marry in CNN… Hyeouk Chris Hahm of the BU School of Social Work discusses the pressures Asian American women face on NPR… Kevin Gallagher of the BU Global Development Policy Center says the world economy is in a “rudderless moment” in Reuters.