Gilliam in DC, AOC & Finland, BEACON
BU IN DC
BU President Melissa Gilliam Meets with Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
President Melissa Gilliam discussed the importance of federal investments in research and student aid with Massachusetts Representatives Stephen Lynch, Richard Neal, and Lori Trahan on Tuesday, April 29th.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
The Rise of a Powerhouse BU Department: Economics
Notable alums—from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to the prime minister of Iceland to President Trump’s chief economic advisor to the Illinois secretary of state—have all helped boost the department’s notoriety, while talk about tariffs has made its subject matter all the more timely.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE
BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) is slated to become a global hub for critical information about emerging outbreaks.
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA, Hon. ’21) will be the convocation speaker for the BU School of Public Health on May 17th… BU supports a lawsuit to block cuts to Department of Energy research… BU political scientist Christine Slaughter shares how the SAVE Act could impact young voters and married people who’ve changed their name... Dolores Acevedo-Garcia of the BU School of Social Work launched the Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Health Development... Megan Cole Brahim, co-director of the BU Medicaid Policy Lab at the BU School of Public Health, discusses cuts to Medicaid spending with NBC News… BU space physicist Joshua Semeter explains to PBS how scientists use math to help NASA debunk UFO videos.