Women Veterans, Science Leaders, Better Clinicians

FACULTY EXPERT

WoVeN is a unique social network of women veterans created by a BU psychiatry professor, meant to foster connections and build relationships.
Photo courtesy of Tara Galovski

BU Researcher Helps Women Veterans Find Their Place After Serving Their Country

BU Professor Tara Galovski started the Women Veterans Network (WoVeN) in 2017 with six participants. Now, 6,500 women have joined from all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

See how she is fostering meaningful connections


RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

BU’s latest NSF CAREER award winners are (clockwise, from top left) Nathan Klein, Sabrina Neuman, Kayhan Batmanghelich, Vasiliki Kalavri, Eshed Ohn-Bar, and Kira Goldner.
Photos by Jackie Ricciardi, Cydney Scott, and Dana J. Quigley

National Science Foundation Honors 6 BU Researchers with CAREER Awards

Recognition as rising stars from the NSF will support projects on safer robots, more trustworthy healthcare AI, and other computer science–infused innovations.

Learn more


COMMUNITY RESOURCE

BUMC residents in the Visual Thinking & Art in Learning Medicine (VITAL) program visit BU’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, where they take part in a number of exercises designed to hone their observation skills.
Photo retrieved by videographer, Gabe Davis

Two New Visual Arts Programs Help Boston Medical Center Residents and Fellows Hone Their Skills as Clinicians

The programs offer a novel approach that uses art to improve clinical diagnoses and help physicians become comfortable with ambiguity.

Watch them learn


THOUGHT LEADERS

In Case You Missed It…

BU Tanglewood Institute, a musical education program for high school students, will celebrate its 60th anniversary… Framingham Heart Study Director Donald M. Lloyd-Jones talked to Time about ways to stay healthy as you age… Steve Ramirez of the BU College of Arts & Sciences details how his work as a neuroscientist helps him recover from addiction in STAT… Richard Currie of the BU School of Hospitality Administration discusses his research on workplace nosiness on the Brain for Business podcast… Kathryn Coduto of the BU College of Communication explains why “phubbing,” or phone snubbing, could be harming your relationships to WGBH.