Beltway BUzz
Washington, DC, is a busy place with a lot of moving parts. Beltway BUzz provides updates on Congressional and federal agency activities, announces key federal personnel changes, highlights grant solicitations, and features the many BU faculty and staff who participate in Washington activities.
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NIH & Pell Grants; NIAID Leader; College Sports
BU IN DC WBUR Chief Executive Officer Margaret Low met with Congressional offices during the National Public Radio Network Fly-In on June 11th. Renna Lilly and Ryan Russell of the Office of Sponsored Programs attended the COGR Membership Meeting on June 11th and 12th. Gannon Flynn of the College of Arts & Sciences addressed... More
Proposed Grant Changes; Fogarty Center; NIMHD
BU IN DC Eric Jacobsen of Information Services & Technology attended the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit between June 1st and 4th. Doctoral students Kathryn Rodgers and Lydia Lichtiger from the School of Public Health participated in the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference and Advocacy Day from June 1st to 4th. PROPOSED... More
NIH; Defense Research; Limited Submissions
BU IN DC Julie Wickstrom of Enrollment & Student Administration attended the Higher Education Loan Coalition Board of Directors Meeting and spoke with Congressional offices about student aid policy from May 18th to May 20th. Thomas Perls of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine spoke with Washington-area BU alumni about the New England... More
DOE Science; NIH Changes; McMahon
BU IN DC Kevin Outterson of CARB-X met with Congressional offices to discuss antimicrobial resistance on May 11th. Brian Walsh of the College of Engineering talked with Congressional staff about federal investment in space weather research as part of the Heliophysics Coalition's Capitol Hill fly-in on May 12th. John Connor of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases... More
TRIO; NSF and NASA; Graduate Student Loans
BU IN DC President Melissa Gilliam attended the Association of American Universities Spring Meeting from April 26 to April 29th. School of Public Health Dean Adnan Hyder hosted a panel discussion on "The Future of Public Health in the United States" on April 29th, followed by an alumni reception. Erica Augustine, Jackie Bowes, and Luciano... More
Budget Hearings; SBIR; Foundation Funding
BU IN DC Yannis Paschalidis, Darren Roblyer, Shannon Stott, and Joyce Wong of the College of Engineering and Laisheng Chou from the Goldman School of Dental Medicine participated in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Annual Event from April 11th to 13th. Lawrence Were of Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences spoke at the Consortium of Universities for Global... More
President’s Budget; NIJ; Geospatial Symposium
BU IN DC Molly Heald (SSW'26) of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health attended the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy's Social Work Day on the Hill and Student Advocacy Day on March 25th and 26th. TRUMP'S PROPOSED BUDGET SUPPORTS PELL GRANTS, CUTS RESEARCH FUNDING On Friday, the White House released the President's Budget... More
Campus Espionage; PCAST; DARPA Biological Technologies
BU IN DC Maxwell Palmer and Thomas Larsen ('26) of the College of Arts & Sciences discussed the importance of federal investment in social science research with Congressional offices as part of the Consortium of Social Science Associations 2026 Advocacy Day on March 24th. Catherine Fazio of the Questrom School of Business spoke at the... More
NIH Director; SBIR; Antisemitism Report
BU IN DC Dean Adnan A. Hyder and a team of faculty and staff from the School of Public Health attended the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s annual meeting from March 18th to 20th. Kevin Outterson of CARB-X met with Congressional offices and Department of Health and Human Services officials to... More
Foreign Influence; MA Priorities; College Sports
BU IN DC Timothy Longman and Tsitsi Musasike of the Pardee School of Global Studies attended an alumni and student reception on March 9th. Musasike and Nick D'India accompanied Pardee graduate students as they spent the week in Washington, DC, learning about careers in the nation's capital. Kurt Cavender and Cheryl Lai of the BU Center for the Humanities urged policymakers to... More