BU Dining Services Reaches a Big Goal, Ahead of Schedule
A fifth of food from sustainable sources achieved three years early BU Dining Services met its commitment to serve 20 percent sustainable food three years ahead of its 2018 goal by using local potatoes and dairy products, meat from 100 percent grass-fed cows, and certified organic soy milk, honey, coffee, and tempeh. Photo by Cydney […]
Business Leaders Urge Innovation Support
BU IN DC President Robert A. Brown participated in the fall meeting of the Association of American Universities between October 18 and 20. Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters attended the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science Leadership Summit on October 21. Thomas Bifano of the Photonics Center and David Freedman (ENG ’10) of NexGen Arrays, […]
BU Alumni Association Events in October 2015
The BU Alumni Association held two Washington events in October: A Conversation with Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS ’79) on October 26 and a discussion of Mobile Money and Migrant Remittances on October 29.
Suicide Risk in Veterans: A New Indicator?
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Suicide Risk in Veterans: A New Indicator? With support from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, BU researchers may be closer to the goal of predicting and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Find out more BU IN DC You’re Invited… Join the BU Alumni Association for two […]
Senate Aerospace Caucus Prototyping Reception
BU joins the Senate Aerospace Caucus for a demonstration of the innovation pipeline on October 20.
Shining a Spotlight on Europe’s Refugee Crisis
SPH forum calls for new approach to humanitarian aid Panelists taking part in the School of Public Health’s October 13 forum, The Health of Refugees: Europe in Crisis, included (from left) Sondra Crosby, director of the immigrant and refugee health program at Boston Medical Center; Maria Sacchetti, immigration reporter for the Boston Globe; and Amy […]
2016 Presidential Candidates Talk Higher Ed
BU IN DC Hyeouk Chris Hahm of the School of Social Work discussed her research on Asian American women’s mental and sexual health with Congressional and White House officials on October 9. Anthony Janetos of the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future met with the U.S. Global Change Research Program on October 14 as a […]
Task Force Focusing on Faculty Diversity Created
Will consider new ways to increase underrepresented minorities A new task force comprising 18 faculty and staff members from both the Charles River and the Medical Campuses will address how to increase faculty diversity at BU. Photo by Cydney Scott. Earlier this semester, President Robert A. Brown and Jean Morrison, BU provost, appointed a task […]
Asian American Women’s Health
Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, School of Social Work (SSW) Professor at Boston University, discussed her research with White House and Congressional officials on October 9. Photo by Jennifer Grodsky. Hahm is a founder of SSW’s Asian American Women’s Health Initiative Project and its offshoot, a federally funded BU-based study called AWARE (Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and […]
“In the Service of the City”
BU and Boston: a heritage of partnership By: BU Today Staff Community service and support and extensive financial contributions—from public works projects to scholarships for public school students—are part of the mission laid out by BU’s third president, Lemuel Murlin. Photo by Flickr contributor Thomas Hawk. The School of Education students working in the fourth-grade classroom […]