Lawyers for Affordable Justice: Reasonably Priced Legal Help
New project serves students, immigrants Michael Denham (LAW’15) at his Kenmore Square office. A BU, BC, and NU partnership employs recent law grads to handle cases for people who have a hard time affording lawyers. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Are you a student whose off-campus landlord won’t fix an unsafe condition? An immigrant struggling to […]
Getting a Taste for Global Business
BU students get firsthand field experience in Beijing, Hong Kong The artificial hip joint being examined by Alissa Mangy (Questrom’16) and Bryan Chiakpo (ENG’17) is manufactured by CLZD, one of the companies a group of BU students visited in China during spring break. Photos by Gregory Stoller. Benjamin Graham (ENG’16) liked Hong Kong a lot, […]
Hope for the Battle against Type 1 Diabetes
Benefit corporation founded by parents of children with the disease Ed Damiano (center) and members of new medical device company Beta Bionics, whose mission is to improve the health of people with type 1 diabetes: (from left) design engineers Raj Setty and Rob LeBourdais; senior engineer Firas El-Khatib; Ed Raskin, VP for public benefit development […]
Executive Director, National Symphony Orchestra
Alum and arts administrator Rita Shapiro gives career advice In our series “Jump-start Your Job Search,” BU Today brings you short interviews with BU alums who are leaders in their field, such as banking, advertising, tech start-ups, journalism, or nonprofit organizations. They talk about how they got to be where they are, mistakes they’ve made, […]
Medical Campus Experts Gather to Confer about Zika
NEIDL acquires sample of virus for further study Donald Thea, director of the BU Center for Global Health & Development, spoke on the public health aspects of the Zika virus at a BUMC Provost Seminar March 22. “We are at the cusp of a really interesting part of the Zika virus investigation,” Thea said. Photo […]
Committee Reviews Education Research, Privacy
BU IN DC Peter Quella of the African Studies Center hosted the Association of African Studies Annual Meeting between March 24 and 26. Sustainability Director Dennis Carlberg attended the White House Water Summit on March 22. Associate Deans Harold Cox and Lisa Sullivan of the School of Public Health spoke at the School’s alumni reception […]
BU Study Measures Impact of Gun-Control Laws
Identifies state laws that substantially reduce deaths A new BU-led study just published in The Lancet found that three laws already on the books in some states could reduce gun deaths by more than 80 percent if implemented nationally. Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office via Wikimedia Commons. More than 90 people […]
BU School of Public Health Turns 40
Four Decades Forward: BUSPH Regional Celebration in Washington, DC BU School of Public Health held a DC alumni reception on March 21. Many were invited to network with alumni, enjoy food, and drink in celebration of the School’s 40th anniversary at the Army & Navy Club. Find out more Read the BU Today story
ENG Makes Highest-Ever Grade in US News Rankings
Questrom, SED, LAW also do well Interdisciplinary research helped the College of Engineering to secure ample outside funding and a personal best in the latest US News rankings. Photo by Cydney Scott. The College of Engineering has earned its highest-ever ranking from US News & World Report, placing 35th among its peer American schools in […]
Will Unlocking Apple’s iPhone Also Unlock a Pandora’s Box?
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Will Unlocking Apple’s iPhone Also Unlock a Pandora’s Box? Network security expert and BU professor Sharon Goldberg says that what the FBI is asking Apple to do — write new software to unlock a shooter’s phone — would introduce vulnerabilities into Apple’s system and weaken cybersecurity. Take a look BU IN DC You’re […]