NIH & Student Aid Budgets; DOE Science Leader; Africa
BU IN DC Dean Sandro Galea and Lisa Sullivan of the School of Public Health addressed the ASPPH Annual Meeting for Academic Public Health on March 21st and 22nd. Robert Tsai of the School of Law discussed his new book on lawyer Stephen Bright during a book talk with National Public Radio journalist Carrie Johnson at Politics & Prose on March 20th. Mary Churchill of the Wheelock College of Education & […]
The Signal and the Response
The BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases held a conversation with Dr. Paul Friedrichs of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
What Causes Osteoarthritis? BU Researchers Win $46 Million Grant to Pursue Answers and Find New Treatments
National Institute on Aging award to support research that aims to reduce need for knee and hip replacement surgeries.
College of Fine Arts Names New Directors for Schools of Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts
Playwright Kirsten Greenidge, painter Marc Schepens, and cellist Michael Reynolds will assume new roles July 1.
Pardee Students Gain Insights and Connections in Washington D.C. Trip
Graduate students from the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies embarked on a comprehensive educational journey during a recent trip to Washington D.C.
BU Graduate Students Are Set to Strike over Benefits and Pay
University officials say their offers balance the needs of students with what’s reasonable compared to peer institutions; students prioritize “a living wage, workload protections, and stronger health care, child care, and family leave benefits.”
Living to 100, Inflation Reduction Act, Pandemic Preparedness
FACULTY EXPERT The Secrets of Living to 100 BU’s New England Centenarian Study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, delves into the lives of superagers to better understand why some people make it to their centennial—and to maybe help the rest of us do the same. Learn their secrets RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT US Mayors Cite […]
President’s Budget; NIMH Director; Climate & Infectious Diseases
BU IN DC Ambassador Mark Storella of the Pardee School for Global Studies and more than twenty graduate students met with foreign policy leaders at think tanks, government, and nongovernmental organizations between March 11th and 15th. Storella and Pardee Dean Scott Taylor hosted an alumni reception on March 12th.Glenn Markenson of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Lauren Wise of the School of Public […]
NSF & NEH Budgets; State of the Union; DEI on Campus
BU IN DC Muhammad Zaman of the Center for Forced Displacement discussed his book We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced during a talk at the Wilson Center on March 7th. Tami Gouveia of the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health met with Massachusetts and Illinois Congressional offices to discuss […]
US Mayors Cite Red Tape as One Factor in Slowing Clean Energy Projects, BU Researchers Find
In latest BU Initiative on Cities Menino Survey of Mayors, city leaders say they’ve see little impact so far from Inflation Reduction Act.