Equity in Science, NIJ Director, Population Health
BU IN DC Naomi Caselli of Wheelock College of Education & Human Development gave the graduate commencement address at Gallaudet University on May 13th. Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences Azer Bestavros attended a virtual meeting of the National Science Foundation’s Computer & Information Science & Engineering Advisory Committee, of which he is a […]
Can We Prevent Antibiotic Resistance?
Antibiotics are losing effectiveness—and millions are dying as a result. CARB-X, a BU-based partnership that aims to solve antimicrobial resistance, has been given up to $370 million in new funding from the US government and charitable foundation Wellcome.
NIH & NSF Budgets, Students with Disabilities, NSF Advisory Committees
CONGRESS EXAMINES NIH, NSF BUDGETS The House Appropriations Committee invited officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to testify about the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for each agency on Wednesday. Lawmakers expressed concerns that the President had requested a $4 billion increase for the new Advanced Research Projects […]
Bob Woodward, Autism in Girls, Astronaut Bob Hines
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Author Bob Woodward Will Be BU’s Commencement Speaker Investigative journalist Bob Woodward, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders (CAS’76, SSW’78), acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, and international human rights and racial discrimination expert Gay J. McDougall will be among the honorary degree recipients on […]
Squishing Superbugs
Join BU LAW Professor Kevin Outterson for a Capitol Hill conversation about the challenges of antibiotic resistance on May 18th, 2022.
Close Up: Mayor Wu Visits BU Data Sciences Building
BU’s under-construction Center for Computing & Data Sciences had a special visitor last Wednesday: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who was given an individual tour from Robert A. Brown, BU president.
NASA & NSF, Large Federal Grants, Education Research
BU IN DC College of Communication Dean Mariette DiChristina spoke on a panel during a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on improving public understanding of engineering on April 21st. Sanaz Mobasseri of the Questrom School of Business spoke at a meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Advancing Antiracism, […]
Class of 2022 Senior Breakfast Draws Record Crowd
Pulitzer-winning journalist and author Bob Woodward will be BU’s 149th Commencement speaker.
BU Funding Requests, Racial Equity, Ask a Reporter
BU IN DC Rebecca Ray of the Global Development Policy Center spoke at an event cohosted by the Center and the Inter-American Dialogue on the China-Latin America economic relationship on April 12th. Sabrina Assoumou of the School of Medicine participated in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on addressing misinformation about biological […]
College Hunger, Supporting Students & Research, Sun Science
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Rep. McGovern Keynotes BU Campus Hunger Challenge BU students pitched their innovative solutions to combating campus hunger to Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), YMCA of Greater Boston CEO James Morton, and State Rep. Andy Vargas (Pardee ’15) at the conclusion of the University’s month-long Campus Hunger Challenge. Meet the challenge ADVOCACY RESOURCE […]