Closing the Literacy Gap
Hank Fien and BU’s National Center on Improving Literacy are on a mission to cultivate a generation of readers.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biased Algorithms, Helping Ukraine
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson To Address BU School of Law Convocation “You want your students exposed to people who not only do well career-wise, but also do good in their lives. Justice Jackson is a great role model for our students,” said BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig. […]
Boston University to Open New LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center
Will be housed in 808 Commonwealth Ave., near the Howard Thurman Center.
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
Data can discriminate, says BU’s Ngozi Okidegbe, the first dual-appointed professor to the School of Law and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Address BU School of Law Convocation in May
Trailblazing justice appointed to the High Court last June.
BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens
Scientists from NEIDL and medical and dental schools part of Howard Hughes Medical Institute push to get ahead of pandemics like COVID-19.
Turkey, Religion & Politics, ChatGPT
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Why Were the Two Earthquakes That Struck Turkey and Syria So Catastrophic—and Could They Have Been Predicted? BU earthquake expert Rachel Abercrombie says that safer infrastructure can help prevent catastrophic destruction and quake-safe reconstruction could save lives in the future. Understand the catastrophe NOTABLE ALUMNI Mix Religion and Politics? For These BU Alumni, […]
State of the Union, Alondra Nelson, Writing Op-Eds
BU IN DC College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen met with Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and staff for Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) as part of the annual American Society for Engineering Education Public Policy Colloquium between February 6th and 8th. Con Hurley of the BU School of Law moderated a panel during a forum on the future of […]
Science Policy Plans, Pandemic Origins, Robotics
BU IN DC Lara Merling of the Global Development Policy Center spoke at a Capitol Hill briefing on “The Impact of U.S. Policy on the Global Economy” on February 2nd. SCIENCE POLICY IN THE 118TH CONGRESS Congressional leadership for the committees that oversee federal science policy are now in place, with a mix of new […]
Gas Stoves, African History, Cities & Climate
FACULTY EXPERT Should we Break Up with Gas Stoves? After gas stoves take some heat in political culture wars, BU Professor of Environmental Health Jonathan Levy says there are good reasons to switch to electric—but there are safety steps you can take in the meantime. Get the facts RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Unearthing a Long-Ignored African Writing […]