Research & Student Aid Boosts, ARPA-H, Catalyzing Advocacy
BU IN DC Loretta Lees and Katharine Lusk of the Initiative on Cities attended the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors between January 17th and 20th. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that alumnus Hugh T. Clements, Jr. (MET ’05) has been tapped to lead the Community Oriented Policing Services office. […]
US Mayors Address the Climate Crisis in New Report from BU’s Initiative on Cities
2022 Menino Survey of Mayors finds city leaders are eager to invest in electric vehicles, less likely to restrict fossil fuels use.
BU Strikes Tentative Deal to Sell Four LA Apartment Buildings, Keeping Tenants in Their Homes
Land trust would own structures that were bequeathed to the University by alum and benefactor Frederick Pardee.
Q&A: BU Deaf Student on the Impact of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Anna Lim, a Wheelock doctoral student, talks about accessibility and healthcare equity in the hearing-impaired community.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
BU Foundation Relations and Federal Relations hosted a workshop on funding opportunities for clinical effectiveness research on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot—Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines
Nature publishes BU-led COVID study that made international headlines; scientists find viral protein called NSP6, not just spike, responsible for making Omicron less dangerous than past variants.
NIH Peer Review, PCORI, Language Training
BU IN DC 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 member, on December 16th. BUZZ BITS… Congress passed a continuing resolution this week that keeps the federal government operating for one week […]
BU’s 2022 NSF CAREER Award Winners Are Innovating Data Systems and Single-Molecule Circuits
Prestigious five-year award from the National Science Foundation will advance research and expand student opportunities.
Boston Landmark, New Birth Control, Optimism
ON THE CHARLES RIVER A New Landmark for BU, a Dramatic Addition to the Boston Skyline Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hailed Thursday’s opening of the distinctive, fossil fuel-free BU Center for Computing & Data Sciences. Celebrate the new arrival RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control With a $7.2 million grant from the […]
Fogarty, Financial Aid Offers, Artificial Intelligence
BU IN DC Benjamin Sovacool of the Institute for Global Sustainability was a panelist on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine webinar on the role of the private sector in U.S. climate mitigation efforts on December 2nd. Madison Condon of the School of Law spoke at an American Enterprise Institute panel discussion on proposed rules […]