Justice Jackson, World War III, Civil Rights Victory

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BU IN DC “She’s Earned It” BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, the first Black woman to be dean of a top-20 law school, reflects on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation. Read her insights RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT How Close Are We to World War III? Joshua Shifrinson of the BU Pardee School […]

NCI Director, Health Misinformation, Engaging Science Media

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DC VISITS BU The Pardee School of Global Studies hosted U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard (CAS ’84) for a discussion of U.S. policy in Nigeria on April 6th. U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Roberto Rodriguez spoke at a Wheelock College of Education & Human Development forum on April 1st. The […]

Biden Budget, Education Research, NSF Career

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BU IN DC Roscoe Giles of the College of Engineering participated in a meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee, of which he is a member, on March 29th and 30th.  Heather Schoenfeld of the College of Arts & Sciences and Adrianna Spindle-Jackson of the School of Social Work discussed their […]

COMPETES Act, Tribal Lands, Long COVID

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ADVOCACY RESOURCE BU Supports Pending Research Competitiveness Legislation BU President Robert A. Brown urges Congress to pass a competitiveness bill that robustly funds federal research agencies, broadens participation in science, and retains international talent. Read his letter NOTABLE ALUMNI Protecting Tribal Lands JoAnn Chase (COM ’85), a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, was taught […]

ARPA-H, Misinformation RFI, Boston Public Schools

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BU IN DC School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig attended the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Count on March 23rd. Michael Woldemariam and Eric Schmidt of the African Studies Center discussed international education and foreign language programs with Congressional staff on March 24th. Christina Lee of the […]

COMPETES & BU, NSF Changes, Media Training

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BU IN DC Catherine Devlin, an undergraduate at the BU Center for the Humanities, and Eric Schmidt, assistant director of the African Studies Center, advocated for federal support for the humanities and international education during the virtual Humanities Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill on March 15th. Rena Conti of the Questrom School of Business testified before a […]