Prescription Drug Price Inflation: An Urgent Need to Lower Drug Prices in Medicare
Boston University Questrom School of Business Professor Rena Conti testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on March 16, 2022.
BU’s Institute for Sustainable Energy to Focus on Equity and Justice in the Climate Change Fight
Transitioning the world to sustainable energy without leaving marginalized communities behind is a top priority for new leadership team, including director Benjamin Sovacool.
Heat & Mental Health, New World Monetary Rules, Bullying
FACULTY EXPERT Why the World Monetary System Needs a New Set of Rules BU Global Development Policy Center Director Kevin Gallagher says revamping outdated financial, trade, and development agreements could help fight climate change, inequity, populism — even future pandemics. Understand how to meet the challenge RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Summer Heat Can Drain Mental Health A […]
Budgets Finalized, ARPA-E, Research Collaborators
BU IN DC Ambassador Mark Storella led a group of Pardee School of Global Studies graduate students who met with officials at government agencies and international organizations from March 6th through 9th. Nahid Bhadelia of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research announced she is a Visiting Fellow for pandemic preparedness policy and response […]
State of the Union, Potential Pandemic Pathogens, DARPA
BIDEN STATE OF THE UNION HIGHLIGHTS PELL, RESEARCH President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address before Congress on Tuesday night, focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, and reviving the U.S. economy. Biden said, “We used to invest almost 2 percent of our GDP […]
11 History-Making, History-Shaping Women from Boston University
In honor of Women’s History Month, we present alums who broke ground, and sometimes had to stir up controversy to do it
NSF CAREER: Overview and Advice for Competitive Proposals
This virtual event had Boston University faculty share expert advice on preparing competitive CAREER proposals on March 1, 2022. Among the panelists was Lewis-Burke Associates, a federal lobbying and consulting firm in Washington, DC, providing early career investigators with advice on how to best engage with NSF.
Ukraine Explained, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Abortion Education
FACULTY EXPERTS Russia and Ukraine, Explained and Analyzed BU Pardee School of Global Studies scholars Igor Lukes and Vesko Garčević assess the unfolding crisis: “This is not about Ukraine alone. This is about the future of democracies everywhere.” Read their useful explainer BU IN DC LAW Dean Leads Letter Urging Confirmation of Biden’s Historic Supreme Court Pick […]
China Initiative, AHRQ, NSF Career
JUSTICE DEPT. ENDS CHINA INITIATIVE The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it is terminating its “China Initiative,” a Trump Administration program to address security threats from the Chinese government. In a speech to the National Security Institute, Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen acknowledged concerns that the program “fueled a narrative of […]
Russia and Ukraine Explained and Analyzed
Pardee’s Igor Lukes and Vesko Garčević assess the unfolding crisis: “This is not about Ukraine alone. This is about the future of democracies everywhere”