As Primary Season Kicks Off, BU Students of Both Parties Volunteer for Presidential Candidates
Who they’re supporting and why, with Democrats, especially, asking whether “electability” is code for white male privilege.
You’re Invited: Building the Next-Generation Climate Workforce
BU IN DC You’re Invited: Building the Next-Generation Climate Workforce Join us on Capitol Hill on March 12 to learn what universities and communities are doing to prepare tomorrow’s workers and policymakers to address climate change. RSVP today NOTABLE ALUMNI Hidden in Plain Sight At the State Department, BU alumna Jane Sigmon (Wheelock ’72) is fighting […]
NIH Announces Personnel Changes
BU IN DC President Robert A. Brown attended a board meeting of the Association of American Universities on February 4. College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen attended the annual American Society for Engineering Education Public Policy Colloquium between February 3 and 5. Assistant Provost for Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs Sarah Hokanson participated in a […]
Pete Buttigieg’s First Hire in Iowa, a BU Alum, Is Ready for Long Haul
Sydney Throop’s months of work for Democratic presidential candidate comes to a head tonight with caucuses Sydney Throop (far left, in gray sweater) and Pete Buttigieg at Pete for America headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, for a national staff conference call in early January. Photo by campaign staff photographer Chuck Kennedy. The late stages of […]
NSF’S Lupia Discusses Social Science
BU IN DC College of General Studies Dean Natalie McKnight and Associate Dean Megan Sullivan held a roundtable discussion on developing robust undergraduate research programs at the Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting on January 24. Senior Vice President for External Affairs Steve Burgay attended a meeting of the Public Affairs Network of […]
Now is the Time: How to Increase the Public Value of Scientific Research
Dr. Arthur Lupia, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation (NSF) and head of its Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate spoke at BU on January 29, 2020.
Outbreak Experts: What to Expect Next from Coronavirus
Researchers from BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories explain how the virus “jumped” from animals to humans and how lethal it might prove to be Airports in China and around the world are screening travelers for signs of infection with the new coronavirus. Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images. The world has been on high alert since […]
A Broken System
FACULTY EXPERTS A Broken System BU School of Law faculty explain how policymakers can advance criminal justice reform beyond the FIRST STEP Act. Take a step COMMUNITY RESOURCE Mayors Talk Transportation Mayors interviewed for the annual Menino Survey conducted by the BU Initiative on Cities say their cities are unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists — […]
An Interactive Discussion on the State of Investigative Journalism Today
The BU Alumni Association held a conversation with BU alumni journalist powerhouses Kevin Merida and Kimbriell Kelly on January 22, 2020, at NPR Headquarters in Washington, DC.
Eric Kolaczyk Named New Director of BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering
“Data science and computing are now embedded in the human experience and informing everything we do,” CAS math professor says Eric Kolaczyk has earned an international reputation for his work across bioinformatics and computational neuroscience. Photo by Cydney Scott. Eric Kolaczyk, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of mathematics and statistics, whose work across […]