Introducing Affordable BU
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Introducing Affordable BU Boston University will meet the full financial need of all domestic students, starting in fall 2020, with a planned investment of more than $290 million annually. Get introduced STUDENT LIFE BU’s Online MBA To Launch in 2020 BU Questrom School of Business will team with edX to offer the online […]
LAW Prof. Danielle Citron Speaks on Internet Liability in DC
Should we reform Section 230? Friday, September 6, 2019 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET AEI, Auditorium 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036
Your Race May Factor in Which ER an Ambulance Takes You To
BU researchers also find that, regardless of race, 40 percent of patients transported by EMS are not brought to the nearest hospital Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have discovered large differences between the emergency department and hospital destinations of black and Hispanic patients transported by EMS in comparison with their white counterparts. Photo […]
Class of 2023 Formally Welcomed into the BU Family at Annual Matriculation Ceremony
Pumped-up Naomi Caines (CAS’23) (center, left) and Ying Chu (CAS’23) during the Class of 2023 Matriculation ceremony on September 1. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. In his Matriculation address to the approximately 3,100 newly arrived members of the Class of 2023 and their families on Sunday, BU President Robert A. Brown touched on themes of tolerance […]
FYSOP, Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary, Launches
Annual volunteer service project for first-year students begins today Last year, FYSOP coordinators Lucina Hawkins (CAS’21) and Ana Paula Gushken (ENG’20) packed up paper lanterns while volunteering at Spontaneous Celebrations, a nonprofit arts group in Jamaica Plain. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. When BU’s First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP), a weeklong community service program run by […]
BU Boosts Financial Aid to 100 Percent of Calculated Need
Initiative will meet full need for qualifying domestic students entering in fall 2020. Photo by Cydney Scott. In a continuing effort to make a BU education affordable and to create a more socioeconomically diverse campus, the University is expanding its financial aid program to meet the full need for all domestic students who qualify for […]
Anthony Janetos Remembered for His Leadership, Dedication, and Scholarship
World-renowned CAS expert on climate change died Tuesday Anthony Janetos, an internationally renowned climate change researcher and director of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, died August 6, following a brief illness. Photo (left) by Jackie Ricciardi. Anthony Janetos was not only an internationally renowned expert on climate change, […]
The FBI and CDC Datasets Agree: Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates
Two BU studies, one shared finding: State gun laws restricting who has access to guns significantly reduces rates of firearm-related homicide SPH Professor Michael Siegel. Photo by Cydney Scott. As the United States reels from three back-to-back mass shootings—which occurred within the span of eight days in Gilroy, Calif., El Paso, Tex., and Dayton, Ohio—Boston […]
Congress, White House Agree on Budget
BU IN DC Steve Ramirez of the College of Arts & Sciences attended the award ceremony for recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers on July 25. He and and Cara Stepp of Sargent College both received awards. Kevin Outterson of the School of Law addressed a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine […]
Pondering the Future of Space
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Pondering the Future of Space As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on the moon, BU astronomers contemplate what the next big space discovery will be. Glimpse the future FACULTY EXPERTS No Rx Required? Two BU addiction experts explain how giving patients suffering from opioid withdrawal access to […]