Leonid Levin Chosen to Join Ranks of National Academy of Sciences
BU computer scientist among 100 new US members elected Leonid Levin, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of computer science, is one of the 100 2019 US researchers elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Photo by Cydney Scott. Leonid Levin, a BU College of Arts & Sciences professor of computer science, is an […]
ENG Prof Named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD
Siddharth Ramachandran. Photo courtesy of the College of Engineering. Siddharth Ramachandran, a Boston University College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials science engineering, thrives in the city. He loves the hustle and bustle of Boston and the diversity of all the people he encounters. When he’s not in his lab […]
Not Politics As Usual
BU IN DC Not Politics As Usual On April 30 and May 1, BU President Robert A. Brown hosted a Capitol Hill reception for more than 170 friends and alumni and met with Members of Congress. See for yourself COMMUNITY RESOURCE Sharks & Cape Cod The Cape has a great white shark problem. What […]
President Brown Meets with Lawmakers
BU IN DC College of Engineering Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen participated in the National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering Advisory Committee meeting on April 17 and 18. He is a member of the committee. Jeffrey Samet of the School of Medicine and School of Public Health attended a press conference announcing the research sites for the Helping to […]
National Academy of Sciences President Announced as 146th Commencement Speaker
Honorary degree recipients, student speaker also named at Friday’s Senior Breakfast The BU Class of 2019 watched a highlight reel of their past four years at Friday’s Senior Breakfast. Among the memories were Beyoncé’s Lemonade video, the inauguration of President Donald Trump, and the Patriots and Red Sox championships. Photo by Jacob Chang-Rascle. Marcia McNutt, […]
Not Politics as Usual
Photographer: Dave Scavone On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, Boston University President Robert A. Brown and University Provost Jean Morrison hosted BU’s 4th biannual Capitol Hill reception at the Rayburn House Office Building. With the theme of “Not Politics as Usual,” more than 170 attendees celebrated BU’s federal partnerships and alumni in Congress: Representatives Ayanna Pressley […]
Close Up: Humanitarianism at the Border
The Humanitarian Crisis at the Border and Beyond, a panel discussion hosted by the School of Law and moderated by the Boston Globe’s Maria Cramer, was held April 18. Panelists were Nicole Ramos, director of Al Otro Lado Border Rights Project (from left), Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.), and Sarah Sherman Stokes, associate director of […]
Why the First Black Hole Image is a Big Deal
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Why the First Black Hole Image is a Big Deal BU scientists who were part of the historic Event Horizon Telescope collaboration supported by the National Science Foundation tell you everything you need to know. Shed some light on the matter FACULTY EXPERT How To Fix a Broken Baseball System Major League […]
BU Global Development Policy Center 2nd Annual DC Briefing
The 2nd Annual Washington, D.C. Panel Discussion Series was hosted by Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on April 12, 2019 from 8:30 – 10:00 am. The multilateral system that was built in response to depression and war is in crisis.The 21st century has been marked […]
Party Leaders Agree to Launch Budget Talks
BU IN DC Alan Marscher and Svetlana Jorstad of the College of Arts & Sciences attended the National Science Foundation’s press conference announcing the first results from the Event Horizon Telescope project on April 10. Garland Waller of the College of Communication screened a documentary film about her father at the BU Study Abroad Washington office […]