Trump Proposes to Slash Student Aid, Research
BU IN DC Ambassador Robert Loftis and Holly Chase of the Pardee School of Global Studies accompanied more than twenty graduate students on meetings with foreign policy officials between March 11 and 15. Tamzen Flanders of the Center for the Humanities participated in the National Humanities Alliance annual conference and advocacy day between March 10 and 12. Neta Crawford of the College of Arts & Sciences spoke […]
SPH Forum: Commonwealth Leaders, Advocates Tackle Gun Violence
Success of bipartisan gun safety legislation, policy changes needed to create safer communities discussed Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Attorney General Maura Healey, two speakers at the SPH Dean’s Forum Tackling Gun Violence on March 11 at WBUR’s CitySpace. Photos by Cydney Scott. The data are clear: gun violence remains a uniquely American epidemic. […]
BU Advances in US News Best Graduate School Rankings
SPH, ENG, and Wheelock post gains Graduate schools on BU’s three campuses advanced in the most recent US News rankings. Photo by Cydney Scott. Several BU schools and programs moved up in US News & World Report’s just-released 2020 rankings of the country’s best graduate schools. The School of Public Health jumped two notches from […]
Kenneth Elmore Named a Pillar of Higher Education
Associate provost and dean of students honored by national education group Kenneth Elmore and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz (CAS’84, Hon.’18) visiting the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground May 18, 2018, Commencement weekend. The associate provost and dean of students has received an award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, nominated […]
What is Secure Multiparty Computation?
FACULTY EXPERT What is Secure Multiparty Computation? It sounds like magic, but BU computer scientists have found a way to collaboratively analyze data for the public good — without revealing private information. Get secure RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Have Your Plastic and Eat It Too Marine biologists at Boston University explain how all of the ocean’s […]
Trump Plans Campus Free Speech Executive Order
BU IN DC Shoumita Dasgupta of the School of Medicine met with Congressional offices as part of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Capitol Hill Day on March 7. TRUMP PLANS CAMPUS FREE SPEECH EXECUTIVE ORDER President Donald J. Trump announced Saturday he plans to issue an executive order that would prohibit colleges […]
A Day in the Life of BU’s Engineering Product Innovation Center
Students, faculty, staff get a chance to design and build their own ideas at EPIC When it opened in January 2014, BU’s Engineering Product Innovation Center—better known as EPIC—was hailed as an opportunity to not only transform BU’s engineering programs, but to provide a hub for all members of the BU community, regardless of major, […]
Professor Named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Committee
Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences, has been appointed to serve on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Comprised of 20 nutrition and health experts across the country, the independent advisory committee reviews scientific evidence on topics and questions identified by the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), […]
NIH Issues Forceful Statement on Harassment
BU IN DC Jeffrey Murphy of Alumni Relations spoke about developing a strong professional network at a workshop for Washington-area alumni on February 27. NIH ISSUES FORCEFUL STATEMENT ON HARASSMENT Addressing victims of sexual harassment in the academic community, senior leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a statement Thursday saying, “We are concerned […]
Advancing Discovery Science for Public Health Impact
NHLBI Director Gary Gibbons Visits BU on February 27, 2019 Video (above) from Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Keefer Auditorium – School of Medicine Boston University Medical Campus 72 East Concord Street Boston, MA 02118 For seven decades, research supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has led to broad-based interventions that have […]