The Top Cybersecurity Threats to Watch
FACULTY EXPERT The Top Cybersecurity Threats to Watch BU computer engineer Ari Trachtenberg explains what the United States should do to protect our data privacy. Protect your data RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Is Greening the Earth a Good Thing? With support from NASA, BU researchers find that China and India are leading the way in increased […]
Education Committee Announces Higher Ed Plans
BU IN DC Shulamit Kahn of the Questrom School of Business, Nathan Phillips of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Wynter Duncanson and Muhammad Zaman of the College of Engineering spoke at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting between February 14 and 17. EDUCATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES HIGHER ED PLANS […]
Congress Passes Spending Deal to Avoid Shutdown
BU IN DC Joyce Wong of the College of Engineering accepted the American Association for the Advancement of Science STEM Equity Achievement Change Bronze award on behalf of the University on February 13. Provost Jean Morrison, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters, College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen, Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs […]
BU Policies Protecting Free Speech to Get Fresh Look
As rhetoric nationwide intensifies, President Brown requests reviews and reports by fall In 1966, Edward Brooke (LAW’48,’50, Hon.’68) became the first African American popularly elected to the US Senate. Photo by BU Photography. Almost one-fifth of American undergraduates endorse violence to silence a campus speaker “known for making offensive and hurtful statements,” a 2017 survey […]
Controversial Civil Rights Activist Angela Davis Draws Big Crowd to BU Talk
“Through black history we learn the best of the history of the United States of America,” she tells packed house Angela Davis, activist, academic and author took time to chat with students and pose for photos with them, including Feven Solomon (CAS’21), from left, Kalkidan Tewodros (Questrom’21), Davis, Grace Mecha (SAR’21), and Zanta Ephrem (SAR’21) […]
BU by the Numbers
ADVOCACY RESOURCE BU by the Numbers Have you wondered what the average BU student looks like? What we use federal research dollars for? How BU impacts a specific Congressional District or state? Find out with our newest fact sheets. See the impact RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Can Technology Eliminate Blindspots? BU researchers are using funds from […]
Charles River, Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Among areas of expertise: treatment of child anxiety, premodern Asian literature, violence prevention Charles River Campus: five faculty have been promoted to the rank of full professor. Photo by Janice Checchio. From expertise in dating abuse, adult binge drinking and youth drinking, and the use of experimental therapeutics in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease to […]
Science Gets a Nod in the State of the Union
BU IN DC College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen attended the American Society for Engineering Education’s Public Policy Colloquium and met with Congressional staff from February 4 through 6. School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea was the keynote speaker at the Institute for Integrative Health symposium on February 4. He also participated in a meeting of […]
Federal Agencies Reopen for Business
BU IN DC President Robert A. Brown participated the Association of American Universities Board of Directors meeting on January 31. Provost Jean Morrison attended a meeting of the Education Advisory Board on January 24 and 25, and met with staff on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on January 25. FEDERAL AGENCIES REOPEN […]
BU to Contribute $250K to King Memorial
NOTABLE ALUMNI BU to Contribute $250K to King Memorial The University announced its contribution to an initiative honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS ’55, Hon.’59) at a joint BU-Boston holiday observance featuring Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh. Find out more ADVOCACY RESOURCE BU Urges Rethinking on Proposed […]