Beltway BUzz
Washington, DC, is a busy place with a lot of moving parts. Beltway BUzz provides updates on Congressional and federal agency activities, announces key federal personnel changes, highlights grant solicitations, and features the many BU faculty and staff who participate in Washington activities.
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NASA; Book Promotion; DOE Early Career
BU IN DC Anthony Jack of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development addressed the American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting on February 27th. Mary Churchill of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Developmentattended the ACE Women's Network Leadership Conference on February 27th and 28th. Leslie Dietiker of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development attended the LEARN... More
State of the Union; NSF Director; DARPA Biological Technologies Office
BU IN DC Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Kenneth Lutchen, Roscoe Giles and Yannis Paschalidis of the College of Engineering, and Lloyd Munjanja of Research Development participated in the Department of Energy Genesis Mission Summit on February 18th. Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer Nicole Tirella attended the 2026 Summit on Higher... More
NEH Chair; Early Career Webinar; DOE Lighthouse Challenges
BU IN DC Dean Elise Morgan of the College of Engineering participated in the 2026 Engineering Deans Council Public Policy Colloquium and met with Congressional offices between February 9th and February 11th. BUZZ BITS... Last week, President Donald J. Trump nominated Michael McDonald to be the chairperson of the National Endowment for... More
NIH Director; DOE Advisory Committee; NASA Policy
BU IN DC President Melissa Gilliam participated in the Association of American Universities Summit on Research Universities and the Public Good on February 2nd. Dolores Acevedo-Garcia of the School of Social Work served as a panelist at the Brookings Institution's "Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits" briefing on February... More
Accreditation; Language and Being Human; USDA
BUZZ BITS.... Last Friday, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the spending bills that fund research activities at the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, and National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities for fiscal year 2026. The new law rejects the Trump Administration's proposed... More
NIH & Pell Grants; Quantum; NEA
HOUSE APPROVES NIH INCREASE, REJECTS PELL GRANT CUTS Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved fiscal year (FY) 2026 spending bills for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Education (ED), and Department of Defense (DOD) that reject the Trump Administration's proposal to significantly reduce federal investments in medical research... More
NIH Leaders; AI; Science & Humanities Budgets
BU in DC Faculty at the BU School of Social Work are presenting their research at the 2026 Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference from January 15th to January 18th. NIH ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS Dr. Gary H. Gibbons will retire from his role as the director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood... More
NSF, NASA, DOE, and NEH; New Leaders; Microelectronics
BU in DC Will you be in Washington, DC, this year? Let us know -- we'd love to highlight your visit. HOUSE REJECTS ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED CUTS TO SCIENCE, HUMANITIES On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of fiscal year 2026 spending bills that reject the Trump Administration's proposed cuts to... More
Defense Research; Genesis Mission; Financial Aid
BU in DC The CARB-X Joint Oversight Board met in Washington, DC, on December 11th. HOUSE PASSES DEFENSE POLICY BILL On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that establishes defense policy. The legislation emphasizes artificial intelligence, quantum, and biotechnology as defense research priorities, establishing a... More
Genesis Mission; Education Roundtable; NSF Broader Impacts
BU in DC Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) joined the BU Wheelock Center for Future Readiness for their webinar announcing a new partnership with the American Veterans Arts Collective on December 2nd. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION, GENESIS MISSION Last week, the White House and the Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Genesis Mission to... More