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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BU Urges Support for Students, Research
BU IN DC Douglas Densmore of the College of Engineering was a featured speaker in the National Science Foundation's Bioeconomy Distinguished Lecture Series on March 18th. Timothy Longman and Eric Schmidt of the African Studies Center met with Massachusetts Congressional offices to discuss the importance of international education programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education on March 18th. David... More
NSF, IES, NEH, and Students to Receive COVID Relief
BU IN DC Daniel Remick of the School of Medicine spoke with staff in Massachusetts Congressional offices as part of the virtual Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Capitol Hill day on March 9th. Tamzen Flanders of the Center for the Humanities met with Massachusetts Congressional staff as part of the National... More
Buzz Bits
BU IN DC Yannis Paschalidis of the College of Engineering participated in a panel on artificial intelligence in biomedical research at a National Science Foundation Smart and Connected Health program workshop on March 1st. BUZZ BITS... The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Miguel Cardona as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education on... More
House Poised to Pass COVID Relief for Colleges
BU IN DC School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig participated in a virtual panel discussion on women's pay gap in higher education hosted by the Eos Foundation, AAUW, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research on February 24th. Timothy Longman of the Pardee School of Global Studies spoke with U.S. Department of State... More
BUzz Bits
BU IN DC College of Communication Dean Mariette DiChristina moderated a panel discussion on decarbonization for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's Climate Conversations webinar series on February 18th. Twenty BU graduate students and postdoctoral associates participated in a science policy workshop hosted by BU Federal Relations and the MIT Washington... More
House Committee Approves Aid For Colleges, Arts
BU IN DC Joshua Shifrinson of the Pardee School of Global Studies spoke about growing tensions between the U.S. and China at the Woodrow Wilson Center's virtual 2021 China Fellowship Conference on February 4th. Peter Fox-Penner of the Institute for Sustainable Energy participated in an energy policy webinar hosted by OurEnergyPolicy, with... More
Congress Begins Debate on COVID Stimulus
BU IN DC College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen met with Massachusetts Congressional offices to discuss federal support for research and engineering education as part of the American Society for Engineering Education's Public Policy Colloquium on February 3rd. Ibram X. Kendi of the Center for Antiracist Research participated in a virtual townhall with... More
Biden Issues Scientific Integrity Order
President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday charging the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) with coordinating and overseeing scientific integrity policies across the federal government. The order directs a review to ensure that federal scientific integrity policies prevent improper political interference and prohibit the... More
Biden Issues Orders on Loans, Immigration
BU IN DC The Biden Administration recently announced the appointments of the following BU alumni: Wendy Sherman (CAS '71) has been nominated as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of State. She previously served as the lead negotiator of the Iran nuclear deal for the Obama Administration. Kei Koizumi (UNI '91) is chief... More
Democrats to Control U.S. Senate
BU IN DC Steve Ramirez of the College of Arts & Sciences was featured on the NIH Director's Blog on January 5th. The post highlighted the Ramirez lab's image of the physical manifestation of a memory. DEMOCRATS TO CONTROL U.S. SENATE Democrats Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock won special run-off elections for... More