Beltway BUzz
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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
COVID-19 Relief Package Heads to President
On Monday, Congress quickly introduced and passed the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, a long-delayed stimulus package to spur economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill includes $22.7 billion for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, which universities can use to defray expenses associated with COVID-19 and... More
Congress Clear Defense Policy Bill
BU IN DC School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea addressed the National Institutes of Health Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lunch Series on "The Contagion Next Time: Underlying Socioeconomic and Racial Divides and Our Risk from COVID and Future Pandemics" on December 16th. CONGRESS CLEARS DEFENSE POLICY BILL Last week, Congress passed the National... More
Biden Announces More Personnel
BU IN DC Kevin Outterson of the School of Law accepted the Global Health Technologies Coalition's 2020 Partnership Award on behalf of CARB-X on December 8th. The coalition also honored Sens. Patty Murray (D- WA) and John Boozman (R-AR). School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea addressed a telephone townhall regarding COVID-19 hosted... More
Biden Announces More Personnel
BU IN DC Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences Azer Bestavros participated in a meeting of the National Science Foundation's Computer & Information Science & Engineering Advisory Committee, of which he is a member, on December 2nd and 3rd. BIDEN ANNOUNCES MORE PERSONNEL As he prepares to take office in January, President-elect Joseph... More
What Could Biden Mean for Research?
BU IN DC Kevin Gallagher of the Global Development Policy Center hosted a webinar on China and the international monetary system with Dr. Zhongxia Jin, the executive director for the People’s Republic of China at the International Monetary Fund, on November 12th. WHAT COULD BIDEN MEAN FOR RESEARCH? As President-elect Joseph Biden and Vice... More
Biden Transition Begins
BIDEN TRANSITION BEGINS As President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris prepare to transition into their new roles, they have identified COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate as top priorities. On Wednesday, Biden announced that Ron Klain, who spearheaded the Obama Administration's successful response to the Ebola epidemic, will be White... More
Results of Presidential Election Expected Soon
BU IN DC Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Adil Najam spoke on a panel celebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations along with Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) on October 21. The BU School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health hosted a forum on the intersection of medical research and climate... More
International Scholars Face New Visa Hurdles
BU IN DC Kevin Outterson of the School of Law spoke at a Congressional briefing on antimicrobial resistance hosted by the Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease on October 8. Nahid Bhadelia addressed a Chamber of Commerce Foundation briefing on the importance of flu shots on October 22. INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS FACE NEW VISA HURDLES On... More
DHS Proposes Shorter Visa Duration for Students
BU IN DC Dwayne Minier of Metropolitan College taught a virtual cooking class for the Massachusetts Society, a Washington-based organization for Massachusetts enthusiasts, on September 23. Robert Pinsky of the College of Arts & Sciences spoke at the 2020 National Book Festival on September 27. DHS PROPOSES SHORTER VISA DURATION FOR STUDENTS Last week, More