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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White House Forum on Aging Coming to Boston
BU IN DC Graham Wilson, Nathan Phillips and David Glick of the College of Arts & Sciences and Conor LeBlanc of the Initiative on Cities hosted an Urban Seminar Series panel on the Initiative's 21st Century Mayors Leadership Survey on January 27 at the BU Washington, DC Programs office. Roscoe Giles of the College of Engineering testified on exascale computing before the Energy Subcommittee... More
Obama State of the Union Touts Science, College
BU IN DC Provost Jean Morrison co-chaired the Association of American Universities copyright task force meeting on January 23. Cornelius Hurley of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy attended the Brookings Institution's Asset Management, Financial Stability and Economic Growth event on January 9. Alan Cohen of the School of Management participated in a meeting of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute's Advisory... More
New Committees for Massachusetts Delegation
BU IN DC Timothy Longman of the College of Arts & Sciences helped brief the new U.S. ambassador to Rwanda during the U.S. Department of State's Executive Analytic Exchange on Rwanda on January 9. NEW COMMITTEES FOR MASS. DELEGATION Several members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation will receive new committee assignments as the... More
As Congress Returns, What’s on Tap?
BU IN DC Dean Adil Najam of the Pardee School of Global Studies attended the annual deans meeting of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs on January 8 and 9. AS CONGRESS RETURNS, WHAT'S ON TAP? The 114th Congress began this week, with Republicans taking control of both chambers for the... More
House Passes Final Budget For Fiscal Year 2015
BU IN DC Hee-Young Park of the School of Medicine attended the Council on Graduate Schools annual meeting on December 4 and 5. HOUSE PASSES FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill (H.R. 83) Thursday night that will set nearly all federal agency budgets for the remainder of... More
White House Hosts College Completion Summit
BU IN DC Robert Stern of the School of Medicine participated in the Safe Sports Think Tank conference on concussions in youth sports on November 24. Allen Mitchell and Carol Louik of the Slone Epidemiology Center discussed medication safety for pregnant women with Food and Drug Administration officials and Congressional staff on December... More
Defense Department Establishes Innovation Initiative
BU IN DC Christine McGuire of Enrollment and Student Affairs participated in a meeting at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators on November 12 and 13. Lisa Tenerowicz of the Office of General Counsel and Kim Randall of the Equal Opportunity Office attended a conference on Title IX compliance hosted by EduRisk on November 11 and 12. Joe Finkhouse of BU... More
Advocates Urge Boost for Federal Research
BU IN DC School of Education Dean Hardin Coleman attended the Association of American Universities Education Deans meeting and the Learning and Education Academic Research Network meeting on November 6. Linda Hyman of the School of Medicine discussed innovation in the biomedical research workforce at the National Institutes of Health at the... More
Republicans to Lead Congress in 2015
BU IN DC Congress may have been out of session, but BU faculty and staff had plenty of reasons to come to Washington, D.C., since the last edition of Beltway BUzz. Here are just a few, stay tuned for more next week: President Robert A. Brown and Dr. Beverly Brown attended the Association of American... More
Science Advisors Review Research Workforce
BU IN DC President Robert A. Brown received the Simon Ramo Founders Award from the National Academy of Engineers, of which he is a member, on September 28. Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters, Center for Systems Neuroscience Director and College of Arts & Sciences Professor Michael Hasselmo, and College of Arts &... More