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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OSTP Leader; Stephen Miran; Social Policies
BU IN DC Ayse Coskun of the College of Engineering attended a Council on Foreign Relations roundtable on energy, national security, and climate policy issues on January 17th. TRANSITION UPDATES: TRUMP PICKS SCIENCE, AI LEADERS Last month, President-elect Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Michael J.K. Kratsios as the director of... More
AI Czar; Defense Bill; Hazing
BU IN DC Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences Azer Bestavros attended the fall meeting of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Advisory Committee for the National Science Foundation on December 11th and 12th. He is a member of the Committee. TRANSITION UPDATES: TRUMP PICKS AI CZAR; NEW HOUSE SCIENCE AND... More
NIH Nominee; NASA Nominee; NIA Feedback
BU IN DC Senior Vice President for Strategy & Innovation Kenneth Olliff attended the Council on Competitiveness 2024 Gala Dinner and National Competitiveness Forum on December 2nd and 3rd. TRANSITION UPDATES: TRUMP PICKS NOMINEES FOR NIH AND NASA President-elect Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as director of the... More
McMahon; FAFSA Deadline; Clean Energy
BU IN DC Mary Churchill of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development attended the American Educational Research Association - Consortium of University and Research Institutions Fall Policy meeting from November 17th through November 19th. Vice President for Government & Community Affairs Jake Sullivan joined Massachusetts elected officials at the White House to celebrate the... More
Election Results: Impact on Higher Ed
BU IN DC Bart Lipman, Raymond Fisman, Tarek Hassan, and Daniele Paserman of the College of Arts & Sciences hosted a conversation about immigration, debt issuance, and the dollar for Washington-area alumni on October 29th. Diane Baldwin, Kate Mellouk, Rachelle Joseph, and Ryan Russell of the Office of Research attended the Council on Government Relations... More
Hazing; Health Inequity; NSF MultiPLEx
BU IN DC Dean ad interim Elise Morgan of the College of Engineering joined the United for Medical Research coalition to meet with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on September 24th. The group also met with House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman... More
Campus Free Speech; NAIRR; Instagram
BU IN DC Dean Penny Bishop and Leslie Dietiker of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development discussed investments in education research at the LEARN Coalition meeting on September 18th and 19th. Rena Conti of the Questrom School of Business testified before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on lowering health care costs on September... More
Gilliam on the Hill; NIH Reform; Walz
BU IN DC Anthony Jack from the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development held a discussion about his new book at Politics & Prose on August 16th. Hadi Nia of the College of Engineering gave a keynote address at the National Cancer Institute Junior Investigator Annual Meeting on August 22nd. Kevin Gallagher... More
Markey; NIH Increase; AI Bills; NASA Visit
BU IN DC President Melissa Gilliam met with Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) on July 30th. Their wide-ranging discussion included topics such as the National Science Foundation, artificial intelligence, and distinguished BU alumni in politics. SENATE PROPOSES INCREASES FOR NIH, ENERGY RESEARCH, AND STUDENT AID On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed several spending... More
Harris; NSF; Humanities
BU IN DC Kevin Outterson of CARB-X and the School of Law discussed incentives for antimicrobial therapeutics at a House Budget Committee roundtable event on July 25th. DEMOCRATS COALESCE AROUND HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT Democrats quickly coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris as their Presidential nominee after President Joseph R. Biden announced he would... More