Archives
Below please find below archived content from the Advocacy Resources page. To view the most current resources available please visit our Advocacy Resources page.
Letters
- BU Supports a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (July 2023)
- BU Comments on Proposed Research Security Program (June 2023)
- Massachusetts Research Universities FY2024 Budget Priorities (March 2023)
- MA Research Universities FY2023 Budget Priorities (April 2022)
- BU Priorities for Research Competitiveness Legislation (March 2022)
- BU Supports the NSF for the Future Act (May 2021)
- MA Research Universities FY22 Budget Priorities (March 2021)
- BU Opposes Plan to Shorten International Student Visas (October 2020)
- BU Urges Reversal of ICE Guidance on International Students (July 2020)
- BU Response to House Science Committee’s Request for Research Priorities After COVID-19 (April 2020)
- MA Research Universities FY21 Budget Priorities (February 2020)
- BU Recommendations for Addressing the Climate Crisis (November 2019)
- BU Recommendations on Advancing the U.S. Bioeconomy (October 2019)
- Concerns About Immigration Policy Changes (September 2019)
- Opposing New Restrictions on Human Fetal Tissue Research (July 2019)
- MA Research Universities FY20 Budget Priorities (March 2019)
- BU Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Title IX (January 2019)
- Support for Net Neutrality (May 2018)
- BU Comments on PROSPER Act (January 2018)
- MA Research Universities FY19 Budget Priorities (March 2018)
- Energy Science Coalition Supports DOE’s Office of Science (October 2017)
- Universities Urge Support for Dreamers (October 2017)
- Coalition for National Security Research Asks to Lift Budget Caps (October 2017)
- Energy Science Coalition Supports ARPA-E (October 2017)
- MA Research Universities FY18 Budget Priorities (March 2017)
- Support for FY17 National Institutes of Health Funding (February 2017)
- Support for Manufacturing Universities Grant Program (September 2016)
- Support for FY17 National Institutes of Health Funding (September 2016)
- MA Research Universities FY17 Budget Priorities (February 2016)
- BU Comments on Maximizing Federal Research Impact (August 2015)
- BU School of Medicine Supports NIH Innovation Fund (May 2015)
- MA Universities Thank Champion of Science Senator Ed Markey (March 2015)
- Massachusetts Research Universities FY16 Budget Priorities (March 2015)
- BU Provides Feedback on Proposed College Ratings Framework (February 2015)
- BU Supports American Cures Act (January 2015)
- BU Comments on Higher Education Affordability Act (August 2014)
- Universities’ Support for NASA FY15 Funding (April 2014)
- Massachusetts Research Universities’ FY15 Budget Priorities (March 2014)
- BU Supports American Cures Act (March 2014)
- Defense Researchers Express Concern (January 2014)
- New England Research Universities Urge End to Sequestration (December 2013)
- Science Community Urges Support for Federal Helium Reserve (September 2013)
- BU Comments on Higher Education Act Reauthorization (July 2013)
- NASA Community Urges Support for Space Technology Program (July 2013)
- Science Community Urges Support for ARPA-E (June 2013)
- Massachusetts Research Universities’ FY14 Budget Priorities (April 2013)
- Health Community Urges Support for NIH (February 2013)
Past Testimony & Briefings
- Dr. Sarah Bagley (CAMED) testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance – Health Care Subcommittee on substance use disorder care in Medicare and Medicaid | CHIP (April 2024)
- Dr. Rebecca Ray (GDP Center) testifies before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (March 2024)
- Professor Rena Conti (Questrom) testifies before the House Oversight and Investigations Committee on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in prescription drug markets (September 2023)
- Professor Maya Steinitz (Law) testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on third-party litigation funding (September 2023)
- Professor Woodrow Hartzog (Law) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding regulating artificial intelligence (September 2023)
- Prof. Kevin Outterson (Law and CARB-X) testifies before Congress on the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (April 2023)
- Dr. Cecilia Han Springer (GDP Center) testifies on China’s climate change strategy and U.S.-China competition (March 2022)
- Dr. Rena Conti (Questrom) testifies on prescription drug spending reform (March 2022)
- Dr. Michelle P. Durham (MED) testifies on mental health and substance use disorders (February 2022)
- Prof. Joseph Fewsmith (Pardee) testifies on elite politics in China and the 20th Party Congress (January 2022)
- Dr. Michelle P. Durham (MED) testifies on mental health care in America (June 2021)
- Dr. Renee Boynton-Jarrett (MED) testifies on SNAP benefits (May 2021)
- Dr. Rebecca Ray (Pardee) testifies on China in Latin America and the Caribbean (May 2021)
- Dr. Thea James (MED) testifies on hunger in America (April 2021)
- Prof. Michael Siegel (SPH) testified before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on vaping (October 2019)
- Prof. Danielle Citron (Law) testified before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on internet privacy (October 2019)
- Provost Jean Morrison testified before the House Science Committee on harassment in science (June 2019)
- Prof. Paul Gugliuzza (Law) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on patent law (June 2019)
- Prof. Rebecca Ingber (Law) testified at Supreme Court nominee’s hearing (September 2018)
- Prof. Sarah Phillips spoke at a Capitol Hill briefing on agricultural policy (August 2018)
- Dr. Kristen Goodell testifies before the Senate on the health care workforce (May 2018)
- Dr. Casey Taft testifies before the Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee (March 2018)
- Ambassador Vesko Garcevic testifies before the Senate Committee on Intelligence (June 2017)
- Dr. Robert Stern testifies before the Senate on athlete safety (May 2017)
- Prof. Paul Gugliuzza on patent demand letter practices and solutions (February 2015)
- Dr. Roscoe Giles on American leadership in supercomputing (January 2015)
- Dr. Kevin Outterson on antibiotic resistence (September 2014)
- Dr. Robert Stern on brain injuries and diseases of aging (June 2014)
Miscellaneous