Resource Guide: Everything BU International Students and Faculty Need to Know Right Now
Amid challenging times, Boston University is supporting its international community with resources and info ranging from visas to travel to their legal rights. “We are stronger because we come from so many different backgrounds and have different experiences,” President Melissa Gilliam says.
BU Sargent College Team Helps Design New Middlesex Jail Unit for Incarcerated Older Adults
Faculty advise on a wide range of issues, from accessible furniture to treatment, education, and training.
In Conversation: The BU President and Boston Medical Center Health System CEO on Their Shared Vision, Optimism, and Overcoming Turbulence
Melissa Gilliam and Alastair Bell discuss their partnership, the outsized role of BMC, Boston’s essential hospital and BU’s teaching hospital, the search for a new medical school dean, and headwinds and challenges.
“It’s Unacceptable”: BU Mathematician Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts
The impact trackers update in real time based on the loss of international aid programs combating HIV and tuberculosis.
BU School of Social Work Makes a “Transformative” Hire for Childhood Equity
Nationally renowned researcher Dolores Acevedo-Garcia launches Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development.
How BU Became a National Model and Destination for First-Generation Students
A generous gift and two impassioned leaders in Maria Erb and Anthony Jack helped give rise to Boston University’s Newbury Center. Students say it’s been life-changing.
BU’s New Director of Disability Services Says the Office Will Be More Visible, Transparent
Dawn Sousa-Hearn comes from a directorship position at the University of Texas at Tyler.
Algae, Disease-Bearing Ticks, Erratic Snowfall, Tainted Oysters, Costly Insurance, Extreme Temperatures—Is Climate Change Ruining Our New England?
Boston University scholars in environment, public health, marine science, and more weigh in. “The scale of what we are signing ourselves up for is unprecedented,” one says.
Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? Five Reasons to Feel Confident—and Five to Be Worried
Five years after COVID-19 lockdowns, BU experts find some glimmers of hope, but say new US policies could put the world at greater risk of a coronavirus-like outbreak.
What Is Convergent Research and Why Is BU Embracing It?
University announces new push for collaborative research, aims to step up progress on major societal challenges.