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Dennis Jones, PhD, Named Cancer Moonshot Scholar

Dennis Jones, PhD, assistant professor of pathology & laboratory medicine has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award. Jones was one of 11 researchers nationally who will collectively receive more than $6 million in the first year of their research.

Find Funding in Biomedical Innovation: Working with ARPA-H

Dr. Tyler Best, Deputy Director of the Health Science Futures Mission Office at ARPA-H, visited campus on Monday, October 28, 2024. He shared insights into the agency’s programs, research support, open funding opportunities, and discussed the types of problems the ARPA-H is best suited to address.

How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit

A deputy director from the President Biden–founded Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is visiting BU to discuss support for “high-risk, high-payoff” projects .

Seven-Month Strike Ends as BU Graduate Workers Union Ratifies Contract

Union calls deal “significant improvements in our wages and benefits”.

CTE: How BU Is Changing the Game

From families donating their loved ones’ brains for study, to scientists racing to achieve diagnosis during life, to researchers trying to make America’s most popular sport safer, Boston University’s CTE Center is a hub for world-leading, cutting-edge research into the devastating neurodegenerative disease.

BU Biomedical Engineer Wins a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award

Honor for Alexander A. Green will support high-risk project that could lead to improved cancer treatments and other therapies.

University RAs Unanimously Approve Three-Year Contract

They’ll receive a $1,700 stipend per semester, free meals, continued free housing.

College Students’ Mental Health Improves for the Second Year in a Row

BU public health researcher and national Healthy Minds Study principal investigator Sarah K. Lipson points to colleges’ efforts to address students’ overall well-being and mental health.

15 Thought-Provoking Questions for America’s Next President, Posed by BU Community

We asked what question they’d like to see Kamala Harris and Donald Trump answer.

A Historic Inauguration for Boston University: Melissa L. Gilliam Installed as 11th President

She calls for greater investment in student internship opportunities, in faculty interdisciplinary research, and ensuring access for all.