A Better Way to Predict Election Outcomes
Two CAS profs use web browsing data for fast, drill-down analyses Photo by GoodLifeStudio/iStock. As the predictions for the 2016 presidential election remind us, polling the electorate is an imperfect science. Most polls claimed that Hillary Clinton would be our next president—it seemed a foregone conclusion—and most polls were wrong, although many forecasts for the […]
BU to Join Second AAU Campus Sexual Misconduct Student Survey
With 33 institutions participating, it’s expected to be among largest sampling ever By participating in an Association of American Universities survey about campus sexual assault and misconduct, BU will be able to compare itself to other schools. Photo by Janice Checchio. Amid the national uproar over #MeToo and Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court appointment, BU has […]
BU Law Professor James Bessen Addresses the Federal Trade Commission
Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Federal Trade Commission (FTC) event at Constitution Center in Washington, DC from October 23 – 24, 2018. Learn More! James Bessen serves as Executive Director of the Technology & Policy Research Initiative and a Lecturer in Law at Boston University School of Law. He was previously […]
BU Alumni Association in DC: Serving Truth in News & Media
Date: October 24, 2018 Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Location: National Press Club, The Holeman Lounge The Boston University Alumni Association presented an evening of conversation with some of DC’s most distinguished BU Alumnae leaders in the media industry. This event was an interactive discussion that addressed honesty when it comes to serving the American people with […]
New Questrom Dean: Building a Brand
Susan Fournier applies marketing expertise to managing business school Susan Fournier, a professor at BU for 13 years, became dean of the Questrom School of Business on August 27, 2018. The school’s first woman dean, Fournier is a leading international expert on brand marketing and is credited with pioneering the subfield that explores the relationships […]
Ann McKee Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
BU neurologist studying concussions in athletes and soldiers Photo by Asia Kepka. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is made up of more than 2,000 international members, elected by their peers, for outstanding achievements in medicine. Ann McKee, a School of Medicine professor of neurology and pathology, director of the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, and […]
BUzz Bits
BU IN DC Students in the Boston University Washington, DC Study Abroad Program met with staff in the offices of Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Niki Tsongas (D-MA) on October 5. BUZZ BITS… The Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluated whether the United States adequately supports “research that could lead to transformational technological advances.” GAO’s report […]
The Voice of BU for Almost Half a Century
Marie Gannon has worked BU’s switchboard since the year Nixon resigned Marie Gannon has been working BU’s switchboard for four and a half decades. Over the years she’s seen a lot of changes, including the arrival of computers and cell phones. She says she loves her job and has no plans to retire…yet. Photo by […]
Making News: Alum Builds Washington News Bureau
C.D. “Budd” Ruffin,the District 2 commissioner from rural Choctaw County, Ala., is a big guy—defensive-lineman big—and he sweats a bit as he stands in the grand marble rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building in his sport coat and scally cap. Ruffin came to Capitol Hill to lobby Alabama’s congressional delegation to fund workforce development, […]
Rising Democratic Star Ocasio-Cortez Urges Students to Become Activists
Congressional candidate, CAS alum: persistence, courage needed to achieve social justice New York 4th District Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) delivered a powerful call to action to several hundred students at the Tsai Performance Center on Monday. Photo by Cydney Scott. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising star in the Democratic party, urged BU students to become […]