Professor McKee Speaks at Capitol Hill Briefing
The American Brain Coalition, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation in cooperation with the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on Understanding and Minimizing Sports-Related Brain Injuries at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, on Thursday, September 14, 2017. The briefing featured Dr. Ann McKee, […]
New Kilachand Center Links Key Research Disciplines
Discoveries will be fueled by collaboration and a record $115 million gift The nine-story, 170,000-square-foot Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering represents an investment of a quarter of a billion dollars—a $135 million construction commitment from BU and a $115 million gift from Rajen Kilachand (Questrom’74, Hon.’14). Photo by Janice Checchio. With a […]
BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center
Goal is personalized heart tissue for clinical use A cardiac patch. The ERC’s ultimate goal is to advance nano-bio-manufacturing methods that could lead to large-scale fabrication of functional heart tissue, which could replace diseased or damaged muscle after a heart attack. Illustration courtesy of Jeroen Eyckmans. Boston University has won a $20 million, five-year award […]
CReM Wins AAMC Sharing Research Resources Award
Team honored for sharing stem cell lines to combat lung disease Gustavo Mostoslavsky, Darrell Kotton, and George Murphy, founders of BU’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM). CReM researchers won the 2017 AAMC Sharing Research Resources award for their commitment to open-source biology. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Darrell Kotton, Gustavo Mostoslavsky, and George Murphy began the […]
BU Leaders Oppose Trump Shutdown of DACA
Congress given six months to devise alternative fate for program Protesters outside the White House Tuesday condemned a decision to kill a program allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children to stay in this country. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Abaca (Sipa via AP Images). Updated September 5, 3:40 p.m.: A prayer vigil for […]
Class of 2021 Matriculates at BU
“Discern the difference between real and fake news,” Brown urges new students On Sunday afternoon, University President Robert A. Brown thanked parents for helping their children during move in. “I know what it’s like to go to Bed Bath & Beyond this weekend,” he joked. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Cool temperatures and a steady drizzle […]
Yes, Harvey Could Happen Here
CAS climate expert Anthony Janetos on the causes, effects of extreme weather Harvey made landfall for a second time, striking southwest Louisiana early Wednesday. Moss Bluff, La., residents (above) rescue those stranded and retrieve items from flooded homes on Tuesday, August 29. Photo by Rick Hickman/American Press via AP. In the last week, Tropical Storm […]
BU and Wheelock College Eye Strategic Merger
Deal could bring two venerable Boston schools together Boston University, with an enrollment of about 33,000 undergrad and graduate students, and Wheelock College, with approximately 1,000 undergrad and graduate students, have entered into formal discussions about the merger of the two schools. BU photo by Dave Green. Wheelock photo courtesy of Wheelock College. Boston University […]
Solar Eclipse, Scientific Opportunity
Engineering team will measure effects on GPS; ultimate goal is citizen science During the solar eclipse on August 21, the moon will completely block the sun’s energy from reaching Earth within a 60-mile shadow that will sweep across the US, presenting scientists with a unique research opportunity. Photo courtesy of NASA. On August 21, 2017, […]
BU President Responds to Charlottesville Violence
Denounces racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric, urges civility Hundreds gathered on the University of Virginia campus for a candlelight vigil against hate and violence on August 16, days after Charlottesville erupted in chaos during a white nationalist rally. Photo courtesy Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP. In the wake of last weekend’s violent demonstration by white […]