Medical Campus Experts Gather to Confer about Zika
NEIDL acquires sample of virus for further study Donald Thea, director of the BU Center for Global Health & Development, spoke on the public health aspects of the Zika virus at a BUMC Provost Seminar March 22. “We are at the cusp of a really interesting part of the Zika virus investigation,” Thea said. Photo […]
BU Study Measures Impact of Gun-Control Laws
Identifies state laws that substantially reduce deaths A new BU-led study just published in The Lancet found that three laws already on the books in some states could reduce gun deaths by more than 80 percent if implemented nationally. Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office via Wikimedia Commons. More than 90 people […]
ENG Makes Highest-Ever Grade in US News Rankings
Questrom, SED, LAW also do well Interdisciplinary research helped the College of Engineering to secure ample outside funding and a personal best in the latest US News rankings. Photo by Cydney Scott. The College of Engineering has earned its highest-ever ranking from US News & World Report, placing 35th among its peer American schools in […]
BU’s Health-Related Schools Score in US News Rankings
MED gets its best-ever, Sargent’s OT is number one Research, like that done by Greg Wasserman (MED’16) (left) and Katrina Traber, a MED assistant professor, in BU’s Pulmonary Center, earned the School of Medicine a best-ever ranking from US News. Photo by Cydney Scott. BU schools that train healers of various stripes notched impressive showings […]
Nightlife: Public Open Night at BU’s Coit Observatory
Weekly event a free chance to view planets and stars Guests at Coit Observatory’s weekly Public Open Night, every Wednesday, weather permitting, can look through telescopes pointed at Jupiter, the Orion Nebula, and the Andromeda Galaxy. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Looking for something different to do tonight? Think about heading over to BU’s Judson B. […]
Will Unlocking Apple’s iPhone Unlock a Pandora’s Box?
CAS network security expert: move will weaken US cybersecurity Network security expert Sharon Goldberg says that what the FBI is asking Apple to do—write new software to unlock the San Bernardino, Calif., shooter’s phone—would introduce vulnerabilities into Apple’s system and weaken cybersecurity. Photo by Cydney Scott. The FBI is trying to force Apple to write […]
Innovative University-Wide General Education Program Proposed
BU Hub, Cross-College Challenge, would begin with 2017 freshmen Students from different colleges would work together in small teams on projects to tackle “contemporary issues or enduring human questions” under the BU Hub plan. Photo by Cydney Scott. BU’s undergraduate education would be transformed by a newly proposed University-Wide General Education Program. The proposal calls […]
Questrom Welcomes Renowned Sustainability Expert
Peter Fox-Penner heads University’s new Institute for Sustainable Energy Peter Fox-Penner, a Questrom School of Business professor of the practice, markets and public policy and law, is also a drummer, a fan of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and a vegan. Photo courtesy of the Questrom School of Business. It’s not the rat race […]
DC Panel: Talking Football, War, and Brain Disease
Members of the panel on brain injuries hosted by BU President Robert A. Brown in Washington last Thursday: Ann McKee, a MED professor of neurology and pathology (from left), Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, NFL Hall of Famer Mike Haynes, and panel moderator Bob Tedeschi, senior writer for online health and […]
Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill
Grad students learn to lobby for policy, funding Graduate students in the sciences learn how to advocate for science on Capitol Hill in the Making Our CASE: Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshops. Photo by Nicolas Raymond via Creative Commons license. The federal government funds about 80 percent of the research conducted at Boston […]