{"id":11809,"date":"2020-06-29T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=11809"},"modified":"2020-06-30T10:42:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:42:22","slug":"the-fire-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2020\/06\/29\/the-fire-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fire This Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1500x1000-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11813\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1500x1000-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1500x1000-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1500x1000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1500x1000.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/>FACULTY EXPERT<br \/>\nThe Fire This Time<\/h4>\n<p>BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a renowned expert in critical race theory, wrote an open letter to her students regarding &#8220;recent killings and protests&#8221; that has sparked conversations worldwide.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=49bd9058ba&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the letter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11805\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-992x558.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday-1984x1116.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/BU_Day_Reflection_racism_BUToday.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>ON THE CHARLES RIVER<br \/>\nPain, Anger, and Hope<\/h4>\n<p>Boston University suspended all classes, meetings, and events last Wednesday for a series of virtual conversations as part of the BU Day of Collective Engagement: Racism and Antiracism, Our Realities and Our Roles.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=95fe1586a1&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join the conversation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/Resize-iStock-1221652010-1498x1000-636x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-11816\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/Resize-iStock-1221652010-1498x1000-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/Resize-iStock-1221652010-1498x1000-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/Resize-iStock-1221652010-1498x1000-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/06\/Resize-iStock-1221652010-1498x1000.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT<br \/>\nKids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information<\/h4>\n<p>With support from the National Science Foundation, BU psychologist Deborah Kelemen will investigate how children understand the pandemic and how they are influenced by misinformation or scientific misconceptions that adults pass on to them.\u00a0 <span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=3932766df6&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>See why it matters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>BU will establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=3e928aa242&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>community safety advisory group for the Boston University Police Department<\/strong><\/a>&#8230; Experts at the <strong>BU Technology &amp; Policy Research Initiative <\/strong>describe <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=8bc83e4eef&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how banning salary history can help women and Black workers<\/a><\/strong> in <em>Forbes<\/em>&#8230; <strong>Heidi Peltier<\/strong> of the BU College of Arts &amp; Sciences explains <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=cc45878a28&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how conservation\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=55f6db8c21&amp;e=4a051cec5e\">could spur job creation post-pandemic<\/a><\/strong> in <em>The Conversation<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><span>.. <\/span><span><strong>Nahid Bhadelia<\/strong> of the BU School of Medicine discussed the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=179d4af6c0&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase in COVID-19 cases in many states<\/a><\/strong> on <em>Meet The Press<\/em>&#8230; <strong>Joshua Shifrinson<\/strong> of the BU Pardee School of Global Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=9ed34ee8ab&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>critiques John Bolton&#8217;s approach to foreign policy<\/strong><\/a> in <em>Vox<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FACULTY EXPERT The Fire This Time BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a renowned expert in critical race theory, wrote an open letter to her students regarding &#8220;recent killings and protests&#8221; that has sparked conversations worldwide.\u00a0 Read the letter &nbsp; ON THE CHARLES RIVER Pain, Anger, and Hope Boston University suspended all classes, meetings, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11809"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11817,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809\/revisions\/11817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}