{"id":6530,"date":"2017-05-08T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=6530"},"modified":"2017-05-08T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:57:26","slug":"sparking-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2017\/05\/08\/sparking-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparking Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"h_butoday_995px_16-9669-DAMIANO-022\"<\/a>ADVOCACY RESOURCE
\n<\/span>Sparking Economic Growth<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Three start-ups with ties to BU are featured in a new report from The Science Coalition highlighting 102 companies that grew out of federally-funded research grants. <\/span>See the report<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"black_women_cancer\"<\/a>RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
\n<\/span>Why Do So Many Black Women Die of Breast Cancer?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The BU Slone Epidemiology Center has led the nation’s longest running study of black women’s health for more than 20 years, with support from the National Cancer Institute.\u00a0<\/span>Learn more<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"ICW-Ali-Noorani-400x241\"<\/a>NOTABLE ALUMNI
\n<\/span>There’s A Different Story to Be Told on Immigration<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As executive director of the National Immigration Forum, BU alumnus Ali Noorani wants to engage people from religious organizations, law enforcement, and small businesses in the national immigration debate.\u00a0<\/span>Read the interview<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Energy policy professionals<\/b><\/a><\/span> turned out for a Washington reception hosted by the BU Institute for Sustainable Energy<\/b> on April 25… Anthony Janetos <\/b>of the BU Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future became chair of\u00a0National Academy of Sciences\u00a0Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program<\/b><\/span><\/a>… \u00a0<\/b>Research by\u00a0Matthew Pase<\/b> of the\u00a0BU School of Medicine on sugary drinks’ impact on aging<\/b><\/span><\/a> is highlighted in The New York Times.<\/i>.. Shea Cronin<\/b> of BU Metropolitan College weighs in on\u00a0how Boston police interact with racial minorities<\/b><\/span><\/a> in The Associated Press<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADVOCACY RESOURCE Sparking Economic Growth Three start-ups with ties to BU are featured in a new report from The Science Coalition highlighting 102 companies that grew out of federally-funded research grants. See the report RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Why Do So Many Black Women Die of Breast Cancer? The BU Slone Epidemiology Center has led the nation’s […]<\/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\/6530"}],"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=6530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6536,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530\/revisions\/6536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}