Assistant Professors Hadi Nia and Brianne Connizzo announced as Hevolution/AFAR New Investigators in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research
The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and Hevolution Foundation announced the third cohort of the Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Awardees in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research. This program enables junior investigators with labs in the US and Canada, and with at least three years of independent research, to advance research projects in basic biology of […]
For Barr Foundation’s new head, this is a homecoming.
Ali Noorani cut his teeth as a nonprofit leader in Boston. Now he’s back to lead one of the dynamic foundations in the region. By Adrian Walker Globe Columnist,Updated December 10, 2025, When Ali Noorani left Boston in 2008 — after years as a high-profile activist, most notably on immigration issues — he didn’t think […]
Sarah Davies, Associate Professor of Biology, receives 2025 Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
The Pivot Fellowship is open to faculty in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, data science and computer science at academic institutions or equivalent positions elsewhere. Pivot fellows receive support to apply their skills and expertise to a new area of research. Fellows receive support for one year of mentored training in their new discipline. The fellowships […]
With a Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship, Earth & Environment professor Wally Fulweiler is learning data science
With the support of a Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship, Wally Fulweiler is spending this school year studying data science and building a new tool that could greatly expand her research as an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist.
School of Theology Receives $1 million from Lilly Endowment to Build a Support Network of New England Churches
A new BU STH initiative seeks to give churches across the region a boost of hope by convening groups of ordained and lay leaders to share resources and feel more connected. The New Wineskins Network, funded with a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow initiative, will create small groups of church leaders from […]
Sargent College Assistant Professors receive 2025 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation awards
Kimberly Crespo, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, has received the New Investigators Research Grants for her project “Learning While Sleeping: Statistical Word Learning and Consolidation in Children with and without Development Language Disorder”. Jennifer Zuk, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, has received the […]
Shawn Lyons, Assistant Professor (CAMED), receives Emerging Respiratory Pathogen Award from American Lung Association
Dr. Lyons will receive $100,000/year for up to two years for their project “Exploiting Weak Spot in How Viruses Operate to Combat Severe Respiratory Infections”. The program was designed to gain a better understanding of the pathobiology and the immediate and long-term implications of respiratory infections.
Ahmed Raslan, Research Assistant Professor (CAMED), receives Dalsemer Interstitial Lung Disease Award from American Lung Association
Dr. Raslan received the award for their project, “Targeting Lung Capillary Endothelial Cells to Halt the Progression of Lung Fibrosis.” The award provides $50,000/year for up to two years for mentored early career scientists ascending toward independence, this award provides seed monies to junior investigators for researching the mechanisms and biology of interstitial lung disease.
Two BU Researchers, Liangliang Hao (ENG) and Ignaty Leshchiner (CAMED), receive Innovation Awards from American Lung Association
Liangliang Hao (ENG) wins for their project “Developing Innovative Early Detection Test for IPF” and Ignaty Leshchiner wins for their project, “Predicting When Lung Cancer Will Return.” The ALA Innovation Award provides $75,000/year for up to two years, and is geared toward independent investigators who are conducting basic science, behavioral, clinical or translational research in […]
John Templeton Foundation awards $5.2M to STH’s Steven Sandage to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being
Sandage, the Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion & Theology, and his team recently received a $5.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to fund an initiative on training psychotherapists to incorporate these ideas and new training and treatment research into their practices. Led by Sandage and Jesse Owen, a professor at the University […]