Weekly Update on Federal Updates – Week of April 28
Dear colleagues, I hope this message finds you well as we move toward the close of the semester. Thank you for all that you do to support our students, research, and community during this busy time. Before diving into this week’s updates, I encourage you all to join this Thursday’s Public Health Conversation on the […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 21
Dear colleagues, Below, please find updates on federal politics and lawsuits that bear on research grants and publications. As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. National Institutes of Health may hold off awarding new grants to Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Northwestern, Cornell, and its affiliated medical school, Cornell-Weill Medicine according […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 14
Dear colleagues, I’m just back from San Francisco where I met some wonderful alumni and prospective students at one of our new BU2U events where our excellent Admission and Career and Practicum teams travel to introduce the work we do to interested persons across the country. Below, please find updates and guidance on this week’s […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 7
Dear colleagues, Good morning. Another week in paradise (sarcasm). Below, please find updates and guidance on this week’s federal actions. As always, please feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions. Judge Kelly of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts has written her final opinion on the administration’s attempt to cap payments […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 1
Dear colleagues, I’m not sure that I’m in the mood for an April Fool’s Day joke, since I think either April or Fool or both are on the NIH watch list of forbidden words for grant applications… Below, please find updates and guidance on this week’s federal actions. As always, please feel free to reach […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of March 24
Dear colleagues, I hope your week has started well. I look forward to seeing faculty and staff at School Assembly this morning where we will be joined by Boston University President, Melissa Gilliam. Last week I was in Washington DC for a lively meeting of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. I […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of March 17
Dear colleagues, I hope that you all had a nice weekend and a chance to enjoy the first signs of spring here in Boston. Below, please find updates and guidance on recent federal actions since my last note. As always, please feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions. The federal terminations […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of March 10
Dear colleagues, Last Friday, the rally ‘Stand Up for Science’ took place in Boston and 32 cities around the country and the Union of Concerned Scientists and 48 scientific societies released a joint letter to Congress calling for legislators to protect taxpayer-funded research. In part these actions were a response to the latest from the National Institutes […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of March 3, 2025
Dear Colleagues, As always, thank you for helping one another, continuing to produce new work, and for taking pride in the community we have built here at SPH. These are frustrating and anxious days. On a lighter note, I am pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Dean’s Innovation Challenge award. They are: Monica […]
SPH Annual Year-End Awards Deadline Extended to March 10
Dear colleagues, As a reminder, it is once again the time of year to take a moment to acknowledge those who have made extraordinary contributions to our SPH community through our annual awards and honors. As we do each year, we are collecting nominations across teaching, research, and practice for faculty, staff, and students. We […]