Category: Campus
Hearing Research Center
The Boston University Hearing Research Center (HRC) opens with twenty faculty members from six departments in four Boston University schools and colleges. The HRC was formed to develop and disseminate knowledge that will improve the nation’s auditory health and allow the fullest utilization of the sense of hearing. Research in the Hearing Research Center combines theoretical and experimental studies of auditory processing to understand hearing in both normal and impaired auditory systems.
Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center
The Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center—which commemorates Elizabeth Bishop, a wine and culinary arts enthusiast who worked closely with Julia Child—is established for the study of wine and other spirits. The center aims to foster educational programs that explore all aspects of wine—viticulture, enology, wine history, economics, distribution and marketing, pairing wine with food, and the psychological, physiological, and cultural phenomena of wine consumption.
Fraunhofer Center
The Boston University Production Technology Collaboration and Fraunhofer Resource Center opens at 15 St. Mary’s Street, bringing together academic and industry-based scientists and engineers to offer access to the most advanced manufacturing technologies.
SMG Gets New Home
Construction begins on the Rafik B. Hariri Building of the School of Management; the building officially opens in October 1996.
The Scleroderma Center
Founded by the late Dr. Joseph Korn, former Chief of the Section and an internationally recognized researcher and clinical investigator in scleroderma research, the Scleroderma Center at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center is a multidisciplinary program encompassing basic and clinical research and patient care. Dr. Korn’s vision of a comprehensive scleroderma center combining both excellent patient care and cutting-edge research continues in the BU Scleroderma Program today; thanks to research support, patients have many opportunities to participate in novel treatment approaches. The program’s efforts in patient care and research are mutually enhancing and sustaining.
University Joins Fraunhofer Society
Boston University enters into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit consortium of 46 German research institutes known as the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Society).
BU Academy Opens
Boston University Academy, a college preparatory school, opens under the guidance of President Silber.
Center for Advanced Biotechnology
The College of Engineering establishes the Center for Advanced Biotechnology, which focuses on developing new methodologies and biological materials.
Systems Research Center
The Systems Research Center (SRC) opens at the School of Management to promote better understanding of how information technology can be used to improve business performance and create new business opportunities; in 2001, the center becomes The Boston University Institute for Leading in a Dynamic Economy (BUILDE) to explore the effects of emerging information and related technologies on competitive markets and organizations. In 2008, BUILDE is renamed The Institute for Global Work (IGW) with a mandate to foster partnership between industry and academia, and as such works collaboratively with member companies, worldwide academic bodies, and think tanks to generate compelling research that motivates managers to think and work differently on a global scale.
"This Institute seeks to investigate how the reality of global connectivity will impact the way people live, work, and play. We will explore both the opportunities and challenges that arise as organizations seek to initiate innovation on a global scale. IGW faculty believe that the emergence of the global workplace will create enormous opportunities for those who develop the skills to lead in this global marketplace." — John Henderson, Director
BioSquare Discovery & Innovation Center
With over 700,000 gross square feet of space, The BioSquare Discovery & Innovation Center offers leading life sciences companies an unparalleled environment designed to foster and support discovery, innovation, and commerce.
