Category: Global
Italy Gives $21 Million to BU’s CARB-X
Italy awarded CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) $21 million to help advance new antibiotics, vaccines, and rapid diagnostics for infections that don’t respond to existing treatments. CARB-X is based at the Boston University School of Law.
Biopharma Company GSK and BU Collaborate on Lung Disease Treatments
A new collaboration between the global biopharma giant and researchers from BU’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) and Boston Medical Center could bring hope to millions around the world with lung diseases. Together, they aim to use CReM-developed lung cells to better understand pulmonary fibrosis and identify new ways to halt or slow the progression of this and other lung diseases.
Ascending the Ranks of Times Higher Ed
BU advanced 7 spots, to number 54, in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The London-based magazine and data analyst compared more than 1,500 universities in 93 nations. THE lauded the University’s prodigious faculty scholarship, small student-to-teacher ratio, access to varied cultural events, research productivity, robust study abroad program, and diverse international student population.
Coronavirus Impacts BU Study Abroad
University officials have kept up frequent contact with students studying abroad and their families, partner institutions, and staff members about the status of classes, travel plans, and emerging needs related to COVID-19. The unpredictable nature of the pandemic has meant that countless contingencies must be accounted for, including when students find themselves at the center of where an outbreak occurs or experience difficulty returning home or to their original host site.
MLK, 50 Years Later
The BU community reflects on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) 50 years after his death. Through a series of videos and essays compiled by BU Today, BU faculty, students, staff, and alumni discuss what Dr. King means to them.
BU Opens New Global Development Policy Center
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the opening of BU’s new Global Development Policy Center, housed at the Pardee School of Global Studies. The center’s mission is “to advance policy-oriented research on financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability across the globe,” says center director Kevin P. Gallagher, a Pardee School professor of global development policy.
BU Ranks Sixth Internationally in Employability of Graduates
Times Higher Education says the employability of BU alumni ranks 6th internationally and 5th in the United States, up from 11th internationally and 7th nationally in 2016. In breaking the top 10 globally, the University joins Harvard (2nd), Columbia (3rd), MIT (4th), Stanford (7th), Yale (10th), and the list-topping California Institute of Technology.
Times Higher Ed Names BU “International Powerhouse”
Times Higher Education (THE) names Boston University to a list of 53 “international powerhouse” institutions, based on the strength of the University’s research, from medical to physical sciences. “International powerhouse” means that the school has the best chance of being grouped with—or even ahead of—THE’s most elite global “old stars,” which include the University of Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Princeton.
Rankings Put BU Among Best Nationally, Globally
Boston University continues to climb in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of best graduate schools in the country. Among BU’s professional schools, the School of Education moved up 9 notches, to 36th. Other BU schools that fared well in the 2018 rankings: the College of Engineering placed 34 out of 198 peers, and the School of Law 23rd of 197. BU’s School of Medicine was named 30th best for research and 34th for primary care education out of 118 schools nationally.
BU Grads Ranked Among the World’s Most Employable
The employability of BU graduates is ranked 11th in the world and 7th in the nation, according to Times Higher Education. The 2016 Global University Employability Ranking survey queried the opinions of thousands of management-level recruiters and managing directors of international companies.
