Center for Neuroscience
The Center for Neurocience is a University-wide initiative to advance cutting-edge interdisciplinary, collaborative research and education on the neural basis of behavior and cognition. Researchers pursue experimental and theoretical-computational approaches that span molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, and cognitive levels of analysis. The goal is to expand the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of brain function and to translate these advances into practical applications, including treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders and the development of new directions in educational practice.
Truman Scholar Selected
Meghan Desale, CAS'08, is named a 2007 Truman Scholar, one of 65 students chosen by the Truman Foundation. Starting in Fall 2008, she attends the School of Medicine as a student in the University’s Seven-Year Liberal Arts/Medical Education Program.
SPH Receives Grant for Emergency & Disaster Response
Boston University School of Public Health receives a $2.5 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate an effort to improve emergency and disaster response among public health and medical care providers throughout Boston and the metropolitan area.
Endowment Reaches $1 Billion Mark
The University’s endowment reaches the $1 billion mark for the first time.
Development of Honors Program Started
The University announces the development of a new University-wide honors program and the phasing out of the University Professors Program as a freestanding unit.
Leslie Moonves Keynote
Commencement speaker Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, tells the crowd that although he lives his life by programming, the graduates should do as he says, not as he does.
“Don’t plan. Look on life not as a fully programmed schedule but as a search. Always keep your options, and your heart, open.”—Leslie Moonves
Lutchen Appointed Dean of ENG
Kenneth Lutchen has been a faculty member at BU since 1984. Before being named Dean of Engineering he was Chair of Biomedical Engineering from 1998 to 2006. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and has advanced novel experimental, imaging, and computational-based methods for intracellular through whole-organ structure-function relations governing lung disease.
George Bush appoints President Brown to Council of Advisors
Boston University President Robert A. Brown is appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2006–2008). Bush reestablished the council in 2001 in an effort to maintain a steady stream of expert advice from the private sector and the academic community on a wide range of scientific and technical matters.
“It is an honor to be selected to advise the government in setting priorities in science and technology for the future of the country,” says Brown. “I view the continued development of our scientific capabilities, through education and new research, as critical to our nation’s standard of living and our economic future”—Robert A. Brown
SHA Gets a New Home
The new SHA building is dedicated on September 27, 2006. The new SHA building is dedicated in style, with Boston University President Robert A. Brown as the keynote speaker. "The dedication opens the doors to a new era for the School."
Robert A. Brown, Tenth President
from 2005–2023
Robert A. Brown, a distinguished chemical engineer and former provost at MIT, became president of Boston University in September 2005. During his tenure, Brown has strengthened the core missions of undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, interdisciplinary work, and research and scholarship across all 17 schools and colleges. He oversaw the implementation of the University’s strategic plan and first major fundraising campaign. Under Brown’s leadership, the University was invited in 2012 to join the Association of American Universities, an organization of leading research universities in the United States and Canada. His 18-year legacy includes dramatic growth in sponsored research, a more diverse student body and faculty, a robust endowment, an exciting new building for data science, and a clear path for the future.
