White House Science Advisor, Defense Science Board, Your Pitch
BU IN DC
Vice President and Associate Provost for Enrollment & Student Administration Christine McGuire co-led a panel discussion on strategic enrollment management at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Leadership & Legislative Conference on February 14th.
Vice President for Alumni Engagement Erika Jordan and Executive Director of Alumni Relations Susan Richardson met with alumni in Washington, DC, on February 15th and 16th.
WHITE HOUSE NAMES INTERIM SCIENCE LEADERSHIP
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Deputy Director for Science and Society Alondra Nelson will share the Administration’s science leadership responsibilities until a permanent OSTP director is named. Collins, who had stepped down as director of the NIH in December after leading the agency for 12 years, will temporarily serve as the President’s science advisor and co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Nelson will oversee OSTP activities. Collins and Nelson are filling the roles left vacant when Dr. Eric Lander resigned from the Administration last week after a White House investigation that determined he bullied OSTP staff was leaked to the public.
BUZZ BITS…
- Last week, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate BU alumnus Philip Goldberg (COM ’81) as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea. Goldberg is a career foreign service officer who has served as U.S. ambassador to several other countries, including Colombia, the Philippines, and Bolivia.
- The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Monday that Dr. Eric D. Evans will serve as chair of the Defense Science Board, which provides independent advice to the Department on science and technology matters. Dr. Evans is director of the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; he has served on the Defense Science Board since 2009.
- The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday. Dr. Califf is a professor of medicine at Duke University and previously served as FDA commissioner during the Obama Administration.
EVENTS NEWS YOU CAN USE
BU Technology Development is offering a workshop on “Perfecting Your Pitch” on February 21st and 23rd on the Medical Campus and February 22nd and 24th on the Charles River Campus. The workshop is specifically geared towards faculty innovators; pitch coach Linda Plano, PhD, will offer simple but effective techniques for translating your ideas into a compelling, authentic pitch to win over any audience. Participants are encouraged to bring a draft one-minute elevator pitch to receive live coaching, with the goal of leaving ready to engage your audience and achieve your goals while maintaining your integrity and vision.