Women’s Health, Independent View, Sustainability
FACULTY EXPERTS
Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward
Professors Catherine M. Klapperich and Joyce Y. Wong are pioneering research into reproductive health issues, from uterine fibroids to preeclampsia to hormone monitoring.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
An Independent’s View from Inside the Nation’s Partisan Storm
Matthew Felling, communications chief for Senator Angus King (I-ME), discusses the urgency of communicating bipartisan cooperation and the government’s positive impact.
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
BU Sustainability Milestones
Celebrate 16 years of success with BU sustainability initiatives, including the Center for Computing & Data Sciences building — the largest carbon-neutral, fossil fuel-free building in the city of Boston; matching electricity demand with a wind farm in South Dakota; and a recycling and composting rate that has increased by more than 716%.
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
BU President Melissa Gilliam talks about her plans for the University and optimistic leadership style with Boston Magazine… BU School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea hosted a conversation with Dr. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy… BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig writes about the long and winding road from Shirley Chisholm to Kamala Harris in BU Today… Mohsan Saeed of the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine researches mosquito-borne viruses at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories to prevent the spread of disease… Research on youth tobacco use conducted by BU College of Communication Professor Traci Hong was included in a new Surgeon General report on tobacco-related disparities.