Investing in Students, First Generation, Boston Medical Center
BU IN DC
BU Urges Lawmakers to Invest in Students and Research
Boston University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University urge lawmakers to invest in student aid, research, and the humanities as they craft spending bills this year.
STUDENT LIFE
How BU Became a National Model and Destination for First-Generation Students
A generous gift and two impassioned leaders in Executive Director Maria Erb and Professor Anthony Jack helped give rise to Boston University’s Newbury Center. Students say it’s been life-changing.
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
BU President and Boston Medical Center Health System CEO on Their Shared Vision, Optimism, and Overcoming Turbulence
Melissa Gilliam and Alastair Bell discuss their partnership, the outsized role of Boston Medical Center — Boston’s essential hospital and BU’s teaching hospital — the search for a new medical school dean, and headwinds and challenges.
Listen in on their conversation
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
Rory Van Loo of the BU School of Law testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about Big Fixes for Big Tech… Mark Williams of the BU Questrom School of Business discussed tariffs and the potential for a recession in Newsweek… The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s new report entitled “Identifying Midlife Social Exposures That Might Modify Risks of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Early Life Disadvantage” features work by BU School of Public Health Professor Jennifer Weuve and BU Center for Innovation in Social Science Director Deborah Carr… ABC Newsfeatured the new Older Adult Re-Entry Unit at the Middlesex County Jail designed by researchers at BU Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Science… Matt Motta of BU School of Public Health talked to NPR about vaccine skepticism and its impact on pandemic preparedness.