State of the Union, Potential Pandemic Pathogens, DARPA
BIDEN STATE OF THE UNION HIGHLIGHTS PELL, RESEARCH President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address before Congress on Tuesday night, focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, and reviving the U.S. economy. Biden said, “We used to invest almost 2 percent of our GDP […]
11 History-Making, History-Shaping Women from Boston University
In honor of Women’s History Month, we present alums who broke ground, and sometimes had to stir up controversy to do it
NSF CAREER: Overview and Advice for Competitive Proposals
This virtual event had Boston University faculty share expert advice on preparing competitive CAREER proposals on March 1, 2022. Among the panelists was Lewis-Burke Associates, a federal lobbying and consulting firm in Washington, DC, providing early career investigators with advice on how to best engage with NSF.
Ukraine Explained, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Abortion Education
FACULTY EXPERTS Russia and Ukraine, Explained and Analyzed BU Pardee School of Global Studies scholars Igor Lukes and Vesko Garčević assess the unfolding crisis: “This is not about Ukraine alone. This is about the future of democracies everywhere.” Read their useful explainer BU IN DC LAW Dean Leads Letter Urging Confirmation of Biden’s Historic Supreme Court Pick […]
China Initiative, AHRQ, NSF Career
JUSTICE DEPT. ENDS CHINA INITIATIVE The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it is terminating its “China Initiative,” a Trump Administration program to address security threats from the Chinese government. In a speech to the National Security Institute, Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen acknowledged concerns that the program “fueled a narrative of […]
Russia and Ukraine Explained and Analyzed
Pardee’s Igor Lukes and Vesko Garčević assess the unfolding crisis: “This is not about Ukraine alone. This is about the future of democracies everywhere”
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 […]
Diversity in Biomedical Research
Top takeaways from a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) UNITE Initiative event, which highlighted opportunities for diversifying the biomedical research workforce and building new career pathways in the field. This virtual presentation was held on February 17, 2022.
Endemic vs. Pandemic, Eviction Crisis, Doggie Instagram
BU IN DC BU Law Featured at White House Event on Eviction Crisis BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig spoke about seeing people “suffer the sting of eviction, including through illegal tactics like lockouts,” during a recent White House event honoring 99 law schools who worked to avert last fall’s eviction crisis. See how […]
OSTP Director, ARPA-H, Lab to Market
BU IN DC Gary Lawson of the School of Law spoke on a panel at an American Enterprise Institute book conference on nondelegation doctrine on February 4th. College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen attended the American Society for Engineering Education public policy colloquium and subsequently met with Congressional staff to discuss pending life sciences innovation legislation […]