How the U.S. Can Cut Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030, With or Without Congress
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT How the U.S. Can Cut Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030, With or Without Congress BU environment and climate experts are hoping to see major changes in the next nine years, including investments in clean energy, alternative transportation, and more. Find out what they recommend FACULTY EXPERT Why Are Ransomware Attacks Happening So […]
Senate Passes Bipartisan Research Legislation
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA, S. 1260) by a vote of 68-31. The legislation would create a new directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to accelerate commercialization of government funded research, as well as update research activities at NSF, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office […]
Biden Proposes Historic Research, Student Aid Budget
BU IN DC Abigail Sullivan of the College of Arts & Sciences spoke at a National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on local actions to address climate change on May 25th. Renee Boynton-Jarrett of the School of Medicine testified at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]
House Passes Early Career, Safe Research Environments Bills
BU IN DC Rebecca Ray of the Global Development Policy Center testified before a U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing on China’s involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean on May 20th. HOUSE PASSES EARLY CAREER, SAFE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS BILLS On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed several science policy bills. […]
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey Invokes Thurgood Marshall, Pauli Murray, Ibram Kendi in Addressing LAW Convocation
As professional advocates, law grads can work to unravel policies underlying structural inequities highlighted by the pandemic.
Nahid Bhadelia to Head New BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
Will connect policy with research and use lessons from Ebola and COVID to prepare lawmakers and the public for next crisis
LAW Dean, Whose Mother Was a Child Bride in Nigeria, Shares Powerful Story of Resilience with Graduates
“As a mother myself, I can only imagine the anguish that my mother felt as she left her children behind in a war-torn nation,” Angela Onwuachi-Willig tells graduates.
A BU Commencement Unlike Any in History
ON THE CHARLES RIVER A BU Commencement Unlike Any in History Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) delivered a stirring Commencement address on May 16th, telling BU’s new graduates, “There is a place in the movement for everyone — and the movement needs you.” Watch her speech ADVOCACY RESOURCE BU Supports the NSF for the Future […]
Congress Debates the Future of NSF
BU IN DC Kevin Outterson of CARB-X and the School of Law addressed a webinar on combating microbial resistance, featuring Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), on May 12th. CONGRESS DEBATES THE FUTURE OF NSF On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee passed the Endless Frontier Act (S. 1260), a bill that would create […]
BUzz Bits
BU IN DC Thea James of the School of Medicine testified at a Congressional hearing on ending hunger in America on April 28th. Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences Azer Bestavros attended a virtual meeting of the National Science Foundation’s Computer & Information Science & Engineering Advisory Committee, of which he is a member, on […]