Beltway BUzz
Washington, DC, is a busy place with a lot of moving parts. Beltway BUzz provides updates on Congressional and federal agency activities, announces key federal personnel changes, highlights grant solicitations, and features the many BU faculty and staff who participate in Washington activities.
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AI Roadmap; NIH Reforms; Transformative Education Research
BU IN DC Keith Brownof the College of Engineering moderated a panel discussion as part of the release of the National Academies Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Discovery workshop proceedings on May 13th. Brown is a member of the workshop committee. Nathan Brewer and Ashley Slay of the Sexual Assault Response & Prevention Center met with White House officials to discuss... More
Pressley & Auchincloss; Pathogen Research; Large Federal Awards
BU IN DC Sabrina Assoumou of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine attended the Global Young Academy's 2024 International Conference of Young Scientists at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine on May 8th and 9th. Vivek Pandit of Industry Engagement and Christina Polyzos of the College of Engineering hosted... More
Campus Protests; Antisemitism Definition; NIAID BTO
BU IN DC Deans Sandro Galea of the School of Public Health and Scott Taylor of the Pardee School of Global Studies led a conversation on public health and global affairs for Washington-area BU alumni on May 2nd. Keith Hylton of the School of Law participated in an Information Technology & Innovation... More
Title IX; First Gen Students; DARPA BTO
BU IN DC President ad interim Kenneth Freeman attended the Association of American Universities spring meeting between April 14th and 16th. Kevin Gallagher, Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Marina Zucker-Marques,Tim Hirschel-Burns, and Maureen Heydt of the Global Development Policy Center participated in several panel discussions during the 2024 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Spring... More
MA Research Universities; IES Director; Language & Culture
BU IN DC Joyce Wong of the College of Engineering addressed the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Annual Event on March 24th and 25th. Wong is the president of AIMBE. Deborah Carr of the Center for Innovation in the Social Sciences addressed a National Institute of Aging workshop on... More
NIH & Student Aid Budgets; DOE Science Leader; Africa
BU IN DC Dean Sandro Galea and Lisa Sullivan of the School of Public Health addressed the ASPPH Annual Meeting for Academic Public Health on March 21st and 22nd. Robert Tsai of the School of Law discussed his new book on lawyer Stephen Bright during a book talk with National Public Radio journalist Carrie Johnson at Politics & Prose on March 20th. Mary Churchill of the Wheelock College of... More
President’s Budget; NIMH Director; Climate & Infectious Diseases
BU IN DC Ambassador Mark Storella of the Pardee School for Global Studies and more than twenty graduate students met with foreign policy leaders at think tanks, government, and nongovernmental organizations between March 11th and 15th. Storella and Pardee Dean Scott Taylor hosted an alumni reception on March 12th.Glenn Markenson of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Lauren... More
NSF & NEH Budgets; State of the Union; DEI on Campus
BU IN DC Muhammad Zaman of the Center for Forced Displacement discussed his book We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced during a talk at the Wilson Center on March 7th. Tami Gouveia of the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health met with Massachusetts and Illinois Congressional... More
Spending Stopgap, Social Science, NSF TIP
BU IN DC Provost ad interim Kenneth Lutchen, along with Dean Scott Taylor and Rachel Brulé of the Pardee School of Global Studies, addressed the Alliance for Afghan Women’s Economic Resilience (AWER) Summit on February 27th. AWER is a partnership between the U.S. Department of State and BU. Dean Mariette DiChristina ... More
NAIRR, Harassment, Defense Medical Research
BU IN DC Dean ad interim Elise Morgan of the College of Engineering attended the American Society of Engineering Education's Public Policy Colloquium between February 5th and 7th. She also discussed the College's federally-funded research with staff for the offices of Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and... More