How Are AAU Schools Dealing with Sexual Assault?
New report details actions—including those at BU The AAU Campus Activities Report: Combating Sexual Assault and Misconduct includes several specific actions and programs that BU has undertaken to prevent and address sexual assault and sexual misconduct on campus. Photo by Conor Doherty. In the two years since a national survey of students at Association of American Universities […]
BU Institute for Sustainable Energy Reception
Boston University President Robert A. Brown hosted a Washington, DC, reception for the BU Institute for Sustainable Energy on April 25th featuring Institute Director Peter Fox-Penner and Senior Fellow Dorothy Robyn. View reception photos
Thousands at March for Science, Hundreds from BU
Crowd voices support for science, anxiety over Trump administration About 120 Medical Campus representatives met at the Boston Public Library to join Saturday’s March for Science on the Boston Common. Photo by Derek Palmer. On Saturday about 70,000 people gathered on the Boston Common for the March for Science, one of more than 600 held […]
POV: Doctor’s Orders, Don’t Cut Arts Funding
Artists push society in healthier directions Photo by cyano66/iStock. The Trump administration’s plan to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has drawn criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. In the days since the administration released its proposed budget, which would also cut funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 24 senators from both […]
Umoja Turns 50
BU’s black student union promotes unity Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of the group’s Unity Week 2017. On a Tuesday night in February, 15 to 20 students were sitting in a circle in […]
BU is Back! Bringing Boston to the Beltway
On April 5, President Robert A. Brown discussed the University’s priorities in research, student aid, and international education with members of Congress on April 5th. In conversations with Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Massachusetts Reps. Niki Tsongas (LAW ’88) and Joseph Kennedy, Brown spoke about the value of basic research and […]
New BU Police Chief Kelly Nee a 33-Year Boston Police Department Veteran
Developed security plans after Boston Marathon bombings From fortifying security at the Boston Marathon to crowd control after Boston sports victories, Kelly Nee has had leadership roles throughout Boston’s police department over 33 years. Photo by Cydney Scott. A Boston police official who helped craft training and deployment plans for the Boston Marathon after the […]
BU Supports Second Lawsuit against Trump Travel Ban
University among 31 schools filing brief in US appeals court in Virginia Becca Heller (center) of the International Refugee Assistance Project talked to reporters after her group and others filed suit against President Trump’s travel ban. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. Boston University is supporting a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on […]
Improving Your Relationship with Federal Research Agencies
Every federal research agency is different. This March 2017 workshop from Research and Federal Relations explained how to work with different funders to give you the best possible chance to receive support for your research. Presenters from BU Federal Relations and Washington, DC, consulting firm Lewis-Burke Associates described most successful ways to introduce yourself or […]
LAW-based CARB-X Awards $24 Million for Superbug Antibiotics
Wellcome Trust gives $155M for nonprofit’s work on “huge global challenge” Kevin Outterson, LAW’s N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law, leads CARB-X, the world’s largest public-private partnership working to accelerate development of urgently needed new antimicrobials. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. A BU School of Law–based public-private partnership to spur the development of […]