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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. Read the letter STUDENT LIFE How BU Became a National Model and Destination for... More
USAID Tracker, Pandemic, Microplastics
COMMUNITY RESOURCE BU Scholar Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts The impact trackers developed by BU School of Public Health Professor Brooke Nichols update in real time based on the loss of international aid programs combating HIV and tuberculosis. Follow along FACULTY EXPERTS Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? Five... More
NIH Cuts, Constitutional Crisis, Displacement
ON THE CHARLES RIVER How National Institutes of Health Investments Lead to Life-Changing Medical Research What's at stake when lawmakers propose cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget? Explore some of the research that investments in NIH make possible at BU. See what's at stake FACULTY EXPERT Is the United States in a... More
Dying Young, Star Scientists, Liberty Mutual’s Doug
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why. BU researcher Andrew Stokes co-leads a study supported by the National Institutes of Health that finds a sharp increase in excess deaths is largely due to drug overdoses, alcohol use, traffic accidents, and homicides. What's the solution? ON... More
H5N1, Fluoridated Water, Education Influencers
FACULTY EXPERTS The Rapidly Evolving Avian Flu BU Professors David Hamer and Jessica Leibler weigh in on what we should be doing to minimize the rapidly growing threat of H5N1 virus in the year ahead. Stop the spread RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Making Sense of the Fluoridated Water Debate It would be a mistake to eliminate fluoride from public... More
Going to the Moon, By the Numbers, Digital Currency
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Countdown Begins: NASA to Blast BU Telescope to the Moon in Historic First NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission will carry the first Boston University-engineered device to land on a celestial body—the LEXI telescope that will image Earth’s protective shield. Launch into the details ON THE CHARLES RIVER BU by the Numbers Curious about BU's students?... More
Black ASL, AI, Modern Love and Privacy
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT A Race to Study—and Preserve—Black American Sign Language Professor Franklin Jones, Jr. is on a mission to expand Black American Sign Language's (BASL) research before its native signers are gone. Join the race ON THE CHARLES RIVER AI @ BU - A to Z Every day, BU faculty employ artificial intelligence and machine learning... More
Women’s Health, Independent View, Sustainability
FACULTY EXPERTS Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward Professors Catherine M. Klapperich and Joyce Y. Wong are pioneering research into reproductive health issues, from uterine fibroids to preeclampsia to hormone monitoring. Charge forward NOTABLE ALUMNI An Independent’s View from Inside the Nation’s Partisan Storm Matthew Felling, communications chief for Senator Angus... More
Alumnae Reelected, IMF, CTE
NOTABLE ALUMNI Four Women with Ties to BU Win Reelection to House of Representatives Congresswomen Lois Frankel (CAS ’70, D-FL), Jen Kiggans (PAR '93, R-VA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS'11, PAR '11, D-NY), and Ayanna Pressley (CGS, Hon.'21, D-MA) won reelection and will continue to serve their constituents. Learn more FACULTY EXPERT Gallagher Shares Insights from New Report... More
Whip Clark, Drug Pricing, Nicotine Warnings
BU IN DC BU President Gilliam Visits Capitol Hill BU President Melissa L. Gilliam met with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), and Rep. Lois Frankel (CAS’70) (D-FL) during a visit to Washington earlier this month. Learn more FACULTY EXPERT Conti Testifies on Prescription Drug Pricing Reform BU Questrom School of Business... More