A Day in the Life of BU’s Engineering Product Innovation Center
Students, faculty, staff get a chance to design and build their own ideas at EPIC When it opened in January 2014, BU’s Engineering Product Innovation Center—better known as EPIC—was hailed as an opportunity to not only transform BU’s engineering programs, but to provide a hub for all members of the BU community, regardless of major, […]
Professor Named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Committee
Timothy Naimi, professor of community health sciences, has been appointed to serve on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Comprised of 20 nutrition and health experts across the country, the independent advisory committee reviews scientific evidence on topics and questions identified by the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), […]
BU Policies Protecting Free Speech to Get Fresh Look
As rhetoric nationwide intensifies, President Brown requests reviews and reports by fall In 1966, Edward Brooke (LAW’48,’50, Hon.’68) became the first African American popularly elected to the US Senate. Photo by BU Photography. Almost one-fifth of American undergraduates endorse violence to silence a campus speaker “known for making offensive and hurtful statements,” a 2017 survey […]
Controversial Civil Rights Activist Angela Davis Draws Big Crowd to BU Talk
“Through black history we learn the best of the history of the United States of America,” she tells packed house Angela Davis, activist, academic and author took time to chat with students and pose for photos with them, including Feven Solomon (CAS’21), from left, Kalkidan Tewodros (Questrom’21), Davis, Grace Mecha (SAR’21), and Zanta Ephrem (SAR’21) […]
Charles River, Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Among areas of expertise: treatment of child anxiety, premodern Asian literature, violence prevention Charles River Campus: five faculty have been promoted to the rank of full professor. Photo by Janice Checchio. From expertise in dating abuse, adult binge drinking and youth drinking, and the use of experimental therapeutics in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease to […]
BU Urges Department of Education to Rethink Title IX Changes
President Brown submits letter saying changes could deter victims from coming forward Colleges and universities, including BU, face sweeping changes around how they handle sexual misconduct if new federal rules go into effect. Photo by Cydney Scott. In a resolute letter to the Department of Education on Thursday, BU President Robert A. Brown said proposed […]
Eight Big Questions US Mayors Faced in 2018
Key takeaways from annual BU-led Menino Survey on Mayors In general, the mayors surveyed in BU’s 2018 Menino Survey of Mayors said the so-called sharing economy was helping cities more than holding them back, but that concerns remain, especially about Airbnb, like this one in Boston, and its impact on hotels. Photo by Lisa Cranshaw […]
The Ways Boston Helped Shape the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59)
The civil rights leader lived, studied, met his wife here, returned to give powerful speeches A plaque on the outside of 397 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, where Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) lived in 1952 and 1953. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. It might seem curious at first that Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) […]
BU to Contribute $250,000 to MLK Memorial on Boston Common
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley says Trump era needs “radical” King, at joint BU-Boston holiday observance “The Embrace” by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group. BU will contribute $250,000 to a multipronged initiative honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59), Robert A. Brown, president of BU, announced at Monday’s observance of the civil rights […]
What You Need to Know about the Government Shutdown
Some researchers could be impacted, but financial aid won’t be Photo by iStock/Tim Brown. With no end in sight to the partial federal government shutdown which began December 22, there are growing questions about which federal agencies are affected and how the shutdown might impact federally funded research at Boston University. “This is a partial […]