Asian American Women’s Health
Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, School of Social Work (SSW) Professor at Boston University, discussed her research with White House and Congressional officials on October 9. Photo by Jennifer Grodsky. Hahm is a founder of SSW’s Asian American Women’s Health Initiative Project and its offshoot, a federally funded BU-based study called AWARE (Asian Women’s Action for Resilience and […]
BU Awarded $23.4 Million NIH Grant
For turning discoveries into treatments, diagnostics, improved health David Center directs Boston University’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute, which received an NIH renewal grant to help investigators on both campuses conduct multidisciplinary clinical research. Photo by Cydney Scott. BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has been awarded a $23.4 million, four-year National Institutes of […]
Smart Cities
Prof. Azer Bestavros of the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science met with Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA) about “smart cities” on September 29. Click to read more
Introducing the New Dean of Arts & Sciences
Ann Cudd comes from post as University of Kansas vice provost Video of Ann Cudd, new dean of Arts & Sciences, discusses academia and her hopes for BU. Photo by Dan Aguirre. The new dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is an academic’s academic. Ann Cudd jokes that she and her […]
America’s Promise Alliance, SED Join Forces to Better Understand What Helps Young People Thrive
The Center for Promise, America’s Promise Alliance’s research institute dedicated to understanding what young people need to thrive and how to create the conditions of success for all young people, is now housed at the Boston University School of Education. With a shared commitment to using research to find solutions that will improve outcomes for […]
Photonics Center Programs Promote Diversity in STEM Fields
NSF sponsors summer research by undergrads, high-school teachers Lauren Strong (left), with Helen E. Fawcett (GRS’97), an ENG research assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is one of 11 college undergrads participating in a new program funded by the National Science Foundation designed to promote diversity in STEM fields. Photos by Cydney Scott. Lauren Strong, a […]
Linda Hyman to Serve One-Year Term as Director of NSF Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
Beginning September 14, Linda Hyman, PhD, Associate Provost for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), will be ‘on loan’ to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to serve as Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The Division comprises the areas of molecular biophysics, cellular dynamics and functions, genetic mechanisms and systems, and synthetic biology. Her […]
LGBTQ Teachers Walk a Tightrope
BU author calls for new ethos in our classrooms Age-appropriate, scientifically accurate sexuality education, starting in elementary school, would help counter cultural assumptions about LGBTQ people, BU’s Catherine Connell argues. Photo courtesy of Connell. June, a lesbian high school teacher in Los Angeles, proudly marched in an LGBTQ pride parade, exulting in the young people […]
Two Professors Win Fulbright Awards
Samuel Hammer will go to Sri Lanka; Meg Tyler to Belfast Education is the central mission of Boston University’s College of General Studies (CGS) and its professors, who don’t have teaching assistants and carry heavier course loads than most BU faculty. It is unprecedented and gratifying, says Natalie McKnight, dean of the college, that two CGS […]
BUSTI Program Aims a Spotlight Offstage
Summer Theatre Institute for high-schoolers adds design track The students in BUSTI’s design class use a basic model kit to create their own production designs. Photos by Cydney Scott. Lindsey Walko remembers back in the sixth grade, when she saved the day while playing one of the orphans in a production of Annie. “During the […]