Ebola Research Begins at NEIDL
Eight months after receiving final approval from the Boston Public Health Commission to conduct research at Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4), Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) has begun work with its first Level-4 pathogen, the Ebola virus. “This is clearly an important step for the NEIDL,” says Ronald B. Corley, NEIDL director and a School of […]
BU-Based CARB-X Antimicrobial Partnership Gets Another $50 Million Plus
In a sign of the growing recognition of the threat of antibiotic resistance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK government are joining CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator), a BU-based public-private partnership launched two years ago by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give financial, scientific, and […]
BU Global Music Festival at Boston University Oct. 5 & 6, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2018 CONTACT: Ty A. Furman, Managing Director, BU Arts Initiative – 617.358.0489, tyf@bu.edu BU GLOBAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 5 & 6, 2018 (Boston, MA) – Boston University is pleased to announce the BU Global Music Festival to be held October 5th and 6th on the Boston University […]
Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Will Speak at 145th BU Commencement
Civil rights icon John Lewis, a member of the US House of Representatives since 1987, will deliver the 145th Commencement address on Sunday, May 20, on Nickerson Field. BU President Robert A. Brown announced Lewis as the Commencement speaker at Thursday’s Class of 2018 Senior Breakfast at the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom, where more than […]
MED Researcher Ann McKee Makes TIME’s 100 Most Influential People List
Ann McKee “may have saved my life,” former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland writes in TIME magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. Her research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the progressive brain disease crippling many athletes and soldiers, persuaded Borland to abandon pro football after just one season. Joining McKee, a Boston University School of Medicine […]
BU Arts Initiative Welcomes Three Artists for Residency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 31, 2017 through November 3, 2017 CONTACT: Sarah Collins, (617) 358-0489 or Sarahkc@bu.edu (Boston, MA)—We are pleased to announce that the Boston University Arts Initiative – Office of the Provost, Boston University Art Galleries, and the Boston University Dance Program will welcome Dahlia Nayar, Margaret Sunghe Paek, and Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, […]
BU-Wheelock Merger Will Create New College
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rachel Lapal, rlapal@bu.edu The merger of Boston University and Wheelock College will create a new school of education that will combine the doctoral programs and research capabilities of BU’s School of Education with the early childhood expertise of Wheelock’s School of Education, Child Life and Family Studies, while other Wheelock programs will be joined with appropriate […]
BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2017 CONTACT: Rachel Lapal, rlapal@bu.edu Boston University has won a $20 million, five-year award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a multi-institution Engineering Research Center (ERC), with the goal of synthesizing personalized heart tissue for clinical use. The grant, which is renewable for a total of 10 years […]
Questrom School of Business Appoints One of Its Own as New Dean
Susan Fournier, a marketing and management professor at BU for 13 years and a leading international expert on brand marketing, will become the next dean of the Questrom School of Business, effective August 27. The first female dean to lead the business school, Fournier is credited with pioneering the brand relationships subfield in marketing, which […]