Author: Lisa Brown

BUMC Celebrates International Women’s Day

Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. A global celebration, it calls on individuals to challenge stereotypes, stand up against biases, and celebrate and support women in their accomplishments—not just for one day, but all year long. The BU Medical Campus gathered to strike the #EachforEqual pose in honor of this year’s theme.

A COVID-19 Primer for the Boston University Community

Based on resources from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Massachusetts Department of Public Health and others. Compiled by Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MA, Associate Professor, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, and Ronald Corley, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is a flu like illness that’s […]

BU PREP Training Program Receives NIH Funding

Andrew J. Henderson, PhD, professor of medicine and microbiology and assistant dean of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), along with Fadie T. Coleman, PhD, assistant professor of medical sciences & education, have received a five-year, $1.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences. This five-year grant will support BUSM’s […]

Mary Blanchard, MLIS, Announces Retirement

Mary Blanchard, MLIS, Library Director of the Alumni Medical Library, has announced her plans to retire as of Aug. 31. Mary obtained her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Food & Resource Economics and worked in healthcare nutrition services prior to embarking on a library career. She received her Master’s […]

Check Out Enhancements to BU Profiles

There are several enhancements to BU Profiles, our research networking initiative launched in 2012. You can scan the Profiles of the 3,800 BU faculty, postdocs, students and others to find specific expertise and identify potential collaborators and mentors. See screenshots and more info at http://profiles.bu.edu/whatsnew/. New Features Each person’s membership in more than 15 Centers […]

Participate in BUMC Art Days 2020

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 30th annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost’s Office, which will be held Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 18-19. Art Days was started by BU President Emeritus and BUSM Dean Emeritus Aram Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the […]

Jan. 15-29 | Fiber Splicing at Dental School

As part of the renovation project at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine at 635 Albany St., workers will be splicing an existing bundle of cables that run through the Dental School from the Newton Pavilion building (88 East Newton St.) and out to Albany Street. Work will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 15. […]

1/10 Electrical Shutdown in Housman Building (R)

On Friday, Jan. 10, between 4-8 a.m., all electrical power will be shut down in the Housman Building (R). IMPORTANT: All computers and copiers must be manually turned off before leaving the office on Thursday, Jan. 9. The standby generator will run to maintain standby power to all electrical loads normally served by a generator.          If you have any tests running […]