Author: Lisa Brown

BUMC Faculty/Staff Flu Shot Clinics

The Occupational Health Center is offering the influenza vaccine at no cost to Boston University employees: Monday, Nov. 18 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25. | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Medical Campus Human Resources 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 400 For information regarding the 2019-2020 flu season please refer to the Occupational Health Center’s website. If […]

10/31 Electrical Shutdown: Housman R-building

On Thursday, Oct. 31, between 1-3 a.m., all electrical power will be shut down in the (R) Housman building. IMPORTANT: All computers and copiers must be manually turned off before leaving the office on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The standby generator will run to maintain standby power to all electrical loads normally served by a generator.          If you have any experiments running […]

Self Nominations for 2019 BUMC Emerging Leaders Program

The 2019 BUMC Emerging Leaders Program, a two-day workshop on October 25 & 26 on the Fenway Campus focuses on developing the leadership skills of our most promising junior faculty. Sessions taught by faculty who teach in the health management MBA program will cover: Negotiating skills Leadership styles Financial decision making Eligible faculty are: Late […]

Junior Faculty Recognized with Career Development Awards

This year’s eight winners span a range of disciplines Studying refugees in the Trump era’s political climate is, as Heba Gowayed diplomatically puts it, “suboptimal.” So the first-ever longitudinal survey she plans to do, which would take years in the best of times—measuring how easily refugees master English, find a decent job, and gain a […]

9/20 Electrical Shutdown | BCD, V, R, L, K buildings

On Friday, Sept. 20, between 12:01-4 a.m., all electrical power will be shut down in the following buildings: BCD, Vose (V), Housman (R), Instructional (L) and Conte (K). IMPORTANT: All computers and copiers must be manually turned off before leaving the office on Thursday, Sept. 19. Each building’s standby generator will run to maintain standby […]

11/26 Provost Workshop: “Communicating Science”

Tuesday, Nov. 26 3-5 p.m. Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge With 35 years of experience as a journalist, Dean DiChristina is among the nation’s most accomplished science journalists, editors and managers. She has been both editor-in-chief and senior vice president of Scientific American (2009-19) and executive vice president, editorial and publishing, of its parent company Springer […]

Nominations for 2020 BUMC Staff Management Acumen and Performance (MAP) Program

The BUMC Provost’s Office is looking for candidates for the 2020 Staff Management Acumen and Performance (MAP) Program. The five-month program will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 7, on the Medical Campus and is geared to leaders, managers or individual contributors who are looking for the next step in professional development – to gain leadership skills […]

Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa Appointed GMS Associate Provost Ad Interim

Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, has been appointed Associate Provost/Dean ad interim for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), effective September 1. Dr. Stearns-Kurosawa will be a member of the senior leadership teams of the School of Medicine and Medical Campus. She will oversee curricula and execution of all graduate programs including […]