Author: Lisa Brown

BU/VA Thank Veterans on Anniversary of Gulf War

n April 6, 1991, Iraq accepted the provisions of United National Security Council Resolution 687, thus ending the Gulf War. On April 9, 2016, Boston University joined with the VA Boston Healthcare System to host an event to thank those who served. Dr. Terence Keane, Associate Chief of Staff, Research and Development at the VA […]

New BU Profiles Mentoring Feature

Do you consider yourself to be a Mentor, or are you looking for a Mentor in a particular area? BU Profiles has a NEW Mentoring Section which: Is highly visible and showcases faculty mentoring expertise. Makes it easy for students, trainees and faculty to find mentors across BUMC. BU Profile holders can edit their profile […]

Art Days 2016

Did you miss BUMC’s Art Days 2016? Take a look at this campuswide event and see who’s channeling their inner Monet.

Third Annual Giving Day Today, April 6

24-hour fundraising drive: challenges, activities, social media shout-outs Today, the Boston University community will come together for the University’s third annual Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising drive that will benefit the BU Annual Fund. In addition to raising money online, there will be activities across the Charles River and Medical Campuses and a community-wide social […]

Medical Campus Employees Receive Service Awards

Each year Boston University holds recognition events to honor employees who have reached service milestones in their careers at BU. A luncheon was held March 31 to honor faculty and staff who have completed 10 and 25 years of service. In total, there were 87 people honored for 25 years and 238 honored for 10-year […]

Help When Needed: Faculty & Staff Assistance Office

Free, confidential counseling for navigating work and life issues Karen Brouhard (left) and Bonnie Teitleman, both licensed clinical social workers, are counselors at the Faculty & Staff Assistance Office. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi This is the first in a series about Boston University services available to faculty and staff to help with work-related and personal […]

Full Professorships for Eight on Medical Campus

Faculty from MED, SDM, and SPH promoted Paul Duprex (right) works with research technician Andrew Acciardo inside the NEIDL virology lab. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi Paul Duprex, originally from Northern Ireland, specializes in the genetics of viruses. Haiyan Gong (GRS’91), a native of China, has spent nearly three decades studying a single system in the […]

Medical Campus Experts Gather to Confer about Zika

NEIDL acquires sample of virus for further study After weeks of BU researchers trying to procure a sample of Zika virus, the pathogen linked to microcephaly and other neurological syndromes, the vial finally arrived at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on March 22. NEIDL director Ronald B. Corley, a School of Medicine professor and […]

April 7 Symposium on Preventing Breast Cancer

Please join us to change up the conversation about breast cancer. Let’s talk prevention and get in front of breast cancer by focusing more research dollars on identifying what is actually causing it. NPR’s Tom Ashbrook will moderate a panel discussion on shifting priorities toward comprehensive breast cancer prevention with Boston’s leaders in public health […]