What’s Black and Purple on Albany Street? The New Student Residence!

It’s hard to miss the new student residence as you walk down Albany Street. Even in the rain the structure appears as a purple-blue and black façade against the clouds. The installation of the extended exposure sheathing, which gives the building its new temporary color, is complete. The air vapor barrier, which is black is […]

Saitz and Samet Named co-Editors in Chief of Online NIDA Journal

Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH, of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, have been named co-Editors in Chief of Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (AS&CP) peer-reviewed journal of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) […]

Sheathing Takes Center Stage at the Student Residence

The student residence construction process continues to make headway with the completion of the precast skin of the building. The next step on the exterior is the installation of an extended exposure sheathing, which is a moisture and mold resistant panel designed to attach to the outside of sidewall framing. It serves as a water […]

Being a Doctor is the Best Job on the Planet

Gray skies sprinkled with raindrops did not deter the parade of 173 first-year students as they wound their way along the paths of the Talbot green, ducking into the large white tent. They were enthusiastically greeted by applause and shouts of encouragement from several hundred friends and family. The annual White Coat Ceremony, held on […]

Student Residence August Update

The exterior of the New Student Residence continues to change and evolve. Now that the cement-based precast skin of the building has been installed, it is time to add the brick elements of the façade. Together with glass, the brick and the precast skin work together to form the architectural identity of the building. As […]

Spira Named BU Innovator of the Year

BUSM Associate Professor Avrum Spira has won the university’s 2011 Innovator of the Year award which recognizes a BU faculty member whose cutting-edge research and ideas lead to the formation of companies that benefit society at large.

Risk Factor Pathways for PTSS in Female and Male Veterans Identified by BUSM Researchers

Researchers affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that risk factors for post-traumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operational Iraqi Freedom (OIF) male veterans were relatively similar to what was observed in a prior group of Vietnam veterans. The findings, which currently appear online in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, […]

See New Student Residence Interior Images

Pictures of the interior of the student residence at 815 Albany Street are now available! (see below) Milestones this week include: completion of precast work on the lower floors of the building; second floor stairwell is 70 percent complete, duct work has been roughed-in on the second, third and fourth floors; the sprinkler system has […]