Spotlights

Students, Faculty & Alumni

Boston Pride Parade – 6/8

Boston Pride Parade Saturday, June 8, 2019 12 pm Dear Colleagues and Students, We invite you to march and celebrate with family, friends, and allies at the Boston Pride Parade. This year represents the recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots - "Looking Back, Loving Forward". The Boston Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 8, 2019. If you would like to march with our Boston University contingent—as an individual or on behalf of a BU organization, team, or group—please... More

PHX Summer Institute 2019

  Register Now for Summer Institute 2019 June 10–14 and June 17–21 Join us on the Boston University School of Public Health campus, and online, this summer! The PHX Summer Institute offers short, immersive programs open to professionals, from across sectors, with all levels of public health knowledge. This June we are offering a wide range of programs that teach participants career-enhancing skills, from learning to plan effective, evidence-based interventions to refining their data analysis skills, all while networking... More

Grant Workshop: Understanding the NIH Process – 6/20

This workshop will be dedicated to providing clarity to the pre-award and administrative process involved in submitting an application to NIH. This includes, but is not limited to: 1. Identifying the correct funding opportunity. 2. Choosing the appropriate funding institute. 3. Interpreting guidelines. 4. Identifying applicable documents to prepare. 5. Electronic application creation. 6. The internal BU submission process and expectations. Our goal of the session is to not only prepare and familiarize applicants with the multi-step submission process, but also provide... More

Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Grantsmanship 7/11

Receive feedback on your grantsmanship for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and henderson@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails. RSVP here Date: 7/11/19 Time: 2:00-4:00 PM Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109AB

Grant Writing Workshop: Feedback on Training Plans 7/25

Receive feedback on your training plan for your NRSA grant, drafts must be submitted to abolgion@bu.edu and henderson@bu.edu 2 days before the workshop, sign up to receive reminder e-mails. RSVP here Date: 7/25/19 Time: 2:00-4:00PM Location: 72 E. Concord St., Room L109AB

Amgen 2 Day Drug Development Workshop – 7/31 & 8/1

Learn "soup-to-nuts" overview of the drug development process, overview of the biotech industry from Amgen scientists. • Holistic overview of drug development process • Target identification & validation • Small molecule lead optimization • Small molecule synthesis & scale up • PKPD • Clinical development • Process Development • Commercialization/Devices • Biotech hiring trends & panel discussion Time:  9:30am-4:30pm Locations: 7/31/2019- 610 Commonwealth Ave (Room 106D CILSE) 8/1/2019- 24 Cummington Mall (Room LSE103)

Looking your Best on Paper: Building a Successful Cover Letter – 8/8

This seminar will focus on how to highlight experiences and skills on a resume and cover letter and the importance of tailoring these documents for specific roles. During this seminar, Lauren Celano will provide examples of skills and experiences that should be emphasized for different types of roles including bench research roles, non-bench research roles, business development, marketing,consulting, product/project management roles, and clinical roles. Advice will be provided regarding resume formatting and examples will be shown... More

Financial Fitness Fair 9/10

Student Financial Services will be hosting the Financial Fitness Fair again this year on September 10th.  There will be experts from different fields like Experian educating students on credit, Access Lex talking about loan repayment and PSLF, representatives from the different military branches sharing scholarship opportunities and more. BU’s TransComm office will also be sharing ways to save in transportation.  This is a great opportunity for students to meet with the representatives they choose at their leisure... More