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Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: July 9
In-person patient care has resumed at Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Patient Treatment Centers at 635 Albany Street and 930 Commonwealth Avenue. The R107 computer lab is being prepared as a BUMC COVID-19 testing center. A website is now available to provide occupancy numbers for 130 centrally scheduled BUMC classrooms with social distancing capacity. More
Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: July 1
The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine will resume in-person patient care at both 635 Albany Street and 930 Commonwealth Avenue on Monday, July 6. More
Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: June 25
As research ramps up, we continue to prepare for the safe return of on-campus learning and clinical activities, following state guidelines. More
Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: June 18
Research continues to ramp up on the Medical Campus following the Commonwealth’s guidance, IS&T has launched the Learning from Anywhere (LfA) faculty resource website and the new research MRI has been installed in the X Building basement. More
New Medical Campus OUT & Ally List Helps Make Connections Among LGBTQ+ Community
Students behind the effort hope it will make navigating issues easier and be a resource for those seeking mentors. The coronavirus pandemic caused a lot of Pride events to go virtual this month, but the BU Medical Campus LGBTQ+ community can celebrate a project designed to be online. The new OUT & Ally list is a directory... More
Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: June 11
We began the incremental resumption of research activities (in careful compliance with Massachusetts state guidelines) on the Medical Campus. More
Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: June 4
Preparations continue for the careful, deliberate, incremental return of research activities and we have welcomed some of our students on clinical rotations back to the Medical Campus. More
5/31 GSDM Update from Dean Hutter
GSDM has received conditional approval from the University to reopen the Simulation Learning Centers. This is the first step in the gradual, phased reopening of GSDM. More
Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: May 29
Provost Antman provides a Medical Campus update. More
BU to Set Up COVID-19 Testing for Students, Faculty, and Staff
“We are starting to see a vision of fall emerge,” President Brown says. More
Translational Research Hub at BU Gets $38.3 Million Renewal from NIH
BU’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (BU CTSI) aids junior investigators and bench-to-bedside research, including new coronavirus studies The importance of translating science rapidly from laboratory bench to clinical bedside has never been more apparent, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and the researchers who are racing to understand and combat the virus’s spread. Now, further boosting... More
5/20 GSDM COVID-19 Update from Dean Hutter
Get the most up-to-date GSDM information. More
Phased Return to Work Process
If on Monday, May 18, the Governor lifts the Massachusetts stay-at-home order and begins Phase 1 of reopening the MA economy, the University will begin a phased return to work process. More
2020 BUMC Faculty Promotions to Professor Announced
The following nine BUMC faculty have been promoted to the rank of Professor: Megan Bair-Merritt, Suryaram Gummuluru, Andrew Henderson, Judith Linden, Thanh Nguyen, Steven Pizer, Wendy Qiu, Robert Saper, and Minh-Tam Truong. Congratulations! Megan Bair-Merritt, MD, MED, Pediatrics, is a leader in the field of intimate partner violence and regarded research mentor in the educational field... More
BU Plans Fall In-Person/Remote Hybrid Teaching of 44 Graduate and Professional Programs
BUSM and GSDM programs that are scheduled to start in July and August will be offered on campus. There will be accommodations for students unable to attend in person. More
4/24 BUSM Update
Comprehensive update from Dean Antman. More
4/17 GSDM COVID-19 Update from Dean Hutter
Check out the updated FAQs and answers. More
Request One-on-One Virtual Zoom Training
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4/10 GSDM COVID-19 Update from Dean Hutter
Learn about plans to celebrate the Class of 2020. More
University Outlines COVID-19 Recovery Plan
The goal is to define what a residential research university will look like in the post-pandemic world. More
Review Helpful Zoom Tips and Security FAQs
Faculty, staff and students take a moment and review these tips from BU Information Services and Technology. More
BUSM Faculty Share COVID-19 Expertise at Virtual Town Hall
Listen to the recording if you missed the town hall. More
4/3 GSDM COVID-19 Update from Dean Hutter
Learn about the school’s institutional response and follow GSDM on social media (Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn). More
Facing Dire Shortages, 50 Boston Collaborators Develop Their Own FDA-Approved Coronavirus Test
The Center for Regenerative Medicine has converted into an all-out operation running same-day COVID-19 tests for BMC Scrolling Twitter late at night on March 12, George Murphy noticed a desperate tweet coming from the feed of his friend and fellow researcher Lea Starita of the University of Washington. She was asking for lab-savvy volunteers to help... More
3/26 Important Message to the Class of 2020
Update from BUSM's Dean Antman, MD, to the class of 2020. More