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BUMC Celebrates Art Days 2018

April 4th, 2018in Featured

Science and art are a lot more alike than what you might expect. They help others understand and process the world around us. Artists and scientists strive to communicate their vision, whether through a mixed media mounting or a microscope. Art Days was started by BU President Emeritus and BUSM Dean Emeritus Chobanian to foster the... More

New, Improved Digs in Store for Goldman School of Dental Medicine

March 27th, 2018in Featured

Striking architecture, state-of-the-art clinics, modern student spaces A rendering of the completed Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Images courtesy of SmithGroupJJR The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine is about to undergo a three-year, $112 million renovation The building facade will be redone, and its interior mostly gutted and reconfigured No disruption to... More

BUMC Students Organize Walkout in Support of #ENOUGH, Gun Violence Prevention

March 14th, 2018in Featured

On Wednesday, March 14, more than 300 Boston University Medical Campus students, faculty and staff walked out of their classes and offices in their white coats or adorned in orange to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of gun violence in Parkland, Fla., and other cities and towns around the country. Watch the walkout on Facebook live! The... More

Celebrating the Arts at BUMC

March 13th, 2018in Featured

BUMC students, faculty and staff gathered in Bakst Auditorium to welcome BU College of Fine Arts (CFA) Dean Harvey Young to the Medical Campus and to celebrate five years of "Arts Lab,” a collaboration between the CFA, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at the School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. The event featured brief... More

Director of NIDCR, Dr. Martha Somerman, to Speak at GSDM Science Day

March 12th, 2018in Featured

Science Day at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) is an annual event, highlighting and showing research from pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and fellows. This year’s Science Day, which will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2018, features a particularly distinguished keynote speaker, Martha J. Somerman, DDS, PhD. Somerman, Director of the... More

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Helping Postdocs Take Charge of Their Lives

February 1st, 2018in Featured

CAS alum new director of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs Sarah Hokanson, the new director of BU’s Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs office, wants to help the University’s postdocs launch successful careers. Photo by Dan Aguirre Sarah Hokanson knows what it’s like to be a perpetually waiting postdoctoral researcher. “When I was a postdoc, I felt like... More

What a Government Shutdown Means to BU

January 22nd, 2018in Featured, Research

The shutdown of the federal government has stretched into a third day after Capitol Hill lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a spending bill over the weekend. Photo By Drew Stephens Investigators should continue working on and submitting proposals to Sponsored Programs Shutdown of federal government enters third day BU investigators should continue working on... More

CTSI to Test New Approach to Health Care Delivery

December 7th, 2017in Featured, Research

Investigators at Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (BU-CTSI) and colleagues have been awarded a five-year, $8.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to develop, test, and disseminate a replicable, high-quality coordination of care approach for vulnerable populations experiencing disparities. Called TRIP (Translating Research Into... More