Nov. 28, 2021
News // Announcements
Medical Campus Electrical Shutdown | Saturdays or Sundays through Dec. 19

Continuing through Sunday, Dec. 19, Facilities will be testing the main breakers and transformer connections to BUMC buildings. This means that power will be out in the buildings during the testing. The testing will impact each building for one Saturday or Sunday. 

On the Thursday/Friday before each scheduled shutdown Facilities will coordinate with any offices requiring extension cords to enable sensitive equipment to run on auxiliary power. To request an extension cord or if you have questions, please contact Greg Walker (gawalker@bu.edu). 

Departments should safeguard their equipment by powering off PCs, copiers, lab equipment, etc. 
Buildings impacted will be:
  • R Building | 72 E. Concord St. | Dec. 4
  • X Building | 650 Albany St. | Dec. 11 
  • W Building | 700 Albany St. | Dec. 12
  • Evans Building | 75 E. Newton St. | Dec. 18
  • L Building | 72 E. Concord St. | Dec. 19
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In the Media

Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH

Davidson Hamer, MD

Carl Streed, MD, MPH

Shreya Patel, MD

Michael Alosco, PhD

Ron Corley, PhD; Robert Davey, PhD; Elke Mühlberger, PhD

Ann McKee, MD

Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MA

Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH
Faculty Action
Virtual Town Hall for BUSM Educators

Thursday, Dec. 9
Time: 2-3 p.m.
 
AGENDA

Priya Garg, MD
  • Plans for the new MD curriculum 
 
Karen Antman, MD
  • New Team-Based Learning classroom
  • A new education building?
  • Teaching finances 101 (use of MD & GMS tuition dollars & teaching hours)
  • Update on GMS search

Hee-Young Park, PhD
  • Faculty development plans
  • Discussion: Academy of Educators
Events
// SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday, Dec. 8
3 p.m. via Zoom
Register here

Science -- powering our economy and solving our most intractable problems -- has never been more central to public life. Yet at the same time, it remains disconnected from society, even untrusted. What role do communicators have in restoring this connection? Join us virtually to explore this topic.

Panelists:
  • Joe Palca, NPR science correspondent; founder of SciCommers
  • Beth Daley, editor-in-chief and general manager, The Conversation US
  • Michelle Amazeen, director, Communication Research Center; COM associate professor

Moderator:
  • Mariette DiChristina (COM '86), COM dean; former editor-in-chief and executive vice president, Scientific American
Thursday, Dec. 16
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Adjacent to 610 Albany St. Parking Garage

Across the country, there is an unprecedented blood shortage and urgent need for blood and platelet donors. BMC will be hosting a blood drive on the Medical Campus. Donations will take place in the Boston Children’s Hospital Bloodmobile, which will be parked near the 610 Albany Street garage.

This event is open to all students, faculty and staff. Appointments are required. To make an appointment, go to this website and use sponsor code: BMC.
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Boston University School of Medicine