Dec. 5, 2021
News // Announcements

Congratulations to the assistant professor of neurology!

Congratulations to the educational quality improvement project manager for the Medical Education Office!

Congratulations to Professors Garcia-Marcos and Ganguli; Associate Professors Feske, Havasi, Medalla, Ribeil; and Clinical Associate Professors Castro-Aragon, Durham, Levy-Bell and Vibbert.

The associate professor of medicine/infectious diseases is one of two recipients of the 2021 Bailey K. Ashford Medal.
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:
  • X Building | 650 Albany St. | Dec. 11 
  • W Building | 700 Albany St. | Dec. 12
  • Evans Building | 75 E. Newton St. | Dec. 18
  • L Building, including library services | 72 E. Concord St. | Dec. 19
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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
Dec. 18 Deadline for Funding Opportunities for Faculty Whose Grants Go Through BUSM

Faculty in BUSM space should send applications for the funding opportunities in the table below. Include the applicant’s CV and a one- to two-page application for the professorships or for pilot funds for a new idea to BUSMdean@bu.edu by COB Friday, Dec. 18. Include a budget of no more than five lines. (Awardees will be asked to submit a more detailed budget.)
 
Grants that will lead to NIH funding and propose collaborations among faculty (e.g. for equipment or other resources) will have funding priority.
Events
// UPCOMING
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