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New BU Website Promotes Campus Discourse
Check out the new BU website, comprehensive new website on civility and campus discourse highlighting BU’s core principles and sharing information about educational opportunities, campus resources, policies, points of contact, and special events.
A ‘Campus Discourse’ category has been added to the lefthand tab on the BU Calendar website that allows you to post events unique to this topic. This could include religious life, learning opportunities in the context of current societal conflicts, and special discussions aimed at finding common ground and promoting constructive dialogue on issues of disagreement.
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Send Match Day Best Wishes to MD Class of 2024
The SCOMSA Match Day Committee would like to give faculty and staff the opportunity to send well wishes to the Class of 2024 on their Match Day! Record a short (<30 seconds) video that will be shown to the class before envelopes open. Please upload videos to this form before Thursday, Feb. 29, if you would like to be included.
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Call for Nominations: Annual School Awards
At the end of each academic year, the school recognizes faculty for their excellence in teaching and service.
In the spirit of gratitude and reflection we invite you to nominate faculty for the following awards:
- Educator of the Year
- Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA)
- Resident Educator of the Year
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Selection criteria and more information can be found here. Please submit 1-2 page nominations to camedfao@bu.edu by Friday, Feb. 23.
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AOA Accepting Nominations for Faculty, Residents and Fellows
The school chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) National Medical Honor Society is accepting applications for faculty members, residents and fellows for induction into AOA.
Please submit nomination letters for deserving candidates that outline their academic, leadership, service and professionalism accomplishments in the BU/BMC community. Residents must have finished their PGY-1 year, and faculty must be faculty at the school.
Nominations also must include the nominee’s CV as well as the nominator’s name, role at BU/BMC and relation to the nominee.
For consideration, please send nominations to alumcamed@bu.edu by March 1.
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W Building Construction Project Update
Week of Feb. 19
Next week crews will continue building Air Handler 4, including sensor installation on level 10. Additionally, crews will be working on the roof and on level 11 welding structural steel. Deliveries are scheduled for Tuesday-Friday using the large freight elevator. The impact for next week should be less than what was experienced this week.
- Saturday, Feb. 17 – There will be a crane parked on Albany Street from 5 a.m., through the end of the day. Albany Street will still be open to two-way traffic.
- Monday, Feb. 19 – There will be no workers on site Monday in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.
If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dylan McIntosh.
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Faculty RSVP for 2024 Master's, MD & PhD Convocations
The 2024 convocation ceremonies for Master's, PhD and MD students are just around the corner. The GMS Master's Ceremony will take place on May 16 at 10 a.m. and the MD & PhD Ceremony will be held on May 16 at 3 p.m. Both Ceremonies will take place at the BU Track and Tennis Center.
If you plan to march in the MD & PhD Convocation Ceremony, the GMS Master's Convocation Ceremony, or both, you must fill out this form in order to RSVP. On this form, you also will be able to request Commencement regalia be ordered on your behalf. Everyone marching in any commencement ceremony must wear regalia in order to participate. If you are marching in both the MD & PhD and the Master's ceremonies, you only need to fill out the form once.
RSVP is required by midnight on Monday, Feb. 19.
Please contact Kimberly Arena with questions or concerns related to the GMS Master’s Ceremony and Nichole Ciccarelli regarding the MD & PhD Ceremony.
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Call for Nominations: Faculty Council Representatives
The Faculty Council is a university committee that represents faculty members from all of BU’s schools and colleges. Please nominate one of your colleagues or yourself to join the Faculty Council to represent Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. This is a great opportunity to be a part of the university’s governance.
Complete this survey for the nomination by Friday, March 29.
Contact Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs Hee-Young Park, PhD, with any questions you may have.
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Applications Now Open for Early Career, Clinician Educator, & Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Programs
BUMC Early Career Faculty Leadership Program (ECP)
Applications Due: March 29
Early career faculty are invited to participate in a structured, longitudinal career development program from October 2024-June 2025. To apply, and to find out more information about the program, click here.
BUMG Clinician Educator Leadership Program (CELP)
Applications Due: March 29
Clinician Educators (CEs) are invited to apply and participate in a structured, longitudinal program focusing on improving CEs ability to conduct rigorous educational program design, evaluation, and scholarly dissemination. Program runs from October 2024-June 2025. To apply, and to find out more information about the program, click here.
BUMC Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Program (MFL)
Applications Due: March 29
Late Assistant, all Associate Professors, and Early Professors, are invited to apply to this experiential and project-based leadership program from September 2024-June 2025. To apply, and to find out more information about the program, click here.
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Art Days 2024
Date: Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 20-21
Time: 9-5 p.m., receptions at 3 p.m.
Location: Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge (L14)
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 34th annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost's Office. Art Days was started by Dean Emeritus Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the creative arts at BUMC. The exhibition is mounted by the Creative Arts Society.
Work will be returned Thursday, Feb. 22. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Keith Tornheim at tornheim@bu.edu or 617-358-4172.
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2nd Annual Rebecca Lee Crumpler Alumni Lecture
Date: Wednesday, March 6
Time: 6-7:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Register here
Speaker: Loretta Jackson-Williams, MD, PhD, FACEP, Vice Dean for Medical Education, Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
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Steven J. Parker Memorial Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Conference
Date: Friday & Saturday, March 8-9
Time: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Location: Trustees Ballroom CRC or Zoom
Register here
This annual two-day accredited conference celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024! It is designed for practicing clinicians who have an interest, passion or emerging expertise in developmental and behavioral pediatrics and want to take their knowledge and skill to the next level. Many clinicians and allied medical professionals do not feel adequately trained when in practice and yet they face these challenges with patients and families every day. The course offers practical approaches to these issues and we welcome participants from a broad array of disciplines including physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, social workers, and allied medical professionals who work in pediatrics and the broader medical community.
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