Sustainability Tips

Please take these steps to help the Medical Campus reduce costs and our impact on the environment:

• Turn off lights in offices, labs, equipment rooms and seminar rooms when not in use (and remind colleagues if they forget). 
• Shut off heat-generating laboratory equipment, such as water baths and heat blocks, and cooling equipment, such as refrigerated centrifuges, when not in use.
• Research lab red box/biohazardous waste disposal is expensive. Paper towels from washing hands, empty glove boxes, cell culture media bottles and pipet tip boxes that are not bio-hazardous should be discarded in trash or recycling.

Students Participate in NE Neurosurgery Society Annual Meeting

BU medical students had another strong showing at the New England Neurosurgery Society Annual Meeting, held June 26-28, in Chatham, Mass. Seven students presented their research in oral and/or poster presentation format. Daniel Sconzo served as the team lead and liaison to the neurosurgery residents with Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda as the primary resident research mentor.

Annual Faculty Reviews

Per Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Bylaws and LCME accreditation, all full-time faculty members must meet annually with their supervisors to review their progress toward promotion, receive constructive feedback, and set goals for the upcoming academic year.

This year’s annual review covers calendar year 2024 (January 2024 – December 2024). Please meet with your supervisors as early as you can, but no later than Aug. 31, 2025. 

The web-based evaluation form is at https://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev.  

Please note: 

• You can note if your department uses an alternative evaluation form and upload relevant materials.
• You can change the supervisor, if incorrect.
• The “Welcome” page links to the Faculty Checklist, which lists required compliance and/or training for medical school faculty. The checklist now allows you to track your activity completion date, if desired.
• The “Welcome” page has required info for final submission after your face-to-face meeting. 
• The 2024 External & International Activity Report (EIAR) is now open and is required before final submission.

Please complete the verification of your annual evaluation using the above link even if your department/program uses external evaluation forms.  

If you encounter any difficulties with the system, please contact facdev@bu.edu.

World Head & Neck Cancer Day Lunch & Learn

Date: Friday, July 25

Time: Noon-1:30 p.m.

Location: Instructional Building (L), 311

Please join in for a Lunch & Learn for World Head & Neck Cancer Day! Clinical perspective will be provided by Sujey Morgan, DDS, MS, FAAMP, as well as a research perspective and patient/survivor perspective being provided by Gregory A. Grillone, MD, and Amy Gross, respectively. 

Lunch will be provided, and a virtual attendance option is available upon request. 

Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: A Conversation on the Science of Human Difference

Date: Thursday, Aug. 28

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Museum of Science, Boston, Mass.

Register here

Join in for a thought-provoking evening with Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, as we celebrate her groundbreaking new book, Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins — part of the yearlong Being Human spotlight at the Museum of Science. In conversation with award-winning science journalist and author Angela Saini, this dialogue will explore the science behind race, ethnicity, sex and gender, and disability — unpacking how these aspects of identity have been misunderstood, misused, and often weaponized in medicine, policy, public discourse, and emerging technologies.

Written for audiences from high school students to professionals, Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of science, equity and social justice. Come ready to learn, reflect and explore how we can all contribute to a more inclusive, informed future.

The evening will conclude with a book signing with Dr. Dasgupta.