Commencement 2024

MD, PhD Graduates Urged to Become Change Makers

Focus on improving health beyond the healthcare system.

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Nearly 400 Master’s Students Celebrate at GMS Convocation

“Success is not only a destination, it’s a journey.”

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Campus Announcements

Tony Hollenberg, MD, Appointed BMC President

The appointment is effective June 3. Congratulations!

Curated Collection of Leadership Books Available from Alumni Medical Library

The Alumni Medical Library (L12) has a curated collection of professional development books for new, aspiring and current leaders. From Harvard Business Review essentials to workplace mental health and DEI topics, stop by to add some titles to your summer reading list. New titles include:

• Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
• Emotional Intelligence Habits 
• Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, 4th Edition
• You're in Charge, Now What?: The 8 Point Plan
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
• Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

For more information or a complete title list, contact library director Kate Flewelling.

W Building Construction Project Update

Week of May 20

Next week, crews will continue building Air Handler 3 and the Exhaust Air Handling Unit. Additionally, crews will continue to install electrical components for AHU-2, wire fans and construct duct work. Occupants should expect the impact to be low for the week.

If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dylan McIntosh.

Faculty Action

How to Get Promoted and CV Review

Date: Tuesday, June 4

Time: 3-5 p.m.

Virtual Meeting: Register Here

Must register for this event before May 24. Please submit your CV to camedfao@bu.edu by May 24.

If you register for the workshop, a survey link will be emailed to you prior to the meeting. Please make sure to complete the survey before the meeting.

Reminder: Update your BU Profile

BU Profiles is an important public-facing BU faculty information website. It is frequently used by faculty, students and staff, as well individuals external to BU that could include industry and media outlets, to search for collaborators, research mentors, invited seminar speakers, expert opinions, and more. Up-to-date and well-managed BU Profiles will elevate the visibility and the impact of your research/scholarship. 

If you have any questions and/or issues, please use the BU Profiles request help form.

In the Media

The Boston Globe

Steward crisis adding to stresses on hospital care, as state scrambles to contain fallout‌

Edward Bernstein, MD

Everyday Health

How Well Are You Managing Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR)?

Lisa Marie Mendelson, MSN, BSN

Jamaica Plain News

Rising OB-GYN, Jamaica Plain’s Vanessa Villamarin Named Educator of the Year

Vanessa N. Villamarin, MD

Medscape

Are Diabetes Drugs Set to Move Osteoarthritis Management Forward?

S. Reza Jafarzadeh, DVM, MPVM, PhD

The New York Times

Loneliness Can Change the Brain

Wendy Qiu, MD, PhD

Science

Amid Haiti’s escalating chaos, a ‘heroic network’ keeps medical research running

Gene F. Kwan, MD, MPH

STAT

Abbott’s dissolvable stent, which failed heart disease patients, may help vascular patients

Naomi M. Hamburg, MD, MS

WBUR

Mass. health leaders concerned about effects of Steward bankruptcy

Edward Bernstein, MD

Events

// UPCOMING

19th Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Conference

Date: Thursday, May 23

Location: Hiebert Lounge Register here

Theme: Building Collaborative Education Research

Special Speaker: Binyomin Abrams, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, BU

"Evolution of a Student-Driven Collaborative Research Project to Address Equity in STEM Participation"

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