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BU Professional Clothing Closet
The Professional Clothing Closet provides BU students with free, professional attire that is appropriate for interviews, networking events, career fairs and the workplace. For more information, click here.
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Alumni Medical Library: Fall Fling Clothing Drive
Help BU students dress for success this fall! As you transition your wardrobe for cooler temperatures, please consider supporting BU's Professional Clothing Closet’s Fall Fling Clothing Drive!
A donation bin will be located at the Alumni Medical Library on L-12 from Oct. 23-Nov. 2.
If you have any questions regarding the clothing drive, please contact [email protected]. If you have any questions about accessing the library’s donation bin, please contact [email protected].
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W Building Construction Project Update
Week of Oct. 30
Crews will begin demolition of air handlers and exhaust systems on floors 10-11. Crews also will be coring, cutting and removing portions of block wall to accommodate new electrical and mechanical systems. Occupants should expect high impact on floors 6-9.
Sound/Impact Study - On Monday, Oct. 30, a sound engineer will be performing a sound and vibration monitoring study to better understand the sound/vibration impacts building occupants may experience over the project term. This work will have a high impact to occupants on floors 6-9.
If you would like to receive a detailed plan of this work to better understand why and how we are doing this study, please contact Dylan McIntosh.
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ABC News
FDA considers ban on some Black women's hair products that have caused years of harm
Kimberly Bertrand, ScD
Boston Herald
CTE risk increases with longer rugby careers: Boston University study
Ann McKee, MD
BU Today
He’s a Star Runner and a Budding Doctor
Aksel Laudon, ’26; Frederick T. Drake, MD, MPH
BU Today
“Numbness” Is Normal: The Mental Health Toll of Another Mass Shooting
Laurie Marie Craigen, PhD
Everyday Health
Heart Healthy Diet in Middle Age May Help Preserve Memory Later in Life
Andrew Budson, MD
The Hill
Black women face deadly racial disparities in breast cancer
Julie Palmer, ScD
Los Angeles Times
FDA considering a ban on hair-straightening chemicals. Stylists say Black women have moved on
Kimberly Bertrand, ScD
MetroWest Daily News
Framingham Heart Study branching out to study other body parts. What they're studying
Jose Rafael Romero, MD; Hugo Javier Aparicio, MD, MPH; Sudha Seshadri, MD
NPR
The FDA moves to ban chemical hair straighteners containing formaldehyde
Kimberly Bertrand, ScD
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Visiting Professor Lecture: Sophie Paczesny, MD, PhD
Date: Monday, Oct. 30
Time: 10:15-11 a.m. (presentation) 11-11:15 a.m. (Q&A)
Location: Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge (L14), or via Zoom
Register for Zoom here
“ST2, a journey from Proteomics to Therapeutics”
Dr. Paczesny is professor and chair of microbiology and immunology, professor of pediatrics and oral health sciences, co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the Hollings Cancer Center, and Sally Abney Rose Endowed Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Biology at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Her laboratory is internationally recognized for its expertise and achievements in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) field. She has pioneered the study of proteomics/biomarkers for complications post allogeneic HSCT and is now transitioning the laboratory work into clinical practice. She also has extensive expertise in the cancer immune tumor microenvironment, inflammation and alarmins, T lymphocyte biology and mechanisms of immunity and tolerance as well as translating novel drug-targetable biomarkers to treatment.
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Boston Public Library eCard Signup Program
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 31
Time: 10 a.m.-Noon
Location: Instructional Building Lobby
Come join the Alumni Medical Library and the Boston Public Library and register for a BPL Library eCard! An eCard from the Boston Public Library offers you access to digital resources including OverDrive/Libby and Hoopla for ebooks, audiobooks and more. Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our programming. Your experience in this event is important to us.
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Visiting Professor Lecture: Andrew Stanley Pekosz, PhD
Date: Friday, Nov. 3
Time: 11:15 a.m.-Noon (presentation) Noon-12:15 p.m. (Q&A)
Location: Instructional Building, L110, or via Zoom
Register for Zoom here
“Virus surveillance and the identification of novel genetic mutations that facilitate virus circulation”
Dr. Pekosz is professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. He holds joint appointments in environmental health sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health; environmental health and engineering, a joint program of Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering; emergency medicine, molecular and comparative pathobiology, medicine, division of infectious diseases, all at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as co-director, Johns Hopkins Center for Excellence in Influenza Research and Response (JH-CEIRR), vice chair of scientific resources molecular microbiology & immunology, director of genomic analysis and sequencing core facility, and director of the Center for Emerging Viral Infectious Diseases (CEVID), all at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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General Faculty & Staff Meeting
Date: Thursday, Nov. 9
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Hybrid Meeting: Zoom or L-405
Register here
AGENDA
Distinguished Faculty & Staff of the Month
MD Program Admissions Update
Kristen Goodell, MD
PhD & MA/MS Admissions Update
Jamie McKnight, PhD
Financial & Administration Operations Report
Tony Rizzo
Research Administration Report
Fredric Majnoun
Dean’s Update
Karen Antman, MD
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