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Submit Pieces for Art Days 2022
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 32nd annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost's Office. Art Days was started by Dean Emeritis Aram Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the creative arts at BUMC. The exhibition is mounted by the Creative Arts Society. To be placed on the "submit list" or if you have any questions, please contact Keith Tornheim, PhD, at [email protected] or 617-358-4172.
Artwork (paintings, photos, poetry, sculpture, needlework, etc.) will be collected on Friday, Feb. 18. Pieces should be framed if possible. Security will be provided. Work will be returned Thursday, Feb. 24. Specific instructions will be sent at a later date to those who respond to this announcement.
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Zoom Purge Protection: How to Save Zoom Recordings from Deletion
Starting March 13, Zoom Cloud Recordings that are at least 180 days will be automatically deleted. Sign up for EdMedia Office Hours to learn how to download Zoom recordings, archive on OneDrive, and upload to Kaltura MyMedia. Watch a short instructional video here to learn the steps at your own pace.
When: Now through Feb. 25:
- Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Thursdays & Fridays, 11 a.m.-Noon
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Save the Date: Faculty Resources at BUMC
Date: Tuesday, March 29
Time: Noon-2 p.m.
Virtual Event: Register here
Join us and learn about the various offices and resources offered on the Medical Campus. This is session is open to all faculty members and will include introductions and presentations on:
- Faculty Affairs
- Research
- Proposal Development
- Foundation Relations
- Communications
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Professionalism Resource Services
- Faculty & Staff Assistance
- Medical Education
- BUMC IT
- Student Affairs
- Faculty Development
- GMS
- Human Resources
- Ombuds
- BUMG
BUSM Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and BUMG will jointly host this faculty resource meeting.
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AAMC
HELP, Ways and Means Hold Mental Health Hearings
Michelle Durham, MD, MPH
Boston Globe
MGH claims breakthrough in detecting marijuana impairment
Timothy Naimi, MD, MPH
The Conversation
Not everyone is male or female – the growing controversy over sex designation
Carl Streed, MD, MPH
FOX News
Men who tend to worry have increased risk factors for heart disease, stroke: study
Lewina Lee, PhD
Healio
Researchers regard 24-hour proteinuria collection best for amyloid light chain amyloidosis
Andrea I. Havasi, MD
Healio
Risk stratification, molecular testing among recent advances in thyroid cancer treatment
Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD, MSc
MedPage Today
Did Improved Treatment for Cervical Abnormalities Affect Birth Outcomes?
Rebecca B. Perkins, MD, MSc
NBC Boston
How The Placenta Can Protect Fetuses From COVID-19
Elizabeth S. Taglauer, MD, PhD
NBC Boston
When is the Right Time to Drop Mask Mandates? MA Towns and Cities Consider It
Davidson Hamer, MD
Parade
Can You Get Vitamin D Through a Window? Doctors Explain Whether You Can Absorb Any of the Sunshine Vitamin Through Glass
Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD
STAT
‘Good, not great’: Some long Covid patients see their symptoms improve, but full recovery is elusive
Nahid Bhadelia, MD
Yahoo News
What To Say (And What Not To Say) To A Friend Who's Having An Abortion
Katharine O'Connell White, MD, MPH
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Solomon Carter Fuller, MD
Date: Thursday, Feb. 17
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Virtual Event: Register here
Please join us for a virtual celebration honoring the life and legacy Solomon Carter Fuller, MD, who graduated from BUSM in 1897. The first Black psychiatrist in the country and a renowned neurologist, pathologist and educator, he worked with Dr. Alois Alzheimer and practiced in the Boston area before joining the BUSM faculty in 1919. Upon his retirement from academic medicine in 1933, he was appointed Emeritus Professor of Neurology, and continued in private practice for many years.
The daylong event is sponsored by the BUSM Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Diversity & Inclusion and Alumni Association Offices; and the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
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The 2022 Silas Peirce Lecture: mRNA as Medicine
Date: Tuesday. Feb. 22
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., or Livestream
Presenter: Kim McCall, Professor and chair of biology
Speaker: Melissa Moore, PhD, CSO, Scientific Affairs, Moderna
Please join us for an illuminating exploration of the science underlying the medical applications of messenger RNA (mRNA), including its use in COVID-19 vaccination. Kim McCall, professor and chair of biology, will introduce Melissa Moore, PhD.
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Art Days 2022
Date: Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 22-23
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Hiebert Lounge, Instructional (L) Building
Art Days was started by Dean Emeritis Aram Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the creative arts at BUMC. The exhibition is mounted by the Creative Arts Society. This year marks the 32nd annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost's Office.
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