Boston University News Releases
31st March, 2011
Bats Worth Billions To Agriculture: Pest-Control Services At Risk (Boston) -- Thomas Kunz, Warren Distinguished Professor in Boston University’s Department of Biology, has coauthored an analysis published this week in the journal Science that shows how declines of bat populations caused by a new wildlife disease and fatalities at industrial-scale wind turbines...
Bats Worth Billions To Agriculture: Pest-Control Services At Risk (Boston) -- Thomas Kunz, Warren Distinguished Professor in Boston University’s Department of Biology, has coauthored an analysis published this week in the journal Science that shows how declines of bat populations caused by a new wildlife disease and fatalities at industrial-scale wind turbines...
28th March, 2011
NASA Satellites Detect Extensive Drought Impact on Amazon Forests (Boston) — Researchers at Boston University, NASA, and the Federal University in Vicosa, Brazil, have published a new NASA-funded study that shows widespread reductions in the greenness of forests in the vast Amazon basin in South America were caused by the record-breaking drought of 2010.
NASA Satellites Detect Extensive Drought Impact on Amazon Forests (Boston) — Researchers at Boston University, NASA, and the Federal University in Vicosa, Brazil, have published a new NASA-funded study that shows widespread reductions in the greenness of forests in the vast Amazon basin in South America were caused by the record-breaking drought of 2010.
23rd March, 2011
Boston University School of Medicine Professor Receives Clinician Investigator Award for Quality Care Research Adam Rose, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has accepted the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) New England Region 2011 Clinician Investigator Award for his contributions to quality of care research. The award was presented to...
Boston University School of Medicine Professor Receives Clinician Investigator Award for Quality Care Research Adam Rose, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has accepted the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) New England Region 2011 Clinician Investigator Award for his contributions to quality of care research. The award was presented to...
17th March, 2011
Cancer Biologists and Biomedical Engineers Discover Possible Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Melanoma (Boston) – Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have identified a potential new biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma. The novel cell screening method used in the study also clarifies the process behind tumor metastasis...
Cancer Biologists and Biomedical Engineers Discover Possible Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Melanoma (Boston) – Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have identified a potential new biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma. The novel cell screening method used in the study also clarifies the process behind tumor metastasis...
15th March, 2011
Tissue Regeneration the Spotlight of BU Research Celebration (Boston) – Regenerative medicine offers hope to people who lose tissue and organ function to disease and injury. Dr. Matthew P. Hoffman looks for ways to regrow damaged adult salivary tissue, which can be harmed by diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's, and HIV and certain drugs.
Tissue Regeneration the Spotlight of BU Research Celebration (Boston) – Regenerative medicine offers hope to people who lose tissue and organ function to disease and injury. Dr. Matthew P. Hoffman looks for ways to regrow damaged adult salivary tissue, which can be harmed by diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's, and HIV and certain drugs.
15th March, 2011
Collaborative Care Shown to be Successful for Patients with Opioid Addictions (Boston) - Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that for the majority of patients with opioid addiction, collaborative care with nurse care managers is a successful method of service delivery while effectively utilizing the time of physicians prescribing buprenorphine....
Collaborative Care Shown to be Successful for Patients with Opioid Addictions (Boston) - Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that for the majority of patients with opioid addiction, collaborative care with nurse care managers is a successful method of service delivery while effectively utilizing the time of physicians prescribing buprenorphine....
10th March, 2011
American Medical Association Names New JAMA Editor-in-Chief CHICAGO – Howard C. Bauchner, M.D., from Boston University School of Medicine, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July 1, 2011, according to an announcement made today by Michael D. Maves, M.D., the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association....
American Medical Association Names New JAMA Editor-in-Chief CHICAGO – Howard C. Bauchner, M.D., from Boston University School of Medicine, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July 1, 2011, according to an announcement made today by Michael D. Maves, M.D., the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association....
7th March, 2011
Clarissa Hunnewell Appointed Boston University Chief Investment Officer (Boston) — Clarissa (Lila) Hunnewell, former managing director for Cambridge Associates LLC, has been selected as Boston University’s chief investment officer, announced BU President Robert A. Brown. Starting May 4, Hunnewell will manage the day-to-day oversight of a $1 billion-plus endowment....
Clarissa Hunnewell Appointed Boston University Chief Investment Officer (Boston) — Clarissa (Lila) Hunnewell, former managing director for Cambridge Associates LLC, has been selected as Boston University’s chief investment officer, announced BU President Robert A. Brown. Starting May 4, Hunnewell will manage the day-to-day oversight of a $1 billion-plus endowment....
3rd March, 2011
Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship Available to Greek Students at Boston University (Boston) – Boston University is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship, through March 29. The scholarships are available to full-time undergraduate and graduate students of Greek birth or ancestry who have completed at least one semester at Boston University,...
Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship Available to Greek Students at Boston University (Boston) – Boston University is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship, through March 29. The scholarships are available to full-time undergraduate and graduate students of Greek birth or ancestry who have completed at least one semester at Boston University,...
1st March, 2011
Boston University Researcher's "Desert Development Corridor" Plan Accepted by Egypt's Government (Boston) – A visionary plan for a “Desert Development Corridor” in Egypt, researched and created by Boston University geologist Dr. Farouk El-Baz, has been adopted by the country’s interim government as its flagship program. According to El-Baz, the plan – which includes the construction,...
Boston University Researcher's "Desert Development Corridor" Plan Accepted by Egypt's Government (Boston) – A visionary plan for a “Desert Development Corridor” in Egypt, researched and created by Boston University geologist Dr. Farouk El-Baz, has been adopted by the country’s interim government as its flagship program. According to El-Baz, the plan – which includes the construction,...