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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and then-Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen talk at Roxbury Community College Jan. 10, 2024. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, alongside over 40 cities, counties and mayors, filed an amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health funding Feb. 20. COURTESY OF JOSHUA QUALLS VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston joins nationwide fight against NIH cuts, citing threats to research, jobs

Jack Schwed March 2, 2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, alongside more than 40 cities, counties and mayors, filed an amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health funding Feb. 20.
The entrance of Boston University’s Student Activities Office. BU is bracing for potential losses in funding as they plan to slow down their spending rate in anticipation of the National Institute of Health’s policy changes. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU slows budget in preparation for federal funding cuts

Kiyoung Haavisto February 21, 2025
Boston University is planning to slow down its spending in anticipation of funding cuts and policy changes amidst a flurry of executive orders impacting federal funding agencies.
A letter from Boston University President Melissa Gilliam, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gloria Waters and Vice President and Associate Provost Ad Interim for Research Thomas Bifano confirming BU’s commitment to research amid the National Institutes of Health funding cuts. The funding cuts are temporarily halted due to lawsuits from three universities, but research departments will have to find a way to cut costs if the policy is implemented. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU, local universities react to NIH research grant funding cuts

Liam Dunne February 19, 2025
Universities and researchers react to research grant funding cuts by the NIH.
Lucas Zhang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: Collective ignorance contributes to lack of quality in women’s healthcare

Bailey Salimes April 19, 2022
Women’s pain is commonly treated as a mental health condition rather than a physical illness. Physical health concerns must be addressed regardless of whether or not a medical professional believes the patient is experiencing what she says she is experiencing.
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is transmitted through respiratory droplets and can cause a spectrum of symptoms, including fever, dry cough and breathing complications. COURTESY CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

The history and science behind COVID-19

Miriam Fauzia March 16, 2020
Where did the coronavirus come from and what do we know about the disease?
Cambridge biotechnology company Moderna Inc. announced Jan. 23 that it is developing a vaccine to combat the coronavirus, which it is preparing to test in a Phase 1 trial. COURTESY U.S. ARMY

Local biotech company developing coronavirus vaccine

Angela Yang January 30, 2020
A Cambridge company is working to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus that has ignited concern around the globe.
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ann Cudd at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering about public health Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Elizabeth Warren praises BU, discusses opioid crisis during campus visit

Noor Adatia December 10, 2017

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren lauded Boston University as an institution that “honors science and truth and fact,” at an appearance on campus Monday afternoon. BU invited Warren for a conversation...

The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging awards the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center a $5.4 million grant renewal. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

NIH renews Alzheimer’s Disease Center’s multi-million dollar grant

Andres Picon September 6, 2017

The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Aging renewed a three-year $5.4 million research grant for the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center on Aug. 25. The grant will...

The sports safety seminar at Friday's Play It Forward summit emphasized on the consequences of repetitive head trauma and the dangers of CTE. PHOTO BY SOFIA LAURITO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professor, coach, student-athlete discuss consequences of concussions

Oriana Durand April 16, 2016

Boston University School of Medicine professor Ann McKee; Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; and Rachel Blauner, a midfielder on the BU women’s soccer team, discussed...

ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” reported Tuesday that the NFL will no longer help fund the Boston University study on chronic traumatic encephalopathy. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

NIH to fund CTE research, NFL allegedly backs out

Sekar Krisnauli December 24, 2015

The NFL, which has faced scrutiny over its handling of head trauma, will no longer contribute to the funding of a Boston University-led study on a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic...

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of several institutions benefiting from U.S. President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative. PHOTO BY MARARIE/FLICKR

Boston hospitals pave way for precision medicine

Olivia Deng February 5, 2015

Retail stores such as Brandy Melville are selling “one size fits all” clothing, but recent actions by the U.S. government have shown the adage does not apply to medical treatments. Friday, U.S. President...

ENG launches new synthetic biology center

Daily Free Press Admin October 22, 2013

After receiving approval from Boston University officials in the summer, BU’s College of Engineering launched the Center of Synthetic Biology this fall, said Ahmad Khalil, the new center’s associate...

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