$400K HUD grant supports BU-community outreach to center city neighborhoods
As soon as the contracts are signed Allison Alden will be looking to rent space in downtown Binghamton and to hire a director for the Center City Coordination (C3) Project that she hopes will focus myriad efforts to revitalize the area. Read more
Turning down the heat: BU researchers aim to cool microchips
Three Binghamton researchers will work with researchers from GE Research and a New Mexico firm on a $7.2 million, three-year project to solve a problem that has dogged computer chip makers for decades — heat. Read more
BU tapped for $1 million federal grant to expand nursing education opportunities
The Decker School of Nursing has been awarded almost $1 million in federal funds to expand its community-based nurse practitioner and nurse educator program and to develop Web-based courses on community health and biohazard emergencies. Read more
Skormin receives NSF grant to open BU laser communications lab to students and researchers around the globe
When Victor A. Skormin gets ready to test sophisticated communications laser equipment he doesn't flick any switches or twist any dials. It's all done with mouse clicks and can be initiated from half-a-world-away via the Internet. Read more
‘The buzz’ gets the biz: BU researcher explores effects of teen drinking on socialization
A team of researchers headed by Elena Varlinskaya, associate research professor of psychology, as the primary investigator, has won a grant from the National Institutes of Health for work that might help explain the danger of teenage social drinking. Varlinskaya, along with Evgeniy Petrov, research professor of psychology, Linda P. Spear and Norman E. Spear, both distinguished professors of psychology, will receive $1.1 million over five years to research ethanol and social interactions in adolescent rats. Read more
Scholar helps define “fundamentalism”
Even 15 years later, Richard Antoun can recall with great clarity the first time he encountered Islamic fundamentalism. Read more
