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Artificial Intelligence

Can We Trust ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence to Do Humans’ Work?

February 8, 2023

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Journalism & Media

Rescuing Lost Stories

February 7, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Bruce Willis at a speaking engagement wearing a blue collared shirt with a white undershirt, Photo of BU Medical student, Molly Jia Yong Zhao gives a flu shot to a patient during a clinic on September 29, 2020, vector illustration of a brain pixelating and dissolving from left to right, and Photo of Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Science, Hagere Yilma, posing for a photo. A Black woman with shoulder-length black hair styled in a twist-out hairstyle wearing a black, tunic-style blouse stands in front of a brick wall and smiles to the camera.

2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

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Research in Photos

From Lovesick Frogs to Music-Making to Mouse Memories, Photo Contest Shows Stunning Breadth of BU Research

September 27, 2022

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Listen Now

How Do I Talk to a Climate Change Denier?

September 26, 2022

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Anemia

Reducing Barriers to Anemia Treatment

June 2, 2022

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Earth & Environment

As Climate Change Gets Worse, Science Provides Hope and Possibility

April 21, 2022

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Communications

A PR Crisis: How to Manage Will Smith’s Oscars Slap

March 28, 2022

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Listen Now

How Did BU Student Irene Kim Become a Viral TikTok Influencer?

February 28, 2022

Social Media

Facebook/Meta Stocks Plummet: Has Facebook Peaked?

February 8, 2022

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ART & SCIENCE

Communicating Science through Art

January 26, 2022

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Politics

One Year after Joe Biden’s Inauguration, BU Experts Give Him a Mixed Review

January 19, 2022

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Communications

COM Students: Here Are the Current Media Trends to Look for and What’s Coming Soon

December 16, 2021

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Alumni Entrepreneurs

My Big Idea: A Gift for Your Inbox

October 22, 2021

Screenshot from a broadcast done by Elias Miller (COM’21), who was one of the anchors of BUTV10’s three-day presidential election coverage The Vote 2020, a sign for the series is seen behind him on the right. He wears a blue face mask and a suit as he speaks towards the camera.

Student TV Station Honored

More Kudos for BUTV10 from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences New England Chapter

June 9, 2021

Series of three Back2BU posters that shows BU hockey fans cheering in the stands, students hanging out on the BU Beach, and students performing in a theater production. The first poster reads “Get Back to the good things,” and then says “VAX. UPLOAD. HOCKEY.” in large block letters. The next reads “VAX. UPLOAD. RELAX.” The final poster reads “VAX. UPLOAD. THEATER” Below, in smaller white text, each poster reads “Get vaccinated and upload your documents at Healthway. Because BU can’t relax COVID safety protocols until we know we have herd immunity. So do it ASAP. And get back to all these things you’ve been missing. ASAP. bu.ed.u/healthway.”

Public Health

Campus-Wide Campaign Urges Vaccination, Followed by Upload

April 21, 2021

COM alum Mikaela Lefrak (’15, right) with co-host Lori McCue discussing the arts on WAMU’s “Get Out There.

Journalism & Media

Should Washington, D.C., Become the 51st State?

March 10, 2021

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Advertising

Super Bowl Ads Will Be Different This Year

February 5, 2021

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Politics

Can Biden Learn Anything from Trump about How Presidents Use Social Media?

January 19, 2021

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Communications

Break Up Twitter? Or Ban Trump? Where Does Social Media Go from Here?

January 12, 2021

Break Up Twitter? Or Ban Trump? Where Does Social Media Go from Here?