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A theoretical image depicting a young star, the yellow ball in the center, eating up gas and dust particles of a protoplanetary disk, which is represented by green material surrounding the bright star. Colored lines represent the direction of the magnetic field that connects the star to the protoplanetary disk—blue represents the magnetic field moving toward Earth, red is moving away, and other colors represent directions in between.

Astronomy

What Can a Young Star Teach Us about the Birth of Our Planet, Sun, and Solar System?

September 1, 2021

Detail photo of a tray of nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing in containers with red caps. The photo is tinted yellow and teal.

COVID on Campus

BU COVID-19 Report: August 18 to 24

August 26, 2021

New Podcast

BU Today Launches Question of the Week Podcast

August 25, 2021

Bottles of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines sit on a table next to a syringe.

Booster Shots

COVID Booster Shots: Everything You Need to Know

August 25, 2021

Human Rights

As Taliban Retakes Afghanistan, Experts Say Biden Administration Made Strategic Blunders

August 16, 2021

Photo of the exterior of the Boston University School of Medicine on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. A person in scrubs wearing a small yellow backpack walks up the stairs towards the front door.

Promotions

Medical Campus Promotes 13 Faculty to Associate Professor

July 30, 2021

Thick haze from wildfire smoke in New England is shown hanging over the Boston skyline as viewed from Fenway Park.

Climate Science

Wildfire Smoke in New England Is “Pretty Severe from Public Health Perspective”

July 27, 2021

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

Photo of Anne Herrera (Wheelock’19), triage specialist at Healthway, wearing a floral face mask and blue floral blouse, receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Student Health Services Director of Nursing Anne Patey, MSN, at the vaccine clinic January 15 at FitRec. Patey wears gloves, a face mask and face shield.

Faculty & Staff

Staff and Faculty React to BU COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

July 19, 2021

Photo, from behind, of a nurse with blue glasses, wearing a face mask and purple gloves, giving a BU staff or faculty a COVID-19 vaccine, at the vaccine clinic at FitRec January 2020.

University News

BU to Require Faculty, Staff to Get Vaccinated for Fall Semester

July 19, 2021

A young family conference with a doctor or therapist via a telehealth application on a laptop computer

Rehabilitation Sciences

Beware Using Telemedicine for Voice and Speech Therapy

July 15, 2021

A male staff member at a COVID-19 Test Collection Kiosk prompts a woman to leave her testing swab vial in a tray on the kiosk table.

Public Health

Video: How to Use BU’s COVID-19 Staffed Collection Kiosks

July 12, 2021

A photo of Dragon Man's skull

Paleoanthropology

Is “Dragon Man” a Missing Link in Human Evolution?

July 9, 2021

Virginia Sapiro sitting under a tree outside the Boston Universiy College of Arts and Sciences building.

Faculty

BU Political Scientist Gina Sapiro’s Retirement Blog Reflects on 46 Years of Teaching, Mentoring, More

July 7, 2021

A photo of a person putting their hand to their forehead in extreme heat

Heat Illness

How Does Heat Exposure Affect the Body and Mind?

July 6, 2021

A photo of a copper IUD

Opinion

From the Dalkon Shield to Britney Spears’ IUD: Why Diverse Teams Need to Be Involved in Contraceptive Design

July 1, 2021

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

June 30, 2021

Heat map of the Boston metro area

Environmental Health

As Temperatures Set Records, Heat Exposure Hits Some Neighborhoods Harder than Others

June 25, 2021

Kelly Lawrence, women’s assistant head soccer coach, poses for a photo on June 19, 2021. She wears a white long sleeve boston university sweatshirt and has her hands in her pockets.

Pride

My Coming Out Story: Kelly Lawrence

June 25, 2021

Photo of Marsh Plaza from the west side looking towards the MLK statue with the chapel at left. The sky is blue and the trees are filled with green leaves.

Promotions

University Promotes 25 Charles River Campus Faculty

June 22, 2021

University Promotes 25 Charles River Campus Faculty