Boston University

Public Policy

Capitol Building, Washington D.C.

Research

Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill

February 29, 2016

Aedes aegypti mosquito

Infectious Diseases

The Next Pandemic

February 2, 2016

Ben Wolozin, Alzheimer's Disease researcher at Boston University

Funding

BU Research Benefits from First Federal Funding Boost in Years

January 25, 2016

Boston

Public Health

Initiative on Cities 2015 Survey: What US Mayors Want

January 25, 2016

Ray Fisman, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Slater Family Professor in Behavioral Economics

Economics

Why Money Flows Uphill

December 15, 2015

Umpqua Community College shooting

Voices & Opinion

POV: Waking Up to Another Preventable Tragedy

October 5, 2015

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science workshop

Communications

Alan Alda Center Teaches Scientists to Connect

September 15, 2015

A boat carrying Cuban refugees during the Mariel Boatlift

International Relations

Has Door From Cuba Been Held Open?

August 26, 2015

LGBTQ+

The Impact of the Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision

June 30, 2015

Victims of Charleston, South Carolina shooting June 2015

Science & Technology

POV: What You Can Do about “Racist Terrorism”

June 25, 2015

POV: The Problem with Obama’s New Trade Pact

Science & Technology

POV: The Problem with Obama’s New Trade Pact

June 11, 2015

Leila Agha, assistant professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business

Public Policy

Does Peer Review Really Work?

April 27, 2015

Lucy Hutyra, Conor Gately, and Ian Sue Wing, from the GRS department of earth and environment, developed a new way to measure CO2 emissions from cars. The new system, called DARTE, could help cities combat climate change. Photo by Michael D. Spencer

Climate Change

A New Map for Greenhouse Gas

April 21, 2015

Darrel Kotton, Andrew Wilson, and Finn Hawkins in the Center for Regenerative Medicine's Kotton-Wilson-Ikonomou lab

Natural Sciences

Cracking the NIH Code

April 21, 2015

Anthony Janetos led the team designing the National Climate Indicators System.

Climate Change

Building a Better Barometer

February 13, 2015

Boston University BU, School of Law LAW, Pre-Law Review

Politics

Undergrads Delve Into the Law

December 15, 2014

Douglas Brooks, Director, United States Office of National AIDS Policy

Science & Technology

National AIDS Policy Director Urges Collaboration on HIV/AIDS

October 21, 2014

George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Boston University School of Public Health SPH, ethics, public health ethics, Ebola virus, ZMAPP, ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, how to treat Ebola virus

Infectious Diseases

Battling Ebola: The Ethical Issues

August 13, 2014

Lyndon B Johnson, LBJ, War on Poverty, 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, Economic Opportunity Act, EOA, poverty in the united states of america, homeless in the united states of america, homelessness in the united states of america

Aid

POV: LBJ’s War on Poverty 50 Years Later

April 29, 2014

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food stamps, federal benefit cuts

Science & Technology

POV: Starving Out Food Stamps

September 24, 2013

POV: Starving Out Food Stamps