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President Trump discusses the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. OMB director Mick Mulvaney sits to the President's right and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits to his left.

Funding

BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget

March 21, 2017

Wellness Fair swag

Health & Medicine

Spring into Wellness Tonight

March 20, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Technology

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Participants in the Women's March on Washington DC rally outside the White House

Voices & Opinion

POV: What the GOP’s New Health Care Act Really Means

March 20, 2017

Boston University Police and Boston Police will resume enhanced alcohol enforcement patrols starting this weekend.

University News

Alcohol Enforcement Patrols Resume Today

March 16, 2017

Lauren Banks (CGS’17) and Jared Lawson (ENG’18) fill Condom Fairy orders in their role as Student Health Ambassadors.

Mental Health

SHS Seeks Student Health Ambassadors for Next Year

March 13, 2017

Béla Suki, professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University College of Engineering, and Jarred Mondoñedo, Boston University School of Medicine MD candidate and College of Engineering PhD candidate

Biomedical Engineering

Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?

March 10, 2017

PhD candidate Emily Lam works with smart lighting sensors as part of Thomas Little's research with the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Engineering Research Center (LESA ERC)

Electrical Engineering

New Sensors for Smart Lighting

March 8, 2017

Free Doctor and Drinkable Water signs in a Syrian Refugee Camp in Eidomeni, Greece

Science & Technology

POV: Health Care Professionals Must Redouble Efforts to Care for Refugees

March 7, 2017

Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research at Boston University, speaks during a meeting of the Boston Biosafety Committee to consider a request by Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) for permission to conduct Biosafety Level 4 research at the facility

NEIDL

NEIDL Researchers Present Case for Next-Level Research

March 7, 2017

Boston University’s NEIDL still needs permission from the Boston Public Health Commission before conducting Biosafety Level 4 research.

Health & Medicine

Boston Public Health Commission to Consider NEIDL Research Request Tonight

March 6, 2017

a mother holding a newborn's hand

HIV-AIDS

New Concerns about Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers

March 6, 2017

Tara Galovski and Amy Street sitting at table

Stress Reduction

Easing Transition to Civilian Life for Women Veterans

March 1, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Biology

Finding Lung Cancer in the Nose

February 28, 2017

adolescent with pills

Public Health

POV: More Help Needed for Youngest Victims of Opioid Epidemic

February 21, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

a married couple in san francisco california hold hands with the city in the background

Relationships

Love and Marriage, BU-Style

February 13, 2017

Tea Party activists

Faculty

POV: Lessons to Be Learned from the Tea Party

February 9, 2017

Patient Levi McBride with (from left) Yasmin Alayyoubi, Dolrudee Jumlongras, Athanasios Zavras, and Stephen Prieve

Medicine

SDM Pediatric Dental Clinic Serves the Underserved

February 8, 2017

Edward Damiano holds a prototype of the iLet bionic pancreas he developed during an acceptance speech for the Boston University Innovator of the Year Award

Diabetes

Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle

February 7, 2017

Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle