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Science & Technology

Portrait of Christopher Chen, Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Boston University Biological Design Center

Accolades

ENG’s Chris Chen Receives Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award

November 13, 2018

Professor Elie Wiesel sits talking with his teaching assistant, Ariel Burger.

Books

Witness to Lessons of Elie Wiesel

November 12, 2018

Composite image of a soundwave presented as a timeline with images of pioneering neuroscientist Rahul Desikan from the time he was a baby to current day.

Alumni

Rahul Desikan’s Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death

November 8, 2018

BU News service analyst College of Communication Dean Tom Fiedler discusses data visualization and social media analysis with student BU News servic analyst Adrian Thomas during 2018 Midterm Elections coverage.

Social Media

What Does Social Media Sentiment Reveal about an Election?

November 8, 2018

Capitol hill

Faculty

Midterm Election Results Bode Well for Healthcare, Environment

November 8, 2018

A student and older man vote in the midterm election at booths in the 111 Cummington Mall polling place on November 6, 2018

Science & Technology

Students on Why They Voted

November 7, 2018

composite of the democratic and republican logos

Politics

POV: Two Students Offer Opposing Views on Which Party to Support

November 6, 2018

Composite image showing several open browswer windows displaying news websites such as New York Times, CNN, and The Guardian

Computer Science

A Better Way to Predict Election Outcomes

November 6, 2018

A woman drops a ballot into a ballot box

Public Policy

What Massachusetts Voters Need to Know about 2018 Ballot Questions

November 5, 2018

Microscopic image of high accumulations of p-tau in the brain tissue of a deceased person with the "major" genetic variation of the TMEM106B protein.

CTE

Why Some People’s CTE Symptoms Are More Severe Than Others

November 3, 2018

3 headshots of political candidates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11), Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS’03, GRS’03), and Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts candidate for the House of Representatives

Gender

Not Politics as Usual

November 1, 2018

Saenko on a bench

Computer Science

Making Artificial Intelligence Intelligible

November 1, 2018

A person stands in front of Stars of David that are displayed in front of the Tree of Life Synagogue with the names of those killed in the deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Religion

The Words of Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) Are More Urgent Than Ever after Pittsburgh Tragedy

October 29, 2018

A portrait of Xin Zhang

Engineering

ENG’s Xin Zhang Is BU’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen

October 24, 2018

Osamu Shimomura receives his Nobel medal in 2008

Science & Technology

Nobel Laureate Osamu Shimomura (Hon.’10) Dead at 90

October 23, 2018

Portrait of Mark Scatamachhia

Administration

New Industry Engagement Leader a Matchmaker for BU and Businesses

October 23, 2018

A pumpkin plummets to the ground during the annual pumpkin drop

Science & Technology

The Weekender: October 25 to 28

October 23, 2018

A director gives feedback at rehersal

Arts & Culture

CFA Presents Two-Part Pulitzer Winner Angels in America

October 18, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

BU biomedical engineers Ji-Xin Cheng (left) and Lu Lan (right) monitor a tablet that displays AcouStar breast cancer tumor lumpectomy guidance to surgeons.

Biomedical Engineering

Breast Cancer Beacon

October 16, 2018

Breast Cancer Beacon