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Science & Technology

Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass., is a more than 3,700-acre ecological research area where scientists have been carrying out experiments since 1907.

Climate Change

CAS Researchers Working to Predict Future Climate Change

December 14, 2017

Diane Thompson extracting a core from a live Porites coral colony at Kiritimati in 2012.

Geosciences

Winds of Change

December 11, 2017

University News

BU Trustees Approve Aggressive Climate Action Plan

December 8, 2017

Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) researchers at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) Judith Olejnik, Elke Mühlberger, and Adam Hume

Ebola

NEIDL BSL-4 Lab Gets Green Light

December 6, 2017

Boston University skyline

Earth

POV: How BOLD Is BU?

December 5, 2017

ACES CO2 map visualizing carbon dioxide CO2 emissions in Rhode Island

Climate Change

CAS Scientists Develop ACES to Monitor Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

December 4, 2017

Brightly colored string&&loop socks

Arts & Culture

Knitting Socks One Algorithm at a Time

December 4, 2017

microscopic image of tau tangles

Alzheimer’s Disease

MED Researchers: New Way to Look at Alzheimer’s

November 30, 2017

Engineering

University Launches $20 Million Innovate@BU Initiative for Students

November 29, 2017

LOLCat searches the internetz on a laptop

University News

What Are Your Top-10 Favorite Websites?

November 27, 2017

A cartoon depicting two females, one in a burka an one in a bikini, judging each other for the amount of skin that is covered or uncovered.

Social Sciences

Sexism in the Harvey Weinstein Era

November 27, 2017

Michael Silverstein, a professor of pediatrics at BU School of Medicine, and a team of researchers incorporated a depression prevention technique into Head Start programs around Boston. Photo by Cydney Scott

Medicine

BU Researchers’ Study: Simple Problem-Solving Technique to Treat Depression

November 27, 2017

Barbara Zayas

Politics

Beyond Trump’s Border Wall

November 21, 2017

Red Bull Nutrition Label

Arts & Culture

FDA’s Plan to Delay New Food Label Is Misguided

November 21, 2017

Josiah Sherman, an undergraduate majoring in biology at Xavier University, in New Orleans, explaining his research at Xavier’s 2017 summer research symposium. As part of a new NSF grant to engage underrepresented minorities in exploring STEM careers, the BU School of Medicine will offer opportunities for Xavier students to meet with researchers at BU.

Awards

BU Promotes Diversity in STEM Fields with NSF Grants

November 20, 2017

White House photographer Pete Souza, camera ready, with President Obama during an event celebrating the Affordable Care Act in 2010.

Photography

Obama: An Intimate Portrait Chronicles Eight Extraordinary Years

November 17, 2017

Graphic illustration symbolizing the cost of waging modern warfare

Government & Law

Cost of Post 9/11 Wars: $4.6 Trillion

November 16, 2017

Tommy Leung and Nathan Perkins (MED’18)

Data Science

Count Love Project Reveals Protest Patterns

November 15, 2017

A magnetized pouch that Boston University lecturer Joelle Renstrom uses to lock up student cell phones during class

Smartphones

Surviving Class minus Your Cell Phone

November 14, 2017

View of the Boston skyline at night

Students

Eight Ways to Hack Boston

November 14, 2017

Eight Ways to Hack Boston