Boston University

Science & Technology

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CAMED

Gay Parents As Good As Straight Ones

April 11, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, political science funding cuts, government funding research budget cuts

Faculty

Congress Cuts Political Science Research Grants

April 9, 2013

Boston University BU Student Activities Office SAO website

University News

Strike “Bored” from Your Vocabulary

April 9, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, robotics, teaching robots salsa dance, artificial intelligence, science research, John Baillieul Intelligent Mechatronics Lab

Research

Dances with Robots

April 8, 2013

Divest BU, green delta fossil fuel divestment pin, Boston University student groups organizations, college and university campus fossil fuel divestment movement, divest university endowments from fossil fuel investments

Student Clubs

DivestBU Pushes for Green Endowment

April 5, 2013

Max Versace, Neuromorphics Lab, Boston University BU, robotics engineering, Cog Eye, Massimiliano Versace, BU Neuromorphics Lab, biological intelligence, robotic autonomous thinking

Engineering

The Robot as Decider

April 4, 2013

Boston University BU, massive open online courses MOOCs, Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation, future online education,

Faculty

Faculty Urged to Help Design Online Offerings

April 4, 2013

Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, DOMA Defense of Marriage Act, Proposition 8

University News

YouSpeak: Same-Sex Marriage

April 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Materials Science and Engineering, Alfred P Sloan fellow Ramesh Jasti, carbon research

Awards

CAS Faculty Member Wins Sloan Fellowship

April 1, 2013

Pebble e-paper wrist watch, iPhone, Android, technology reviews, app reviews, gadget reviews

Gadgets

Terrier Tech: Pebble

April 1, 2013

Ian Sue Wing, Johannes Schmieder, Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Department of Earth and Environment, human induced climate change, economic growth, mitigating climate change, carbon dioxide stabilization policy, environmental policy, environmental economics, carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming

Earth

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?

March 29, 2013

Dr. Cutler Cleveland, renewable energy, sustainable energy development, energy transitions, fossil fuels, Boston University climate change research, human induced climate change, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions

Research

The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

March 28, 2013

Boston carbon metabolism, ULTRA-Ex Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory project, Lucy Hutyra, Nathan Phillips, Mark Friedl, Curtis Woodcock, Boston University, climate change research, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage, climate change, global warming

Earth

The Climate Crisis: Measuring Boston’s Metabolism

March 27, 2013

Ranga Myneni, phenological effects of climate change, seasonal temperature, vegetation, climate change, global warming, human induced climate change, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Boston University, BU

Earth

The Climate Crisis: Tracking Change, Predicting Trouble

March 26, 2013

Bruce Anderson, climate change research, global ocean warming, causes of climate change global warming, human caused climate change global warming, climate change hypotheses hypothesis

Climate Change

The Climate Crisis: Why the Earth Is Warming

March 25, 2013

Boston University BU, student opinion youspeak, live on mars

Students

YouSpeak: Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before

March 25, 2013

motion sensor identification, Janusz Konrad, Prakash Ishwar

Science & Technology

Opening Movements

March 21, 2013

Mr. Ghost iPhone electromagnetic field EMF detector, Aaron Rasmussen, Protagonist

Apps

Meet the iPhone Ghostbuster

March 20, 2013

Boston University BU, Alternate Spring Break ASB, Reading, Pennsylvania, social justice, sustainability, community garden, Berks County Conservancy, Angelica Creek Park Environmental Exploration Center

Travel

Alternative Spring Breaks: Reading, Pennsylvania

March 19, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Matthias Schneider assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Biological Physics Lab, synthetic blood clotting process research, MIT collaboration, polymers and colloids assemblage

Engineering

Emulating Nature’s Patch Kit

March 19, 2013

Emulating Nature’s Patch Kit