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BU Leadership Strongly Opposes NIH Move to Cut Funding for “Research That Helps Improve Human Health and Save Lives”

February 11, 2025

Photo: Emma Daily (GRS’28) spoke at a side event at the COP 29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. Photo by Jianwei Li

Science & Technology

BU Students Find Hope at COP29 UN Climate Summit

December 5, 2024

Photo: Melissa L. Gilliam sits in the leather chair that belonged to one of BU’s founders, Isaac Rich. The chair was used in 1869 when a petition was signed to charter BU as a new corporation.

University News

A Historic Inauguration for Boston University: Melissa L. Gilliam Installed as 11th President

September 27, 2024

Photo: Larry Summers and a man interviewing him sitting in chairs in front of an audience

University News

Larry Summers, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Helps Launch Questrom School Institute at BU

September 20, 2024

Photo: A large group of children all of whom are twins in Scotland

Life Sciences

Is There Science behind Twin Booms?

August 16, 2024

Photo: A photo of seven women posing outside of a building that says "Boston University Sargent College"

Advocacy

Providing Better Support to Disabled Survivors of Sexual Assault

May 9, 2024

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Boston

Q&A: Why Are So Many People Leaving Massachusetts?

May 2, 2024

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University News

New Questrom School of Business Institute to Explore the Role of Business in Society

January 22, 2024

Photo: Adriana Craciun, a CAS professor of English, outside Mine 3, a shuttered coal mine near Longyearbyen in Svalbard. A white woman bundled up in black winter gear stands and poses in front of an old coal railway in a snowy landscape. Snowy mountains can be seen in the distance.

Arctic Classes

Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic

December 1, 2023

Photo: A Black woman with a short grey and black afro and wearing a necklace of large, faux metal pearls, black blouse, and black blazer, smiles and poses with arms crossed in front of a grey backdrop.

University News

Melissa L. Gilliam, BU’s New President, Brings Robust Research Background in Well-Being of Young People

October 4, 2023

Photo: The concept of artificial intelligence and computer technology is shown with a photo of a person typing on a black laptop. AI techno-themed illustrations hover above the hands as they type, signifying the use of AI.

University News

BU Forms AI Task Force

September 8, 2023

Photo: Three women gather around a desk, 2 sitting and one standing. All are looking towards the camera and smiling. There is a laptop on the desk and a painting in the background.

Public Health

Occupational Therapists Work with Abortion Patients. State Bans Could Handcuff the Way They Practice

August 7, 2023

Photo: A sidewalk lined with cookie-cutter houses on the left side. They are tan with red, or blue roofs. Most have a porch with an awning on it. There are trees lining the other side of the sidewalk. The day is bright and sunny.

Public Policy

US Mayors Cite Housing Costs as Most Pressing Economic Concern in New Survey by BU Researchers

April 4, 2023

Photo: A line of children hold hands as they are ushered out of their school after a school-shooter threat. They were variations of their school uniform and are walking towards a school bus.

SCHOOL SHOOTING

Once Again, Our Nation Is Forced to Talk to Children about Guns, Deaths

March 28, 2023

Photo: Journalism student, Sahika Aydinol (COM'24) is shown posing against a stack of books in a library. A young white woman wearing a beige dress and faux leather jacket stands with hands behind back in a library/archive.

Journalism & Media

Rescuing Lost Stories

February 7, 2023

A screenshot of a paid news article on New York Times online about the future of energy. The post was paid for by large fossil fuel company Exxon

Research

That “News Story” on Climate Change You’re Reading Might Be a Greenwashing Ad Instead

February 6, 2023

Photo: Image of ThorLabs equipment and technology with a video-player arrow overlay. On the picture itself there are black and silver equipment, cylinder and and tall. The one in the middle has a yellow light on top and it is semi transparent.

Watch Now

Video: Behind the Scenes at BU’s Photonics Center

January 25, 2023

Photo: Overhead shot of two rapid covid tests laying on a light blue background. One test is positive and the other is negative.

Public Health

Are You a Novid—Someone Who’s Never Had COVID? Science Has Some Clues Why

January 23, 2023

Photo: The Ribbon cutting to officially open the Center for Computing and Data Science Dec 8. From left are Associate Provost for Computing and Data Sciences Azer Bestavros, CAS dean Stan Sclaroff, Boston City Mayor Michelle Wu, President Robert A Brown, Board of Trustees chair Ahmass Fakahany (Questrom’79), Provost Jean Morisson, and Boston city councilor Kenzie Bok. They all stand with scissors in hand looking down as a cut blue ribbon floats to the ground.

University News

BU Unveils Dramatic, Fossil Fuel–Free Center for Computing & Data Sciences

December 8, 2022

ENG’s David Boas (left) has been named the new Metcalf Chair for his transformative neuroscience research, while Ran Cantetti’s prowess in cryptography has earned him the Wang Professorship. Boas photo by Dana J. Quigley. Canetti photo by Cydney Scott

Research

Two BU Named Professorships, Last Awarded Decades Ago, Have New Occupants

December 1, 2022

Two BU Named Professorships, Last Awarded Decades Ago, Have New Occupants