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Yanomami women's leaders Floriza da Cruz Pinto and Maria de Jesus Lima, speak at BU Hillel about struggles over indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.

Research

Yanomami Women Speak of Amazon Struggles

December 19, 2017

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

Medicine

NEIDL BSL-4 Lab Gets Green Light

December 6, 2017

Julia Roberts on People's cover in 1991 and 2017

Boston Medical Center

Older and Nonwhite Celebrities on People’s “World’s Most Beautiful” List

November 28, 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.

Science & Technology

BU Promotes Diversity in STEM Fields with NSF Grants

November 20, 2017

Cofounders of the start-up Cannabis Community Care and Research Network pitch their busines idea at the Cannabis Start-up Competition at the Questrom School of Business

Drugs

Plenty of Fresh Ideas at Questrom’s Cannabis Start-up Competition

November 17, 2017

BU postdoctoral researcher Susan Finkbeiner in her lab, and on the runway during London Fashion Week in September.

Students

The Scientific Model

November 9, 2017

Robert Hudson, Librarian at Boston University

University News

Robert Hudson to Retire as University Librarian

October 19, 2017

John Celenza, new UROP director. Photo by Cydney Scott

Faculty

John Celenza Named New UROP Head

October 12, 2017

lgbt stem diversity thumbnail

LGBTQ+

Is Science Too Straight?

October 11, 2017

Howard Eichenbaum Memorial to be held on campus Thursday

Neuroscience

Remembering Howard Eichenbaum

October 4, 2017

According to McDaniel, small swarms of robotic boats like these might one day be used to patrol US harbors and coastlines, searching for small underwater threats.

Science & Technology

Robot Boats and Drug Subs

September 28, 2017

Aerial photo of the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering science building at Boston University

Neuroscience

New Kilachand Center Links Key Research Disciplines

September 14, 2017

Rajen Kilachand

University News

Four Generations of Philanthropy behind BU’s Largest Gift

September 14, 2017

Career Development Award Winners

Faculty

Career Development Awards Go to Seven Junior Faculty

September 12, 2017

Merav Opher with REU students

National Science Foundation

NSF Program Brings Budding Astronomers to BU

July 21, 2017

Natalie McKnight

Literature

Please, Sir, I Want Some More Textual Analysis

July 14, 2017

Sarah Phillips, associate professor of history at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and author of The Price of Plenty: From Farm to Food Politics in Postwar America

Arts & Culture

BU Center for Humanities Names New Fellows

July 5, 2017

Captiol Building

Aid

Congress Resists Research Cuts

June 6, 2017

With “the Beast,” as Wesley Wildman calls his research team’s custom-made computer, questions in religion studies become testable via simulation.

Research

What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

June 1, 2017

Participants in the Storytelling with Data Workshops will learn methods for scraping from a web site and new data visualization techniques.

Computational Science

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone

May 30, 2017

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone