Trying to change the world before it changes us By Rachel Weil (CAS’10) Rachel Weil (CAS’10) left, and Athena Laines Rachel Weil is one of several BU students and professors who traveled to Copenhagen, where representatives of 192 nations have come together to devise a strategy to combat global warming at the United Nations Climate [...]
» Read MoreMegan Masur (COM’11) (top right) helped create a documentary on the National Guard. Megan Masur was sitting in class with her phone on silent this fall when she got the voice mail she had been waiting for all summer. The message was from Dreaming Tree Films: Masur was one of the 16 students, chosen from [...]
» Read MoreGrowing organic tomatoes, learning to compost, with great views By Edward A. Brown In the slide show above, Chris Holden (CAS’10, GRS’11) offers proof that even as winter arrives, things grow. Boston University offers full urban immersion, with theaters, restaurants, and a historic ballpark just minutes away. But what if you want to grow your [...]
» Read MoreThe average American office worker uses 500 disposable cups a year, or 1.4 per day. Invest in a reusable coffee mug and save 25 cents at coffee shops on campus.
» Read MoreIn the slide show above, two experts share T tips. Although it squeaks and groans and can run late, greater Boston’s public transportation system — formally the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), but known near and far as the T — has been getting BU students around town for more than 100 years. The addition [...]
» Read MoreBicycling in this city can be a scary joy By Katie Koch (CAS’09, COM’09). Video by Nicolae Ciorogan // In the video above, videographer Nicolae Ciorogan follows Katie Koch as she shares views and impressions of a typical bike ride on campus during rush-hour insanity. Take heart — both emerged unscathed. Thousands of cars. Hordes [...]
» Read MoreIn the video below, Frank Bobe, president and CEO of Entra Pharmaceuticals, talks about how BU’s incubator program helped his staff develop battery technology to control drug levels in a patient’s body. Bob DiMatteo and Brandon Johnson photos by Vernon Doucette. // Second of a two-part series. In 1884, the Englishman Sir Charles Parsons connected [...]
» Read MoreThomas Kunz is fighting a killer disease By Chris Berdik and Edward A. Brown // // Select from the topics below to hear Thomas Kunz offer his impressions of bat surveillance, using a thermal camera. Counting Bats Hibernating Arousal Emergence On a sticky August evening, the woodsy suburbs of Boston fading into darkness, gray clouds [...]
» Read MoreGrowing organic tomatoes, learning to compost, with great views By Edward A. Brown In the slide show above, Chris Holden (CAS’10, GRS’11) offers proof that even as winter arrives, things grow. Boston University offers full urban immersion, with theaters, restaurants, and a historic ballpark just minutes away. But what if you want to grow your [...]
» Read MoreGeothermal system to heat Comm Ave building By Vicky Waltz Twelve years ago, the Brookline Historical Society declared the former Fellsway Motor Mart, with its intricate stone arches and large-windowed storefront, the most historic structure along Boston’s Auto Mile, a stretch of road between the BU Bridge and Packard’s Corner that was dominated by more [...]
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Greenovate Boston Awards recognize achievements in the City’s residential,business, and sustainable food sectors
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» More TipsDid you know that every ton of paper that’s recycled saves 380 gallons of oil?
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