Remembering Professor Emeritus Stewart Duncan
Former Biology Professor Stewart Duncan, 92, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2018. He was a Boxford, Massachusetts resident for over 60 years. Stewart attended Boston University on a full scholarship. He was interested in pursuing medicine, but WWII called him to duty, and he served in the United States... More
Professors Mullen and Rotjan Receive Waitt Foundation Grant
Associate Professor Sean Mullen and Research Assistant Professor Randi Rotjan were awarded a grant from the Waitt Foundation to explore the efficacy of no-take marine protected areas to increasing population size of commercially important pelagic fish stocks using larval tuna from the Phoenix Islands Protected Area.
Professor Primack Receives BU Initiative on Cities Grant
Professor Richard Primack and Postdoctoral Associate Erica Walker, the principal investigator of the Community Noise Lab (School of Public Health), have received a grant from the BU Initiative on Cities, entitled “The Impact of Tourism on Environmental Sound Levels in Urban and Park Environments.” The goal of this proposal... More
Professor Primack Receives BU Initiative on Cities Grant
Professor Richard Primack and Postdoctoral Associate Erica Walker, the principal investigator of the Community Noise Lab (School of Public Health), have received a grant from the BU Initiative on Cities, entitled “The Impact of Tourism on Environmental Sound Levels in Urban and Park Environments.” The goal of this proposal... More
Professor Templer Elected ESA Fellow
Professor Pam Templer has been elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. According to the ESA, "Fellows are members who have made outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA, including, but not restricted to, those that advance or apply ecological knowledge in academics, government, More
Biology-Engineering Collaboration Advances the Study of Embryo Behavior
Biology professor Karen Warkentin and Engineering professor J. Gregory McDaniel collaborate to study the vibration-cued escape-hatching behavior of treefrog embryos. They designed a new vibration-playback system to answer previously intractable questions about how embryos use information. The first paper using this new tool, published online in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology... More
Dr. Co Featured in BU Today’s “Office Hours”
BU Today's new video series, Office Hours, examines questions students bring to their instructors during their office hours. Their first installment features Senior Lecturer Liz Co, who explains the science of learning and how students can use this to their benefit during their time at BU.
Professor Davison Receives $1.5 Million NIH Grant
Assistant Professor Ian Davison received a new $1.5-million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for "Neural circuits for regulating social behavior in rodents.” This project tests basic principles for how the brain encodes sensory information about other individuals, maps it onto behavioral centers in the limbic system, and probes the... More
Professor Rotjan Awarded BU Supervisor of the Year
Biology Department Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor Randi Rotjan has been awarded Boston University Supervisor of the Year for 2019! Dr. Rotjan is a prolific instructor and researcher, and has clearly taken the time to work intensively with the students in her lab as well. Hayley Goss, an undergraduate in... More
Professor Cruz-Martín Receives Biogen Grant
Assistant Professor Alberto Cruz-Martín has received a two-year grant as part of a collaborative effort with Biogen to study the role of specific neuroimmune genes in the wiring of the prefrontal cortex, a brain region implicated in schizophrenia. Studies in humans and mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders have established the... More