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Science & Technology

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Artificial Intelligence

What Is Artificial Intelligence? AI at BU, from A to Z

December 3, 2024

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Innovation

New Gift Supports Innovate@BU Student Innovation Conference

December 3, 2024

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Space

Space Force General B. Chance Saltzman Is a BU Alum

August 7, 2024

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Policy

Could Boston Be the Next City to Impose Congestion Pricing?

April 10, 2024

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Astronomy

Alum Has Traveled the World to Witness Total Solar Eclipses

April 4, 2024

Science & Technology

Opening Doors: Rhonda Harrison (ENG’98,’04, GRS’04)

March 28, 2024

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Journalism & Media

Tuesday’s Snowstorm Was a Bust in Boston. Here’s Why It Was So Hard to Predict

February 14, 2024

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Business & Economics

Opening Doors: Alejandro Garcia-Amaya (CGS’05, Questrom’07)

December 1, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, speaks with Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston as part of a two-day BU visit under the auspices of the Center on Forced Displacement and Kilachand at Morse Auditorium. Three people sit in formal attire and appear to be discussing an important topic around a small table

Forced Displacement

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement

November 16, 2023

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Genealogy

Genealogy’s Golden Age: Alum D. Brenton Simons Is a Leading Champion

November 16, 2023

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Books

White Shark Expert Greg Skomal’s New Book Is Part Science, Part Memoir

September 25, 2023

[Clockwise From Bottom Left] Olivia Davis (COM’15), Atri Raychowdhury (ENG’15), Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21), and Austin Briggs and Justin Fiaschetti, who both studied engineering at BU, made Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list for 2023. Photos courtesy Forbes.

Alumni

BU Alums, Former Students Shine in Forbes 2023 “30 Under 30” List

January 30, 2023

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Earth & Environment

As a Clinical Veterinarian for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Daniel Fredholm Treats All Creatures Great and Small

November 4, 2022

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Urban Health

The MBTA Has Problems. This Alum’s Advocacy Group Has Answers

October 3, 2022

NASA astronaut Bob Hines (ENG’97) demonstrated space acrobatics with the help of fellow astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during a live downlink from the International Space Station to the George Sherman Union’s Metcalf Ballroom on Wednesday.

Alumni

Live from Space, BU Alum and Astronaut Bob Hines Talks Gravity, Lasagna, NASA Careers

July 20, 2022

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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Kim Stanley Robinson on the Importance of Imagination

May 16, 2022

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Special Issue: BU Research

Understanding Sleep and Future Sleep Disorder Treatments

May 16, 2022

Sci-fi looking illustration of a pair of lungs in a human body with a computer chip where the person's heart should be. The illustration is done in muted blue and purplish colors.

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

The Line Between Biology and Technology Has Blurred—There’s No Going Back

May 16, 2022

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Special Issue: BU Research

Can This Interdisciplinary Team Measure Human Flourishing?

May 16, 2022

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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Could Photosynthesis Blossom into Quantum Computing Technology?

May 16, 2022

Could Photosynthesis Blossom into Quantum Computing Technology?

Special Issue: BU Research

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