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Undergraduate Research

BU Undergrads Making a Difference Through Research

November 25, 2025

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

Photo: A bald man in a suit holds a dachshund while standing on an ornate wooden staircase in front of many old time portrait paintings

Genealogy

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

November 16, 2023

Portrait of Doctor Drew Weissman standing in a lobby wearing a navy blue suit.

Accolades

BU Alum Drew Weissman Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for Breakthrough mRNA Technology That Led to COVID Vaccines

October 2, 2023

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Feedback

Feedback: Readers Weigh In on Boston’s New Police Commissioner, Alum Michael Cox, and BU’s Research and Discovery

August 8, 2023

Photo of Daniel Fredholm posing for the camera. stands and poses ext to a large palm tree in a large, green wildlife park. Fredholm wears a grey collared shirt and khaki pants as he stands and poses with hands in pockets.

Life Sciences

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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Feedback

Readers Weigh In on the Science of Sleep, Systemic Racism, a New Campus Building

November 2, 2022

Abstract and dream-like illustration in various shades of dark blues, purples, and pinks shows a bright moon to the right as a sailboat floats atop a soupy sea. Random giant feet are shown next to the sailboat and a melting clock is shown above it.

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

Sci-fi looking computer illustration of a bright blue light coming from somewhere in a dark sky and shining down a technicolor plant that is in bloom. A few swirling clouds are in the sky and there are a few snowflakes around the plant sprout.

Special Issue: BU Research

Can This Interdisciplinary Team Measure Human Flourishing?

May 16, 2022

Abstract-like illustration in various shades of blue, green, pink of the sun shining down on a plant. The new, green plant is shown budding from the dark blue ground as the sun's pinkish rays shine down on it.

SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

Could Photosynthesis Blossom into Quantum Computing Technology?

May 16, 2022

3 children playing or drawing at a kids table while parents talk behind them in the kitchen.

Child Health & Development

The Toll on Children’s Health during COVID-19

July 28, 2021

Illustration of a hand darkened in silhouette holding a wine glass filled with a wine white. In the wine glass, a woman floats as if she’s fallen in. The background is bright blue that darkens around the edges.

Public Health

Alcohol Consumption Has Spiked during the Pandemic. Could the Consequences Outlast the Coronavirus?

March 25, 2021

Research

Go Ahead, Test Him

July 16, 2018

Greg Skomal and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy crew on a boat filming and tagging a Great White shark in Cape Cod

Alumni

Tracking Cape Cod Sharks

October 30, 2017

Ted Davis embarks on a birding trip out of Sydney Harbour in 1982.Ted Davis embarks on a birding trip out of Sydney Harbour in 1982. Photo courtesy of Ted Davis

Alumni

Bird Man

July 13, 2017

Bird Man