Alumni+ Big Shot Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox Video
On Campus+ Bricks of Life Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life Video
Alumni10 Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him. Video
Books+ Exploring Endurance Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
June 18, 2019Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial IntelligenceData and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
June 12, 2019Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a ShotGreg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
June 10, 2019A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersDid noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
June 10, 2019Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
June 6, 2019Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-DayFounder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
June 4, 2019Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & SciencesAfter nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
April 21, 2017 Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?) Both sugary and diet drinks correlated with accelerated brain aging
April 5, 2017 BU Paves Way for Avi Spira’s $10M-Plus Partnership with Industry Major pharma company supports research into early diagnosis—and prevention—of COPD and lung cancer
March 3, 2017 Finding Lung Cancer in the Nose MED researchers’ genetic test may open door to easy diagnosis
February 22, 2017 CAS Physicist Chosen for National Academy of Inventors Kenneth Rothschild’s inventions bridge physics and biology
February 15, 2017 A New Look at the “Wheel of Death” 3-D map of apoptosome in action offers better understanding of cell death
January 30, 2017 Blood Test May Predict Who Lives or Dies with Ebola Aggressive immune response signals poor outcome
January 26, 2017 New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes Chemist Arturo Vegas wins $1.4 million NIH grant to develop therapies that intervene at early stage of disease
January 25, 2017 A BU Museum You’ve Never Heard Of At Metcalf Science Center, efforts to bring an 1800s biology collection to life
December 20, 2016 All Fat Is Not Created Equal Spurring growth of healthy brown fat with experimental drug
December 20, 2016 A Better Way to Treat Burns from BU’s Grinstaff Lab Less painful for patients, eliminates need for anesthetizing children