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Housing Crisis
How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers
Legislation could curtail ability of strict local zoning regulations and outspoken “not in my backyard” residents to block multifamily housing
Arms Control
Missile Defense Won’t Save Us from Growing Nuclear Arsenals
“You can’t build the impenetrable shield,” says BU military tech expert Sanne Verschuren
Mental Health
Suicide Now the Primary Cause of Death among Active Duty US Soldiers
Army veteran and BU PTSD expert James Whitworth on what’s behind the troubling numbers
Abortion Rights
State Laws Banning Abortion Linked to Increases in Mental Health Issues
Researchers found that state-level restrictions and bans on abortion care led to higher levels of mental distress in the state’s population
Latest Headlines
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New AI Software Could Make Diagnosing Dementia Easier and Faster for Doctors
BU researchers created an algorithm capable of pinpointing causes of cognitive decline, using only patient information collected by physicians
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Keeping BU’s Researchers Safe under the Waves
BU’s dive safety officer Lizzie McNamee trains students to do underwater marine science research
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Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?
BU researchers team up with city of Boston and local nonprofits to improve temperature monitoring and pilot a more equitable approach to declaring heat emergencies
July 1, 2024 -
Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work
NSF CAREER awards recognize BU researchers innovating in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, molecular biology, and more
June 27, 2024
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Alzheimer’s
New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease
By analyzing speech patterns, machine learning model can say with a high degree of accuracy whether someone with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia within six years
Expert Take
Being Open about LGBTQ+ Identities in the Classroom Creates Positive Learning Environments
Three LGBTQ+ professors share their experiences “queering the classroom” in ways that students embrace
School Discipline
Should Schools Struggling with Classroom Management Clamp Down with More Suspensions or Turn to Restorative Justice?
BU education policy researcher Christopher Cleveland weighs in on the national struggle to manage behavior and keep kids safe at school
Implicit Bias
Getting Police Officers to Trust Implicit Bias Training
BUPD chief and Harvard researchers collaborate to show a scientific approach works
Public Health
Airplane Noise May Be Bad for Your Health
Researchers find that exposure to aircraft noise is tied to a higher body mass index, which can increase risk of heart attack and stroke
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Arts & Humanities
- Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers
- What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?
- How Dickens and Other Authors Shaped Attitudes to Education—with Lasting Impacts
Business
- State Laws Banning Abortion Linked to Increases in Mental Health Issues
- BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
- How High-Level Lawsuits Are Disrupting Climate Change Policies
Engineering & Computing
- Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work
- New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You
Health & Medicine
- This AI Software Can Make Diagnosing Dementia Easier and Faster for Doctors
- Suicide Now the Primary Cause of Death among Active Duty US Soldiers
- Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?
Innovation
- New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease
- BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
- CARB-X Funds 100th Project—a Milestone for BU-Based Nonprofit Leading Antimicrobial-Resistance Fightback
Natural Sciences
- Scuba Diving Safely for Marine Biology Research
- Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work
- The Solar System May Have Passed through Dense Interstellar Cloud 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth’s Climate
Research Accolades
- BU Researcher Named a 2024 Hertz Fellow; Award Honors “Innovators with the Greatest Potential”
- Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?
- BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
Social Sciences
- How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers
- Missile Defense Won’t Save Us from Growing Nuclear Arsenals
- State Laws Banning Abortion Linked to Increases in Mental Health Issues