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Business

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Economics

How Corporations Disguise Lobbying as Philanthropy

December 3, 2018

Photo of Lei Guo, from left, Prakash Ishwar, Derry Wijaya, and Margrit Betke in front of computer monitors.

Computer Science

What If You Could Manage Information Overload?

November 27, 2018

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Computer Science

A Better Way to Predict Election Outcomes

November 6, 2018

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Education

It’s Time to Tell Students What They Need to Know

August 30, 2018

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Social Media

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

August 7, 2018

Social Sciences

Diversity Is Difficult

July 30, 2018

Business & Social Sciences

The Curse of Meetings

May 22, 2018

A doctor tries to de-escalate a dangerous situation halting and angry patient. Photo by sturti/iStock

Communications

What Hospitals Can Teach the Police

May 1, 2018

Ran Canetti, a CAS professor of computer science, has won one of the top awards in cryptography. Photo by Cydney Scott

Computer Science

CAS Computer Scientist Honored for Cryptography Innovation

April 30, 2018

A family during the Great Western Migration, 1866, stands alongside their covered wagon.

Economics

BU Researchers: The American Frontier Continues to Shape Us

April 2, 2018

American steel industry

Government & Law

BU Economist Faults Trump for Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

March 23, 2018

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Communications

Content Confusion in an Era of Fake News

February 20, 2018

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Economics

Farmers and Forests

February 9, 2018

The Boston portion of the Women’s March drew a crowd estimated at 175,000 people. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

History

The Women’s March and Its Impact, One Year Later

January 22, 2018

Communications

How to Convince a Climate Change Skeptic

November 28, 2017

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Government & Law

Cost of Post 9/11 Wars: $4.6 Trillion

November 16, 2017

Monic Sun

Marketing

Coupons That Track Your Phone

October 11, 2017

Economics

A Treatment for Overtreatment?

October 11, 2017

Business & Social Sciences

Immigrant Stars “Power” Significant Startups

October 11, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

Bad Medicine