Boston University

Education

A photo of a woman and child working on schoolwork together at home while wearing masks

Children & Coronavirus

Don’t Undersell the Facts: Why Kids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information

June 26, 2020

A photo of an empty lab in BU’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

illustration of troubled youth on the streets.

Youth Violence

When Violence and Mandated Reporting Laws Collide

December 5, 2019

Mark Greenman

STEM Education

Physics for All: An Online Class Is Expanding the Gateway to STEM

October 15, 2019

Portrait of Stephanie Curenton

Accolades

BU Researcher Named National Black Child Development Institute Fellow

August 29, 2019

Portarit of Sarah Lipson in her office.

Mental Health

Transgender College Students Are Up to Four Times as Likely to Experience Mental Health Problems

August 16, 2019

Portrait of Robert Eschmann.

Racism

The Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color.

July 30, 2019

In the Classroom Asian Student Raises Hand and Asks Lecturer a Question. Multi Ethnic Group of Modern Bright Students at the College.

Healthcare

Racial Disparities in Nationwide Mental Health Services for College Students

September 28, 2018

Fallou Ngom, director of the African Studies Center

Education

African Studies Center Expands Curriculum

September 24, 2018

illustration of a college graduate staring at his shadow which is in the shape of a dollar bill

Education

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

August 30, 2018

Education

Rebooting Deaf Ed

November 27, 2017

Hands holding open the How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses book by Deborah Kelemen and the Boston University Child Cognition Lab

Biology

New Book by BU Researchers Teaches Natural Selection to Children

September 29, 2017

Daren Graves, associate professor at the Simmons School of Social Work

Education

BU, Other Researchers: Can Critical Consciousness Close the Opportunity Gap?

September 28, 2017

Elizabeth Bettini, Assistant professor of special education at Boston University School of Education

Education

Exploring the Nature of a Successful Teaching and Learning Environment

July 18, 2017

Deborah Kelemen, Boston University Child Cognition Lab

Education

Lessons in Natural Selection

July 11, 2017

Researchers Melissa Maharaj and Chaurice McMillan who participated in a study about stress in the lives of urban youth of color.

Social Sciences

Urban Youth of Color Stressed by Violence, Official Indifference

June 26, 2017

Doctoral student Chelsey Bowman was awarded an NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant to survey college athletes about their attitudes regarding sexual violence on campus. Her research may lead to bystander training programs that teach athletes how to prevent sexual violence.

Education

Bystander Intervention: Can College Athletes Prevent Assault?

May 12, 2017

Education

How Should Adults Explain Science to Children?

April 10, 2017

Leslie Dietiker

Education

For the Love of Math

April 10, 2017

Aurora Kesseli with third-graders Amaria Smith (left) and Cassandra Riley as they work on an experiment at the Girls Science Club.

STEM

Science Club for Girls Takes STEM to the Next Generation

March 30, 2017

Science Club for Girls Takes STEM to the Next Generation