Boston University

Research Accolades

Portrait of Wynter Duncanson, biomedical engineer and assistant dean of outreach and diversity at Boston University

Accolades

Wynter Duncanson Recognized for STEM Diversity, Inclusion Efforts

September 16, 2019

Accolades

Two BU Researchers Honored by White House

August 23, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

Traveling in a mobile examination van, researchers will examine 4,000 study participants over the course of six years in 10 rural counties across Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Image courtesy of BU School of Medicine.

Epidemiology

Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road

May 22, 2019

Boston University professor of computer science, Leonid Levin, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Accolades

Leonid Levin

May 7, 2019

BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

Aging concept graphic showing the silhouette of a woman's head from little girl to senior woman.

Aging

Framingham Heart Study Will Examine Aging with New $38M Funding

April 17, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

Accolades

Emily Whiting Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

March 5, 2019

David Bishop

Accolades

ENG’s David Bishop Tapped as Member of National Academy of Engineering

March 1, 2019

Vinod Sarin

Accolades

Vinod Sarin Elected to National Academy of Inventors

January 16, 2019

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

NIH New Innovator Award Will Advance Brain Science

January 15, 2019

Boston University professor of biology and a social insect researcher James F. A. Traniello poses sitting among insect specimens in his lab.

Accolades

James Traniello Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science

December 18, 2018

Portrait of Christopher Chen, Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Boston University Biological Design Center

Accolades

ENG’s Chris Chen Receives Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award

November 13, 2018

Monica L. Wang, assistant professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health smiles for a photo as she receives an Outstanding Young Leaders award from the Greater Boston Chamber of Boston

Accolades

BU researcher named one of 2018’s Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by Boston Chamber of Commerce

October 30, 2018

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

Two NIH Awards Push BU’s Brain Research Forward

October 23, 2018

Masha Kamenetska, assistant professor of Physics at Boston University

Accolades

Masha Kamenetska

October 5, 2018

Sahar Sharifzadeh, assistant professor of engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Accolades

BU Prof Named One of Scientific American’s 11 Rising Stars of Science

September 28, 2018

Allyson Sgro will use her grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 10 Big Ideas program to study how cells’ communications enable them to coordinate their behavior.

Engineering Biology

Sgro Lands NSF 10 Big Ideas Grant

September 24, 2018

Sgro Lands NSF 10 Big Ideas Grant