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Customer service representatives at the front desk of a hotel

Business & Social Sciences

Airbnb Not Hurting Boston Hotel Sector

June 21, 2017

Megan Sandel, associate professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health and associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Professor Wins Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award

June 21, 2017

Man shucks an ear of corn in a corn field. USDA photo by Christina Reed.

Climate Change

What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017

Photo of Water Drop on Feather 1, taken by Boston University mechanical engineeriing researchers James Bird and Samira Shiri during research on heat exchange properties of superhydrophobic materials

Engineering

How Much Heat Can Bouncing Raindrops Leave Behind, or Take Away?

June 19, 2017

Hot sun burns behind electricity power lines

Climate Change

The High Cost of Summer Energy Price Spikes

June 16, 2017

Illustration about innovative breast tumor imaging research

Cancer

Breast Cancer Research

June 16, 2017

Multi-colored ink flowing

STEM

Is Science Too Straight?

June 15, 2017

David Center, Gordon and Ruth Snider Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and associate provost for translational research at the Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

David M. Center Receives American Thoracic Society’s Breathing for Life Award

June 9, 2017

Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty.

Nanotechnology

What Are Quantum Dots?

June 5, 2017

Global Health

Just Don’t Call It Edutainment

May 30, 2017

Social Sciences

How to Live in a Divided Nation

May 22, 2017

Nancy Kopell, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Mathematics & Statistics

Neuroscience

Calculating Thought

May 22, 2017

Medical cannabis

Public Health

Is Legal Pot a Public Health Problem?

May 22, 2017

Economics

Why Ikea Could Shake Up Economics

May 22, 2017

african american child eating an orange slice

Public Health

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017

David Felson, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health

Medicine

Rheumatologist Receives International Award

May 18, 2017

David Boas, Director of Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Photonics

Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain

May 12, 2017

Pnina Lahav's work is considered foundational in several fields, including women’s rights, freedom of expression, and judicial biography.

Government & Law

Pnina Lahav Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

May 12, 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

Synthetic biology researcher Ahmad "Mo" Khalil, assistant professor of biological engineering at Boston University, and researcher at the Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

Hacking Nature

May 10, 2017

Hacking Nature