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Undergraduate Research

Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River

August 26, 2024

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Boston History

What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future

July 29, 2024

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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

July 25, 2024

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Heat Waves

Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?

July 1, 2024

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Air Quality

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You

June 4, 2024

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Pharmacies

It’s Not Just a Pharmacy—Walgreens and CVS Closures Can Exacerbate Health Inequities

March 25, 2024

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Misinformation

How Does Science Misinformation Affect Americans from Underrepresented Communities?

March 21, 2024

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Air Quality

Can Cleaner Classroom Air Help Kids Do Better at School?

March 7, 2024

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Climate Change

City Leaders Need to Make Billion-Dollar Decisions to Protect Boston from Sea Level Rise

January 31, 2024

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MacArthur Fellowship

BU Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

October 4, 2023

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Forest Edges

Cutting Up Forests Disrupts an Essential Bond between Trees and Fungi

September 12, 2023

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Opioid Crisis

A Notorious Boston Intersection, Mass and Cass, Faces an Opioid Overdose Crisis. BU Researchers Are Turning to Overdose Survivors for Answers

August 3, 2023

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

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Climate Change

POV: Local Climate Action Matters Now More than Ever

November 15, 2022

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Orange Line Shutdown

Did Orange Line Shutdown Have Uneven Health, Economic Impacts on Lower-Income Neighborhoods?

September 19, 2022

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NEIDL Director

Nancy J. Sullivan, Ebola Vaccine and Treatment Pioneer, Named New NEIDL Director

September 16, 2022

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LGBTQ+ Bars

Where Are All the Lesbian Bars?

June 23, 2022

Photo of Pamela Templer (center), Shawn Jones (left), and Yasmin Romitti. From left, a tall Black man with glasses, a dark grey blazer, purpled collared shirt and black pants stands next to a shorter white woman with arms crossed wearing black blouse and pants and red cardigan, and on right a younger, shorter white woman wearing a black and white polka dot shirt and jeans. They all stand, pose, and smile next to each other.

Climate Change

Building a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce

June 10, 2022

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Forest Edges

City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than Previously Thought

February 16, 2022

City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than Previously Thought