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Collaboration

Photo: David M. Center, MD (from left), Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE and Terry Keane, PhD pose for a photo on October 1, 2026. Photo by Mike Cohea

Translational Science

NIH Awards BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute $41 Million in New Funding

October 5, 2026

PHOTO: Ed Damiano of Beta Bionics has silvery hair wearing a black t-shirt in a lab office. He's leaning on is left side against a wall with a welcoming casual smile. Photo by Cydney Scott Boston University Photography

Research News

Brink Bites: Major Grant Advances BU Imaging Facilities; BU-Developed Invention Funds Endowed Professorship

September 18, 2026

Photo: A group portrait of three smiling adults standing in a laboratory. On the left, a person wearing glasses and a blue-and-white checkered shirt stands beside a large white microscope. In the center, a person with dark hair wears a white shirt with a dark navy collar and cuffs. On the right, a person with shoulder-length light brown hair wears a gray blouse and jewelry. Laboratory equipment, countertops, containers, notes, and a glass-fronted instrument cabinet fill the background.

Accolades

BU Ignition Award Winners’ Innovations Could Reduce Knee Pain, Extend Lives of Cancer Patients, and Propel Underwater Robots

September 15, 2026

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Autism

New Video Game Could Help Reveal How People with Autism Perceive the World

September 11, 2026

The Eaton Fire in California, January 2025, burns in Sierra Madre. Firefighters battled a fast-moving fire that erupted on Eaton in Sierra Madre, spreading to over 1,000 acres. The blaze, which began to damage homes, forced thousands to evacuate and left some residents abandoning cars. Photo by Ringo Chiu/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images

Wildfire

Wildfire Has Devastated California, Texas, and Beyond. A BU Scientist is Helping Forests Recover

August 31, 2026

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Convergent Research

Boston University Announces New Convergent Research Programs

August 12, 2026

Photo: A glimpse inside the Jawāhir al-Maʿānī (Jewels of Meanings). جواهرالمعاني, British Library, EAP1430/17/2, digitized by Boston University

Ajami

Fragile Manuscripts Hold Hundreds of Years of African and Islamic History

August 10, 2026

Brain Aging

BU-Led Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Receives $31.5 Million Funding Renewal

July 28, 2026

Cloud Labs

NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network

July 23, 2026

Antibiotic Resistance

Boston University-Led Biopharmaceutical Accelerator Boosts New Drugs’ Chances of Success, Study Finds

July 8, 2026

Photo of Lead researcher Manish Bais. A South Asian man wearing a blue collared shirt, blue tie, and white medical coat, sits in a chair in a research lab. He is turned and smiling towards the camera and sits in front of a large microscope.

Research News

Brink Bites: A Boston Climate Leader and New Oral Cancer Targets

June 30, 2026

Home Energy

How Augmented Reality Could Help Engineers Better Insulate Older Homes

June 25, 2026

Photo: Protesters Demand End to COVID-19 Shutdown in Orlando, US - 17 in Apr 2020

Radicalization

How Do Social Movements Emerge—and Why Do Some Radicalize?

June 9, 2026

PhD student Pranav Sultania (second from left) accepts the Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize on behalf of his team from Janetos’ widow Valerie Gamache (far left) and (starting from third from left) BU’s Dennis Carlberg, Michael Gevelber, and Lisa Tornatore. Photo by Dave Green

Accolades

Squid-Inspired Lab Technology Wins Student Team a Boston University Climate Award

June 4, 2026

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Physics and AI

Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI

June 4, 2026

Clean Energy

Boston University Researchers Team Up with Massachusetts to Launch New Clean Energy Tools

May 28, 2026

Britta Lassmann (left) and Nahid Bhadelia, cofounders and codirectors of BEACON

Infectious Diseases

Measles, Cholera, and Mpox: BU-Based Outbreak Tracker Monitors World’s Most Dangerous Infectious Diseases

May 18, 2026

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Internet Cookies

Should You Accept Internet Cookies? BU Researchers Say the Open Web Could Suffer Without Them

May 14, 2026

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Dental Health

Heart Attack, Stroke, and Dementia Risk May Be Higher for Older People Who Can’t Afford Dental Care

May 7, 2026

Innovation

Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year

May 5, 2026

Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year