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Data Sciences

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College Student Mental Health

Mental Health of College Students Is Getting Worse

April 21, 2022

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Equal Pay

New Wage Gap Calculator Aims to Help Close Earnings Gap

April 19, 2022

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Space Physics

NASA Gives Boost to BU-led Effort to Model Solar System’s Protective Bubble

April 14, 2022

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Awards & Accolades

BU Sloan Fellowship Winner Mark Bun on Data Privacy, Embracing Failure, Baking Cakes

April 6, 2022

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Sustainability and Climate Change

BU Institute to Focus on Equity and Justice in the Climate Change Fight

March 15, 2022

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Astrophysics

Another Breakthrough for Team Studying Our Solar System’s Protective Bubble

December 3, 2021

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Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

October 5, 2021

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Astronomy

What Can a Young Star Teach Us about the Birth of Our Planet, Sun, and Solar System?

September 1, 2021

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Machine Learning

Self-Taught, Self-Driving Cars?

July 30, 2021

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Behavioral Science

This Behavioral Scientist Wants to Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

July 28, 2021

Supernova Shrapnel

Why Is This Weird, Metallic Star Hurtling Out of the Milky Way?

July 8, 2021

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

June 30, 2021

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Soil Microbiome

Why Scientists Want to Solve an Underground Mystery about Where Microbes Live

May 7, 2021

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Mental Health

Majority of US Faculty Members Help Students Deal with Mental Health Issues—but Few Are Trained for It

April 15, 2021

Deaf Studies

World’s Largest American Sign Language Database Makes ASL Even More Accessible

March 22, 2021

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Science Leadership

From the Broad Institute to the White House: Eric Lander Makes Science Exciting

March 2, 2021

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COVID CONTROL

BU Publishes Public Health Data from Its Fall 2020 COVID Surveillance Efforts

February 26, 2021

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Mental Health

Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness Are Peaking in College Students

February 17, 2021

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Research Accolades

Two BU Researchers Awarded Sloan Fellowships

February 16, 2021

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Trump Banned

Banning Trump from Social Media Makes Sense. But Beware the Downside

January 8, 2021

Banning Trump from Social Media Makes Sense. But Beware the Downside