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Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

February 5, 2025

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Awards

Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers

February 4, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language

November 27, 2024

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College Inequality

Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?

September 23, 2024

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Youth Anxiety

Why Are Kids Struggling with Anxiety More than Ever?

September 5, 2024

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Expert Take

Being Open about LGBTQ+ Identities in the Classroom Creates Positive Learning Environments

June 17, 2024

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School Discipline

Should Schools Struggling with Classroom Management Clamp Down with More Suspensions or Turn to Restorative Justice?

June 14, 2024

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Implicit Bias

Getting Police Officers to Trust Implicit Bias Training

June 13, 2024

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Expert Take

All Americans Deserve a Healthy Diet. Here’s One Way to Help Make That Happen

March 12, 2024

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Air Quality

Can Cleaner Classroom Air Help Kids Do Better at School?

March 7, 2024

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Education

How Dickens and Other Authors Shaped Attitudes to Education—with Lasting Impacts

December 5, 2023

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Antiracism

Are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Helping Workers—or Dividing Them?

November 28, 2023

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Expert Take

The Postdoc-Mentor Relationship Is Key to Advancing Research. Here’s How to Make It Better

September 21, 2023

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Accolades

BU Ignition Awards to Accelerate Products for Repairing Damaged Teeth, Fighting Cancer, Boosting Reading Skills, and More

September 19, 2023

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Expert Take

Colleges Are Already Unequal—Will Ending Affirmative Action Make It Worse?

June 29, 2023

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Education

How to Help Kids Become Better Readers

March 27, 2023

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Mental Health

How Will Anti-Trans Laws Impact Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Mental Health?

March 24, 2023

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COVID-19

POV: Black Youth and Families Are Being Left Behind as We Return to Normal: A Call for Action

January 6, 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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Latinx Researchers

Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference

October 3, 2022

Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference