Boston University

Education

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton

STEM

Why Scientists Need History Lessons

August 29, 2016

Kenneth R. Lutchen, dean of the Boston University College of Engineering

Accolades

Engineering Dean Named to NSF Engineering Panel

August 18, 2016

Denston Carey, Jr., an arts and sciences major at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, works with his grad student mentor, Teresa Guillamon-Vivancos, ,as part of the STaRS program at Boston University

Biology

STaRS: Getting an Early Start on Life in the Lab

August 11, 2016

student studying islamic text

Education

Inside US Islamic Schools

April 26, 2016

School of Education (SED) professors Jennifer Green, left, and Melissa Holt

Psychiatry & Psychology

Bullied in the Schoolyard, but Coping in College

April 25, 2016

Education

Do Polygamous Marriages Among Liberal Arts Disciplines Produce Better Scientists?

March 15, 2016

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science workshop

Communications

Alan Alda Center Teaches Scientists to Connect

September 15, 2015

High school student Lauren Strong talks to Boston University mechanical engineering professor Helen Fawcett while participating in a new program to promote diversity in the STEM fields

STEM

Photonics Center Programs Promote Diversity in STEM Fields

August 7, 2015

Children in a school in Botswana

Education

Cutting Risk of HIV Infection in Botswana

July 2, 2015

Woman using her cellphone

Global Health

Testing the Effectiveness of mHealth Apps in Training Health Workers

March 2, 2015

In a study at the Boston Museum of Science, Kathleen Corriveau had children drop a marble into one of two tubes to assess their preference for written or oral instructions to guide their actions

Cognitive Development

Want Children to Listen? Write It Down

December 8, 2014

education research, Boston University School of Education, SED

education

Breakthroughs in the Making

November 10, 2014

Deborah Kelemen, associate professor of psychology, Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, children and complex science, child understanding of complex scientific concepts, evolution, adaptation by natural selection

Psychology

Can Young Children Understand Complex Science?

July 10, 2014

Can Young Children Understand Complex Science?