Faculty

Noise Prevention

Fast Company Names Boston University–Designed Sound Shield a “World Changing Idea”

Marine science

In His New Book, The Dark Frontier, BU Biologist Explores the Deep Sea—and Provides a Warning on Its Future

Radicalization

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

Physics and AI

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

Clean Energy

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

Urban Geography

Boston University’s Loretta Lees honored by UK’s Royal Geographical Society

Infectious Diseases

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

Innovation

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

Online Polarization

Studying How Online Images Feed Polarization Wins BU Scholar Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Opioids

How the Legal Opium Market Shaped Global Trade—and Led to an Opioid Crisis

Research News

Brink Bites: Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Foundation Grant to BU, Widowed Men Have Higher Depression Risk than Women

Retinal Disease

Could a Retinal Prosthesis Restore Sight for People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

Hearing Loss

What Is the Cocktail Party Problem—and Can New Boston University Research Solve It?

Television and Media

TV Viewership Is Down. The Oscars Are YouTube-Bound. Is TV Dying?

Accolades

Two Boston University Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

Antibiotic Resistance

WHO Joins Forces with BU Center on Forced Displacement to Help Vulnerable Populations at Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance

Public Health

How Can We Improve Public Health in America?

Accolades

Biologist Jeffrey Marlow Awarded National Academies’ New Voices Honor

Awards

Boston University Biomedical Engineer Ji-Xin Cheng Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Pediatric Health

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Emergency Responders Save Children?