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Funding

Arthur Lupia, assistant director of the National Science Foundation

SCIENCE & SOCIETY

National Science Foundation’s Arthur Lupia Talks Scientific Credibility in an Era of Misinformation

January 28, 2020

Trump Administration Science Advisor Kelvin K. Droegemeier talks to Boston research officials at the Harvard Law School.

Academic Research

Trump Science Advisor Meets with Top Boston Academic Research Officials

January 16, 2020

Portrait of 2019 Boston University Innovator of the Year, Weining Lu, Associate Professor of Medicine.

Translational Research

Weining Lu, Kidney Researcher, Named BU Innovator of the Year

November 14, 2019

Joyce Wong at the podium delivering the Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecture at Boston University in 2017

Women in STEM

Here’s How to Really Improve Gender Diversity in STEM Research

November 12, 2019

Mark Greenman

STEM Education

Physics for All: An Online Class Is Expanding the Gateway to STEM

October 15, 2019

Scientific illustration of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), otherwise known as Nightmare Bacteria.

Superbugs

Superbug detector is first diagnostic to launch from CARB-X

September 24, 2019

Accolades

Two BU Researchers Honored by White House

August 23, 2019

sperm and egg

BIRTH CONTROL

Why We Need a Contraception Revolution

August 1, 2019

Grant holds a photosensor

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A BU Physicist Is Worried about the Spread of Nuclear Weapons—So He’s Doing Something about It

July 29, 2019

Traveling in a mobile examination van, researchers will examine 4,000 study participants over the course of six years in 10 rural counties across Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Image courtesy of BU School of Medicine.

Epidemiology

Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road

May 22, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

Aging concept graphic showing the silhouette of a woman's head from little girl to senior woman.

Aging

Framingham Heart Study Will Examine Aging with New $38M Funding

April 17, 2019

Abstract landscape mesh with sun on horizon. Futuristic vector background.

Robotics

How to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Smarter, Bolder

April 16, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

Portrait of Mark Scatamachhia

Administration

New Industry Engagement Leader a Matchmaker for BU and Businesses

October 23, 2018

energy sparks ignition

Accolades

Eight Researchers Receive BU Ignition Awards

April 5, 2018

graphic showing the prostate gland and a prostate cancer care team

Cancer

Shipley Center Website Offers Prostate Cancer Facts for Patients

September 19, 2017

Biomedical Engineering Professor Edward Damiano in his lab with fellow researchers and their bionic pancreas

Funding

Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation

April 26, 2017

Homepage of Boston University Research Support website on computer screens

Administration

University Launches Research Support Website

March 24, 2017

President Trump discusses the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. OMB director Mick Mulvaney sits to the President's right and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits to his left.

Funding

BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget

March 21, 2017

BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget