Boston University

Funding

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Accolades

BU Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez Given $1.15 Million Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Diversity Leadership Award

October 20, 2022

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Accolades

NIH Honors Two BU Researchers “Poised to Blaze New Paths of Discovery”

October 18, 2022

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Kilachand Fund

The Kilachand Fund’s Impact on Science’s Biggest Challenges

September 26, 2022

Ribbon cutting event for the Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering September 14, 2017. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Administration

“A Lasting Legacy of Excellence”: Reflections on President Brown’s Impact on BU Research

September 8, 2022

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Open Access

Will New White House Open Access Rules Impact Researchers?

September 7, 2022

NSF CISE

How the National Science Foundation Is Advancing Computer and Information Science Research

September 7, 2022

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Astronomy

“A New Era of Discovery”: We Can Now See the Deepest Infrared View of Space Ever

July 13, 2022

Photo of Pamela Templer (center), Shawn Jones (left), and Yasmin Romitti. From left, a tall Black man with glasses, a dark grey blazer, purpled collared shirt and black pants stands next to a shorter white woman with arms crossed wearing black blouse and pants and red cardigan, and on right a younger, shorter white woman wearing a black and white polka dot shirt and jeans. They all stand, pose, and smile next to each other.

Climate Change

Building a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce

June 10, 2022

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Technology Development

BU Ignition Awards–From the Lab to Your Life

June 6, 2022

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Antibiotic Resistance

Can We Prevent Antibiotic Resistance?

May 19, 2022

Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.

Accolades

Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

May 10, 2022

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Technology Development

Biotech Developing “Tissue Therapeutics” to Treat Diseased Organs Launches from BU and MIT Labs

May 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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Accolades

Ambitious Effort to Develop Lab-Grown Lungs Wins Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Funding

February 9, 2022

Social Sciences

How Technology Has Transformed Social and Behavioral Research

December 6, 2021

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Innovation

Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science

November 17, 2021

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Transgender Health

How Does Testosterone Therapy Change the Voices of Transgender Men?

November 15, 2021

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STEM OUTREACH

Jump-starting Biotechnology Careers for Boston High School Students

November 4, 2021

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Innovation

BU Entrepreneurs Are Moving Two New Medical Devices Closer to Market

October 13, 2021

Literature

Trent Masiki’s Afroethnic Renewal: Six Afro-Latino Memoirists You Should Know

September 15, 2021

Trent Masiki’s Afroethnic Renewal: Six Afro-Latino Memoirists You Should Know