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Research News Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025 October 31, 2025
City Trees Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why October 30, 2025
Undergraduate Research Bee Research at the Arnold Arboretum Aims to Protect Native Pollinators August 5, 2025
Expert Take Cycling Can Make Older Adults Healthier and More Independent. Here’s How to Design Bikes and Networks That Meet Their Needs January 6, 2025
Boston History What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future July 29, 2024
Housing Crisis How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers July 25, 2024
Heat Waves Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others? July 1, 2024
Pharmacies It’s Not Just a Pharmacy—Walgreens and CVS Closures Can Exacerbate Health Inequities March 25, 2024
Misinformation How Does Science Misinformation Affect Americans from Underrepresented Communities? March 21, 2024
Climate Change City Leaders Need to Make Billion-Dollar Decisions to Protect Boston from Sea Level Rise January 31, 2024
COVID-19 Is It COVID-19, a Cold, or the Flu? What to Do When COVID and Flu Cases Surge January 11, 2024
Opioid Crisis A Notorious Boston Intersection, Mass and Cass, Faces an Opioid Overdose Crisis. BU Researchers Are Turning to Overdose Survivors for Answers August 3, 2023