Boston University

Neuroscience

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

Google Self-driving Car

Computer Science

AI Research Seeks to Grow Trust between Humans and Computers

July 5, 2017

Nancy Kopell, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Mathematics & Statistics

Neuroscience

Calculating Thought

May 22, 2017

Researchers identified a gene in mice associated with binge eating, and also found evidence that binge eating may alter myelin production brain.

Genetics

BU Researchers Find Gene Associated with Binge Eating in Mice

May 2, 2017

Litre Bottles of Soda

Neurology

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

April 21, 2017

Red leaf cutter ants hive behaviour carrying food from fruiting

Biology

Science in a Post-Truth Society

April 20, 2017

Claudia Satizabal will study the link between midlife obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Does Midlife Obesity Increase Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 6, 2017

Cara Stepp

Rehabilitation Sciences

Regaining a Voice

March 9, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

Ben Wolozin, professor of pharmacology and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine

Accolades

Three Faculty Named Spivack Scholars

February 7, 2017

Image of black dots of a dalmation

Neuroscience

The Dyslexia Paradox

January 24, 2017

Tyler Perrachione, Director of Boston University Sargent College Communication Neuroscience Research Laboratory, holds a card showing a word used in the nonword repetition tests studying language disorders and phonological working memory in the dyslexic brain

Neuroscience

Mind Reader

January 13, 2017

Michael Hasselmo, director of BU’s Center for Systems Neuroscience

Neuroscience

BU-Led Neuroscientists Get $7.5 Million from US Navy

December 13, 2016

Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Test for Alzheimer’s Risk?

December 5, 2016

Lena Huang (SAR ’17)

Rehabilitation Sciences

Step by Step

November 22, 2016

Nancy Koppell, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, co-director of Boston University Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology

Neuroscience

Kopell Wins Society for Neuroscience Swartz Prize

November 10, 2016

Swathi Kiran and Jeffrey Johnson

Linguistics & Language Sciences

Getting the Words Back

November 1, 2016

Siemens Healthineers 3 Tesla MRI scanner

Neuroscience

NSF Funds State-of-the-art MRI Scanner

September 30, 2016

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Hearing Sciences

Tuning In

September 29, 2016

Stephen Grossberg sits on a chair in his home in Newton

Neuroscience

Grossberg Honored by IEEE

September 23, 2016

Grossberg Honored by IEEE