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Research

What Is Convergent Research and Why Is BU Embracing It?

March 6, 2025

Professorship Awards

Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers

September 26, 2024

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Vaping

E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds

September 13, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River

August 26, 2024

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Fighting Climate Misinformation

Tweets, Ads, and Lies: Researchers Are Fighting against Climate Misinformation

May 23, 2023

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Communicating Science and Research—through Puppets

May 16, 2023

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

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Forced Displacement

BU’s New Center on Forced Displacement Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis

October 6, 2022

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College Student Mental Health

Heightened Risk of Eating Disorders for Transgender, Gender-Diverse College Students

June 10, 2022

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College Student Mental Health

Mental Health of College Students Is Getting Worse

April 21, 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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Social Isolation

Why Are Some People More Lonely Than Others? Smartphone Data Could Reveal Clues

March 8, 2021

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Public Health

Web-Based Program Could Decrease Pregnancy Risks for Black Women

February 5, 2021

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Wearables

Could a Robotic “Backpack” Replace Opioids to Relieve Lower Back Pain?

January 7, 2021

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COVID-19 Testing

Meet the Team behind BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab

October 15, 2020

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Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

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COVID-19 Shutdown

After Major Exodus From Campus Labs, BU Research Plans For a Post-Pandemic Return

April 16, 2020

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Media

Into the Wild: Documenting Former Lab Chimps

March 11, 2020

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Rehabilitation Sciences

Better Treatment through Big Data

March 9, 2020

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Public Health

Researcher Teams Up with Massachusetts Boys & Girls Clubs To Reduce Childhood Obesity Risk

March 9, 2020

Researcher Teams Up with Massachusetts Boys & Girls Clubs To Reduce Childhood Obesity Risk