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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

Movie screenshot: A black woman with short, curly hair and wearing navy scrubs sits and smiles at a patient. In the blurry foreground the back of the patient can be seen sitting across from the nurse.

Maternal Health

Moving toward More Empathetic Maternal Mental Health Care

November 29, 2022

Refugee camp where more than 1 million people live Atme camp Idlib Syria. Photo by iStock/Ahmet Akpolat

Forced Displacement

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

October 6, 2022

Image Collage: From left to right, headshots of Hugo Javier Aparicio, Diana M. Ceballos, Catherine Espaillat, Raul Garcia, Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Daniel Jacobson López, and Maria C. Olivares.

Latinx Researchers

Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference

October 3, 2022

Photo: American Studies PhD student MaryKate Smolenski stands and smiles in the northeast parlor and holds a portrait of Mary Robinson Hunter at Hunter House in Newport, RI. A young white woman stands in an ornate gold and red decorated room holding an old portrait in a gold frame with gloved hands.

American and New England Studies

Investigating Newport’s Ties to Slavery

September 28, 2022

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Research in Photos

From Lovesick Frogs to Music-Making to Mouse Memories, Photo Contest Shows Stunning Breadth of BU Research

September 27, 2022

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Kilachand Fund

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

September 26, 2022

Wide photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium, when masking, but not social distancing, was required. The auditorium is two levels: the bottom floor has gray-blue chairs and carpeting, and the second level has black, wooden benches. The space is airy and light, and the bottom is filled with students holding notes and laptops on their laps as they look towards the front, where the lecturer, in a black jacket, is standing in front of a podium.

COVID-19

BU’s Mask and Vaccination Mandates Prevented Spread of COVID in Classes, Research Finds

August 8, 2022

Microscopic image of malignant melanoma in pink pigmented ulcer.

Cancer cells

Stopping Moles from Turning into the Deadliest Type of Skin Cancer

August 2, 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

Photo of the Transgender Day of Remembrance flag flying over the Dahod Family Alumni Center. The pride flag (a rainbow flag) and the transgender flag (aa flag of light blue, pink, and white) wave in the wind on a pole attached to a large, tan brick building.

College Student Mental Health

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

June 10, 2022

Photograph of the constellation Taurus made by the avid astrophotographer Akira Fujii. In the photo, tiny white dots, stars, fill the image, with a brighter, reddish dot towards the bottom right, which is Taurus.

Space Science

Seeing through the Fog—Pinpointing Young Stars and Their Protoplanetary Disks

May 16, 2022

A college student appears stressed as they study at a library table with open books and a pencil

College Student Mental Health

Mental Health of College Students Is Getting Worse

April 21, 2022

Vector illustration of a younger girl with brown hair in a protective medical mask with a computer at home in quarantine. She looks out at a light blue city landscape while negative space to the left show a few coronavirus illustrations.

COVID-19

Is Five Days of COVID Isolation Enough? New BU Study Has Some Answers

April 12, 2022

Stock photo of BU West campus. photo is focused on a masked young woman in a bright red hoodie that reads "Boston University" as she walks down Comm Ave. Various masked and unmasked people walk up and down the cobbled sidewalk around her.

COVID ON CAMPUS

BU to End Asymptomatic Testing in May, but Keeps Masks in Classrooms for Now

March 24, 2022

Photo of a student walking past a large BU window on Commonwealth Avenue. Window features a large poster that reads "BU is Back. Let's keep it that way. Show your green"

COVID ON CAMPUS

BU to Dial Back Some COVID Testing, Masking, Guest Protocols

February 15, 2022

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University COVID-19 Report: February 1

January 31, 2022

Illustration by Hyewon Jung showing a young girl holding a teddy bear in her right hand and a balloon in her left. She is surrounded by branching synapses. The color of the lines is rainbow on a black background.

ART & SCIENCE

Communicating Science through Art

January 26, 2022

Vector illustration of a Sad girl sitting on the floor with a cloud bubble displaying tangled thoughts.

COVID Winter Blues

How to Overcome the Winter Blues amid COVID Uncertainty

January 25, 2022

Detail photo of a tray of nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing in containers with red caps. The photo is tinted yellow and teal.

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University COVID-19 Report: January 25

January 24, 2022

Boston University COVID-19 Report: January 25

BU Weekly COVID-19 Report

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