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New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being
With multimillion dollar funding from the John Templeton Foundation, initiative will train clinicians to focus more on relational values and clients’ strengths
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Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including big funding wins, opposition to deepfakes, and studying LGBTQ+ suicide risk factors
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Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why
Biologist Jennifer Bhatnagar and her team hope their findings can help cities, including Boston, maintain green areas in urban environments
October 30, 2025
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National BU-Led Study Finds College Student Mental Health Continues to Improve
BU public health researcher Sarah K. Lipson on decrease in students experiencing depression—and what you can do to support your own well-being
October 27, 2025 -
WHO Reports 40 Percent Jump in Antibiotic-Resistant infections; BU-Based Nonprofit Leads the Fight Back
CARB-X, an antibiotics research accelerator, is helping bring new medicines, vaccines, and tests to clinics worldwide
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BU Engineer Builds Next-Gen Sensors with Mix of Living Cells and Tiny Electronics
Watch: Biomedical engineer Miguel Jimenez blends engineering fields to develop devices to monitor environmental and human health
October 23, 2025
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Why Do So Many Kids Struggle with Reading? BU Researcher’s Study Finds Literacy Screening Programs Failing Young Learners
Nationwide study suggests mandated universal literacy screening programs aren’t translating into help for struggling young readers, including children with dyslexia
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NASA Space Weather Mission Blasts Off—with Device Created by BU Students Onboard
The observatory is on a mission to understand Earth’s most distant layer of atmosphere, a project led by a BU alum
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Is a News and Social Media Overload Negatively Affecting Your Mental Health?
BU researchers worry consuming a deluge of harrowing news could leave many with “vicarious trauma”
October 17, 2025 -
BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Prestigious honor for pioneering researcher’s work that could herald heart attack cures and repairs for diseased organs
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From Better Batteries to Improved Cartilage Repair, BU Ignition Award Winners Aim for Real-World Impact
Annual honors support innovative Boston University research projects preparing to leap from lab to commercialization
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NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science
The prestigious Director’s Awards will support work studying sexual health and stopping mosquito bites
October 9, 2025
Testing a New Approach to Solving the Opioid Epidemic
Fast Company list recognizes projects “driving meaningful change”
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Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”
Fast Company list recognizes projects “driving meaningful change”
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Should You—and Can You—Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall?
As BU announces COVID and flu vaccination clinics, we help you make sense of shifting federal and state guidelines
September 24, 2025 -
BU Autism Expert Says Research Hasn’t Confirmed Tylenol Link
White House had urged pregnant women to avoid the pain medicine acetaminophen for themselves, children
September 25, 2025 -
Making the World More Accessible for Sign Language Users
Her whole life, Naomi Caselli, whose first languages are American Sign Language and English, has wrestled with complex questions about language. At BU, she’s turned them into research questions.
October 7, 2025
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Can VR Trick Your Body into Feeling Hotter or Cooler While You’re Exercising?
Watch: Research by BU’s Dustin Allen suggests viewing virtual hot environments while exercising could help athletes and others acclimate faster to warmer places
September 16, 2025 -
BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage
Repetitive head impacts can cause cell loss, inflammation, and vascular damage—even without CTE
September 17, 2025 -
Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program support will also spur investment in early-career faculty
September 15, 2025 -
Why Do We Remember Some Life Moments—but Not Others?
BU study finds memories of mundane incidents can be strengthened when they get attached to a memory of an emotionally charged event
September 24, 2025
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Recording of Long-Lost Opera Rediscovered by BU Researcher Now Available to Stream and Buy
El Caminante, a forgotten Latin American opera, was performed at BU for the first time in a century and has just been released by a major label
September 11, 2025 -
Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change
A new study led by Boston University marine biologists reveals that heat waves are threatening the future of the fish made famous by Finding Nemo
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Research Program Helps Bridge the Opportunity Gap for Young Engineers
Training and mentorship experience gives first-generation and low-income college students a taste of lab work—but needs new funding to continue
September 8, 2025
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Business
- Why We’re So Fascinated with True Crime Stories, and How It May Be Impacting Our Well-Being
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Engineering & Computing
- BU Engineer Builds Next-Gen Sensors with Mix of Living Cells and Tiny Electronics
- BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine
- Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”
Health & Medicine
- Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study
- New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being
- National BU-Led Study Finds College Student Mental Health Continues to Improve
Innovation
- WHO Reports 40 Percent Jump in Antibiotic-Resistant Infections; BU-Based Nonprofit Leads the Fight Back
- BU Engineer Builds Next-Gen Sensors with Mix of Living Cells and Tiny Electronics
- BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Natural Sciences
- Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why
- BU Engineer Builds Next-Gen Sensors with Mix of Living Cells and Tiny Electronics
- NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science
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- New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being
- Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
- BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Social Sciences
- Why Do So Many Kids Struggle with Reading? BU Researcher’s Study Finds Literacy Screening Programs Failing Young Learners
- Making the World More Accessible for Sign Language Users
- Fewer Students Are Enrolled in Public School Than Before the Pandemic