Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

red eyed tree frog tadpole embryos

Biology

Red-eyed Treefrog Embryos

June 28, 2016

Richard Primack at Walden Pond

Earth & Environment

Tracing Water Levels at Walden Pond

June 28, 2016

Professor David Sherr, director of a new BU/Tufts consortium researching environmental causes of breast cancer

Cancer

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

June 27, 2016

Doctoral Physical Therapy students perform manipulations of the ankle and foot March 28, 2013 in the PT lab at Sargent College

Rehabilitation Sciences

More Attention Needed for Implementation Research

June 27, 2016

Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and a College of Arts & Sciences professor of economics

Economics

BU Economist: Inequality Is Real, but Overstated

June 24, 2016

Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University

Earth & Environment

Janetos to Chair NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental R&E

June 22, 2016

Embryologist preparing cultures

Fertility

Fertility Treatments Raise Risks for Mothers During Delivery

June 22, 2016

artisitic rendering of a Blazar in a Super Massive Black Hole

Space Sciences

Anatomy of a Blazar

June 20, 2016

A man holds a sign «#enough gun violence» while attending a vigil in Orlando, Florida 13 June 2016.

Public Health

BU School of Public Health Faculty Say “Enough”

June 13, 2016

Close-up photo of the prototype zika virus diagnostic test, reader and paper tests

Zika Virus

New Tool to Diagnose Zika

June 13, 2016

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

Alzheimer’s Disease

Toxic Tau

June 7, 2016

Photonics

Light Beams and DNA Cages Could Deliver Drugs to Just the Right Spot

June 7, 2016

erin miller

Judaic Studies

Resistance of the Soul

June 3, 2016

Washington Redskins' John Riggins busts through New England Patriots defensive player Tim Fox early in the first quarter at Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 3, 1978

CTE

CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study

June 3, 2016

Professor Daniel Segrè and PhD candidate Allyson Byrd at the White House launch of the National Microbiome Initiative

Biology

BU Scientists Attend Launch of National Microbiome Initiative

May 17, 2016

CuPID (Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector)

Space Sciences

Engineer Wins NASA Grant to Get a Wider View of Earth

May 11, 2016

Professor Mark Horenstein, Boston University College of Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow

Accolades

Professor Named IEEE Fellow

May 11, 2016

retro vintage living room

Fertility

Flame Retardants Tied to Low Sperm Counts

May 11, 2016

John D. Otis, AssociateProfessor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine

Accolades

John Otis Gets Med School’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 11, 2016

Katya Ravid leads the new University-wide Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Fulbright Takes Biochemist to France

May 11, 2016

Fulbright Takes Biochemist to France