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The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

Antiretroviral drugs can prevent transmission of HIV from mother to unborn child, but we don’t yet fully understand how exposure to HIV affects a baby's health later on.

HIV-AIDS

How Does HIV Exposure Impact Uninfected Babies?

October 24, 2018

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

Two NIH Awards Push BU’s Brain Research Forward

October 23, 2018

Portrait of Mark Scatamachhia

Administration

New Industry Engagement Leader a Matchmaker for BU and Businesses

October 23, 2018

Tightly cropped photo of a young man vaping with an e-cigarette and vapor streaming out his mouth.

Medicine

Vaping Slows Wound Healing Just as Much as Smoking

October 19, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

BU biomedical engineers Ji-Xin Cheng (left) and Lu Lan (right) monitor a tablet that displays AcouStar breast cancer tumor lumpectomy guidance to surgeons.

Biomedical Engineering

Breast Cancer Beacon

October 16, 2018

Center for the Humanities panel on Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis

Addiction

Changing the Narrative on Opioids

October 15, 2018

Masha Kamenetska, assistant professor of Physics at Boston University

Accolades

Masha Kamenetska

October 5, 2018

A diver reels in a line near a bleached colony of Boulder Star Coral at East Flower Garden Bank.

Marine Biology

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer

October 1, 2018

In the Classroom Asian Student Raises Hand and Asks Lecturer a Question. Multi Ethnic Group of Modern Bright Students at the College.

Healthcare

Racial Disparities in Nationwide Mental Health Services for College Students

September 28, 2018

DNA sequence in blu color

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Findings May Link Genes to Alzheimer’s

September 28, 2018

Sahar Sharifzadeh, assistant professor of engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Accolades

BU Prof Named One of Scientific American’s 11 Rising Stars of Science

September 28, 2018

Neurotechnology

NSF Grant Will Advance Study of the Cocktail Party Effect

September 28, 2018

A child watches as students get on a yellow school bus

Psychology

BU Spearheads Largest-Ever Study of Child Anxiety

September 25, 2018

Allyson Sgro will use her grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 10 Big Ideas program to study how cells’ communications enable them to coordinate their behavior.

Engineering Biology

Sgro Lands NSF 10 Big Ideas Grant

September 24, 2018

Fallou Ngom, director of the African Studies Center

Education

African Studies Center Expands Curriculum

September 24, 2018

Emily Ryan and a graduate students look intently at a computer screen

Mechanical Engineering

Searching for a Better Battery

September 24, 2018

Urban Health

Eggs of Urban Chickens Contaminated with Lead

September 14, 2018

Medicine

Machine Learning May Predict Heart Disease, Diabetes

September 10, 2018

Accolades

Kevin Gallagher Joins UN’s Committee for Development Policy

September 5, 2018

Kevin Gallagher Joins UN’s Committee for Development Policy