CAS Professor Co-Directs “Costs of War” Study
The wars will cost Americans between $3.2 and $4 trillion, including medical care and disability for current and future war veterans
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African Language Scholar Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
The role of the College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of anthropology and director of the University’s African Language Program in promoting Ajami has won him a 2011 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.
Slater Family Endows Behavioral Economics Chair
BU overseer Kenneth Slater and his family have endowed a College of Arts & Sciences chair in behavioral economics, a field that explores, among other things, the ways that players in the financial market make decisions.
Jay Samons Announced as New NEH Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Chair of Classical Studies Jay Samons has received the Distinguished Teaching Fellowship (DTP) from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
BU researchers identify extensive methane leaks under streets of Boston
Researchers and collaborators conducted a mobile greenhouse gas audit in Boston and found hundreds of natural gas leaks under the streets and sidewalks of Greater Boston.
Sugar Boosters Could Lead to Cheap, Effective Treatments for Chronic Bacterial Infections
Dr. Collins talks about his recent development of an effective, low-cost – and surprising – way to treat chronic bacterial infections, such as staph, strep, tuberculosis, and infections of the urinary tract.
Blueprint of a trend: How does a financial bubble burst?
A joint study by academics in Switzerland, Germany and at Boston University sheds new light on the formation of financial bubbles and crashes.
BU Researcher Estimates Future Sea Level Rise by Looking to the Past
Paleoclimatologist Maureen Raymo and colleagues published findings that should help scientists better estimate the level of sea level rise during a period of high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 3 million years ago.
Seniors Bring Home BU Debate Society’s First-Ever APDA National Championship
Two members of the Boston University Debate Society, Greg Meyer (CAS’11) and Alex Taubes (CAS’11) won the American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) National Championship.
BU Neuroscientists Publish Theta Rhythm Findings in Journal “Science”
This finding provides experimental support for the role of oscillations in coding spatial location by neural circuits.