Innovation with Impact: BU Engineering Students Develop Preecamplsia Detection Device Informed by Social Science
From left to right, top row: Tobias Maluf-Mas (Biomedical Engineering), Neel Sajja (Biomedical Engineering), Mikayla Grymes (Biomedical Engineering),… More
BU Social Scientists 2026 Tenure and Promotion Are Announced
Congratulations to the 38 faculty members on Boston University’s Charles River Campus who received tenure this spring! Provost Gloria Waters announced this… More
Social Scientists Invited to Comment on Federal Uniform Guidance on Grants
The proposed rule published in the Federal Register by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), titled "Regulation for Federal Financial… More
BU Alum Archaeologist Leads the Search for a Colonial Fort in Charlestown, Mass.
City Archaeologist and Director of Archaeology for the City of Boston Joe Bagley (CAS’06). Photo by Cydney Scott… More
Meet CISS 2026 Summer Writing Interns!
Meet our Summer Writing Internship Program (SWIP) interns! Zuzu Jansen This article written by Lindsay Griesman Zuzu Jansen (CAS’27) is a rising… More
Postdoctoral Position Available at CISS
Postdoctoral Position at Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University Project: HEAL: Health Equity at the End of Life through Community… More
5 Things Everyone Should Know About CISS
This article was written by Lindsay Griesman (CAS '27, Anthropology), who is interning at CISS as part of the 2026 Social Science Summer… More
BU Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez Discusses His New Book with the Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
On May 20th, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez (CAS/Psychological and Brain Sciences & Center for Systems Neuroscience) joined New Books Network, the New York Philosophy… More
Summer 2026: Dr. Steven Schmidt (CAS/Sociology)
Steven Schmidt is professor in the Sociology Department and an urban sociologist who studies how rental housing markets widen family inequality. Most… More
Meet the 2026 Summer Mini-Grant Recipients
In March 2026, the Center for Innovation in Social Science invited proposals for summer mini-grants intended to help foster new research or enhance in-progress… More