The Truth About Jingle Bells

h_butoday_16-10542-bells-022HAPPY HOLIDAYS
The Truth About Jingle Bells

BU faculty member Kyna Hamill sets the record straight on how the classic holiday tune came to be. Jingle all the way

 

h_butoday_16-10575-save-037STUDENT LIFE
Fighting Extremist Social Media 

BU College of Communication students use social media to combat online recruitment by radical ideological groups as part of a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
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h_10-3064-HASSELMO-004RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Following the Rules

BU neuroscientists will use a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Navy to investigate how the human brain learns rules, and how that could lead to improvements in computer capabilities.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

The Los Angeles Times examines new research from the Bindu Kalesan of the BU School of Medicine on the connection between state gun control laws and school shootingsJames Bessen of the BU School of Law explains how automation can create jobs inThe Wall Street JournalRay Fisman of the BU College of Arts & Sciences discusses how to combat systemic political corruption in The New York TimesThe Washington Post highlights research from BU’s long-running Black Women’s Health Study to explain an increase in life expectancy for African American women.