First-Gen Students, PFAS, Social Security
STUDENT LIFE
Newbury Center Supports First-Generation Students of All Levels
Inside Higher Ed highlights BU’s support and resources for first-gen undergraduate students, as well as graduate students and postdoctoral associates who are the first in their families to pursue higher education.
Learn how BU is leading the way
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
What Are PFAS? And Could Fiber Supplements Help Remove Them from Our Bodies?
BU study suggests a common dietary supplement could decrease levels of the forever chemicals.
FACULTY EXPERT
As It Turns 90, Social Security Is Showing Its Age. Boston University Economist Has a Fix
Laurence Kotlikoff discusses how to avoid insolvency and keep the “essential” program afloat.
THOUGHT LEADERS
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Global health scholar Adnan Hyder is the new dean of the BU School of Public Health… mechanical and biomedical engineer Elise Morgan was named dean of the BU College of Engineering… Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) cited research by Professor Michelle Amazeen of the BU College of Communication in her New York Times opinion piece on the need to regulate deepfakes… BU Questrom School of Business Professor Jay Zagorsky explains how artificial intelligence is changing the game with plane ticket pricing on PBS NewsHour…The Today Show interviewed BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Professor Christine Crawford about how to get children to put down devices and make real-world connections… BU political scientist Maxwell Palmer published an op-ed in Time about the dangers of gerrymandering and how to fix it.