Opioid Crisis, Polarization, Pomelos
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
How the Legal Opium Market Shaped Global Trade—and Led to an Opioid Crisis
BU historian Benjamin R. Siegel charts opium from a commodity in colonial India to fuel for a drug crisis in modern-day America.
FACULTY EXPERT
BU Scholar Studies How Online Images Feed Polarization
BU Professor Ayse Lokmanoglu aims to help people think more critically about internet content, especially during politically charged moments.
STUDENT LIFE
Could This King-Size Citrus Fruit Inspire a Better Mobile Phone Case?
Boston University engineers, with support from the US Navy, are studying the pomelo’s remarkable shock absorbency—including by throwing it off a campus roof.
THOUGHT LEADERS
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