Best of The Brink 2025: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Impactful Ideas from Boston University Researchers
From soft robots that could make cancer surgery safer to an algorithm that boosts hearing aid performance, how BU research made a difference this year.
Down Syndrome, Rural Hospitals, Miracle on Ice
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT How BU Research Is Helping Infants with Down Syndrome Take Steps Toward Independence With investment from the National Institutes of Health, Professor Jana Iverson of BU’s Infant Communication Lab is using a mobility aid to support children’s early development. Watch how her work is changing lives FACULTY EXPERTS “The Loss of a Rural […]
Video: 1980 Olympic Hockey Team, with Four BU Players, Gets Congressional Gold Medal
In the second installment of her video series Leaders Among Us, BU President Melissa Gilliam speaks with Mike Eruzione (Wheelock’77), captain of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” gold medal-winning team, about leadership and receiving the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Defense Research; Genesis Mission; Financial Aid
BU in DC The CARB-X Joint Oversight Board met in Washington, DC, on December 11th. HOUSE PASSES DEFENSE POLICY BILL On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that establishes defense policy. The legislation emphasizes artificial intelligence, quantum, and biotechnology as defense research priorities, establishing a Biotechnology Management […]
BU’s Legacy of Values, as Told Through Voices from Our Shared History
At a time when people are yearning for closer community, greater inclusion, integrity, and messages of hope, we turn to powerful words from Lucy Wheelock, Elie Wiesel, Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman, Barbara Jordan, and others who have helped to shape today’s Boston University.
How BU Research Is Helping Infants with Down Syndrome Take Steps Toward Independence
Jana Iverson is using a mobility aid to support children’s early development.
Genesis Mission; Education Roundtable; NSF Broader Impacts
BU in DC Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) joined the BU Wheelock Center for Future Readiness for their webinar announcing a new partnership with the American Veterans Arts Collective on December 2nd. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION, GENESIS MISSION Last week, the White House and the Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Genesis Mission to “unleash a […]
BU School of Theology Receives $1 Million to Build a Support Network of New England Churches
Lilly Endowment Grant will help combat loneliness among church leaders and provide seminarians with contextual education opportunities.
Is There Life on Other Planets? BU Astronomer Helping Lead New Mission Seeking Hints of Life in Space
Chuanfei Dong, a CAS assistant professor, is helping lead Mauve satellite’s study of stars’ bursts of plasma and magnetic fields.
Sen. Warnock, Cancer Research, Semiconductor Production
ON THE CHARLES RIVER Senator and Reverend Raphael Warnock Preaches Against Inequality at Marsh Chapel’s 75th Anniversary Service Warnock, a Baptist pastor, condemned economic inequality, saying, “We live in a political moment when the poor have been maligned.” See what else he had to say RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT With New Technology and Innovative Treatments, BU Cancer […]