What Is Convergent Research and Why Is BU Embracing It?
University announces new push for collaborative research, aims to step up progress on major societal challenges.
Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an exploration of views on economic systems, research on tobacco price minimums, and support for student research.
Success! BU Telescope Lands on the Moon Aboard NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1
In a historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield.
Gilliam in DC; OSTP; Budget
PRESIDENT GILLIAM VISITS CAPITOL HILL President Melissa Gilliam met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to discuss the importance of the partnership between the federal government and universities. In conversations with Congresswomen Jen Kiggans (R-VA, PAR ’93), Lois Frankel (D-FL, CAS ’70), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gilliam touted the impact of federal investments in science […]
BU Professor Tracks the Many US Pregnancy-Related Deaths
Mortality is about “the way we treat women in healthcare,” Eugene Declercq says.
President Gilliam Visits Capitol Hill
President Melissa Gilliam met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 to discuss the importance of the partnership between the federal government and universities. In conversations with Congresswomen Jen Kiggans (R-VA, PAR ’93), Lois Frankel (D-FL, CAS ’70), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gilliam touted the impact of federal investments in science and […]
Born with Muscular Dystrophy, Justin Moy Now Seeks to Defeat It
“My life’s goal is to cure my disease, and that’s really what drives me every day,” says the BU PhD candidate.
NIH Cuts, Constitutional Crisis, Displacement
ON THE CHARLES RIVER How National Institutes of Health Investments Lead to Life-Changing Medical Research What’s at stake when lawmakers propose cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget? Explore some of the research that investments in NIH make possible at BU. See what’s at stake FACULTY EXPERT Is the United States in a […]
HHS Personnel; Budget Resolutions; DEI Guidance
BU IN DC President Emeritus Robert A. Brown spoke at the Summit on Higher Education Finance and the Economy on February 14th. Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering Yannis Paschalidis spoke at the National Science Foundation’s Inaugural National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Annual Meeting on February 19th. TRANSITION […]
Groundbreaking Journalist Dorothy Gilliam Gives BU a Gift of History
The mother of Boston University’s president, and the first Black woman journalist at the Washington Post, donates her papers to Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.