BU Students Showcase Real-World Data Projects at Spark! Demo Day
From a font-design tool to a dashboard tracking federal grant cuts, undergrads demonstrate that data science is as much about people as it is about code.
Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year
Cofounder of three biotech companies is pioneering new therapies for cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipients, and Metcalf Winners Revealed at Senior Breakfast
Vertex CEO and President Reshma Kewalramani (CAS’98, CAMED’98) to deliver Commencement address May 17.
Songbird Brains Can Generate New Neurons. Can We Help Human Brains Do the Same?
Boston University study sheds new light on how songbird brains refresh themselves—findings that could one day open the door to new human therapies.
BU Launches Next Phase of You Are Why Initiative Focused on Student Experience
You Are Why: Students in Action will help BU build new partnerships and philanthropy to fund undergraduate scholarships, internships, and research.
BU’s Initiative on Cities Latest Menino Survey of Mayors Focuses on Housing Affordability Crisis
Survey finds more mayors understand the problem, but roadblocks to change remain.
Two Boston University Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows
Prestigious honor given to neuroscientist who studies diseases of aging and physicist whose work spans medicine to AI.
Boston University: A History of Invention and Innovation
To mark the 150th anniversary of BU faculty member Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone, here are some other notable society-changing ideas and products to emerge from BU.
Including People with Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities in Research That Affects Them
Boston University epidemiologist Eric Rubenstein on why lived experience belongs in the research lab.
WHO Joins Forces with BU Center on Forced Displacement to Help Vulnerable Populations at Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance
Collaboration will study link between environmental pollution and drug-resistant infections among refugees and asylum seekers.