BU Today Close-Up: Annual Holiday Tradition
BU athletes read to Boston schoolchildren.
Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
Highlights from a year of BU research, from an AI program that can predict Alzheimer’s disease to an ancient Egyptian treasure.
SPH Community Pays Tribute to Dean Galea
Members of the SPH community reflect on Galea’s contributions to the school over the last decade as he prepares to lead a new school of public health at Washington University in St. Louis.
BU’s Muslim Chaplaincy Tripled This Fall
Three associates now serve the University’s growing number of Islamic students.
Can Ecological Forecasting Help Us Predict Wildfires?
BU ecologist Michael Dietze creates forecasts that can help society avoid climate change disaster.
Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
BU engineer Siddharth Ramachandran is developing a technology that could cut the power needed to transmit data—and maybe one day improve brain imaging.
BU Students Find Hope at COP29 UN Climate Summit
CAS’ Pamela Templer, Climate Leaders Academy students attended the conference in Baku.
AI @ BU—A to Z
Every day, BU faculty employ artificial intelligence and machine learning in their classrooms and in their research. But AI is still new, and it can be puzzling to many of us. We reached out to a variety of profs to produce an alphabetical dive into the good, the bad, and the future of AI.
An Independent’s View from Inside the Nation’s Partisan Storm
Matthew Felling (COM ’95), communications chief for the independent Senator Angus King, discusses the urgency of communicating bipartisan cooperation and the government’s positive impact.
What Could Donald Trump’s Second Presidential Term Mean for Science, Scientists, and Research?
“Investments in science are not going away, period. The nation values the work of researchers,” says BU Federal Relations head.