Dennis Jones, PhD, Named Cancer Moonshot Scholar
Dennis Jones, PhD, assistant professor of pathology & laboratory medicine has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award. Jones was one of 11 researchers nationally who will collectively receive more than $6 million in the first year of their research.
CTE: How BU Is Changing the Game
From families donating their loved ones’ brains for study, to scientists racing to achieve diagnosis during life, to researchers trying to make America’s most popular sport safer, Boston University’s CTE Center is a hub for world-leading, cutting-edge research into the devastating neurodegenerative disease.
A Historic Inauguration for Boston University: Melissa L. Gilliam Installed as 11th President
She calls for greater investment in student internship opportunities, in faculty interdisciplinary research, and ensuring access for all.
Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of change.
E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules about Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds
Using AI, BU researchers found that the vast majority of social media posts didn’t include health labels warning of the harms of flavored nicotine.
Young GENEiuses: SummerLab Gives Teens a Chance to Learn about State-of-the Art CRISPR Technology
NIH-funded program is a collaboration between Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
BU White Coat Ceremony Welcomes 141 Students to the Profession of Medicine
Members of entering Class of 2028 were born in 18 different countries and hail from 30 states.
BU’s Framingham Heart Study Gets New Director
Nation’s longest-running study of heart disease will be led by former American Heart Association president Donald M. Lloyd-Jones.
New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease
By analyzing speech patterns, machine learning model can say with a high degree of accuracy whether someone with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia within six years.
Karen Antman Stepping Down as BU’s Medical School Dean and Medical Campus Provost
Transformational leader oversaw new facilities and faculty, and a new school name.