Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including big funding wins, opposition to deepfakes, and studying LGBTQ+ suicide risk factors.
NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science
The prestigious Director’s Awards will support work studying sexual health and stopping mosquito bites.
Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program support will also spur investment in early-career faculty.
Boston University Appoints Kenneth Lutchen to Top Research Job
Renowned biomedical engineer, influential researcher, and transformative higher education leader is new vice president and associate provost for research.
A Conversation with BU’s New School of Public Health Dean, Determined to Have “a Real Impact on Real People”
Adnan Hyder shares his vision for bringing positive change to society and keeping empathy at the core.
As It Turns 90, Social Security Is Showing Its Age. Boston University Economist Has a Fix
Laurence Kotlikoff discusses how to avoid insolvency and keep “essential” program afloat.
Elise Morgan Named BU College of Engineering Dean
Longtime faculty member who served as dean ad interim for two years assumes permanent leadership role.
BU Experts Served on Vatican Commission Urging Global Debt Relief
Debt-strapped developing nations need help, says Jubilee Year report, backed by Pope Leo XIV.
You’ve Heard of Red States and Blue States. But What About Red and Blue Neighborhoods?
Research by BU political scientist and Andrew Carnegie Fellowship winner Jacob Brown shows that where you live might have a lot of influence on partisan divides and how you vote.
BU Historian’s New Book Traces the Rise of Today’s Far-Right Movement
The New York Times calls Hayek’s Bastards by Quinn Slobodian a “riveting read” and “illuminating history”.