How to Help Kids Become Better Readers
BU researchers identify solutions to improve reading and literacy skills and help children struggling with reading.
How Will Anti-Trans Laws Impact Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Mental Health?
As states ban gender-affirming care and participation in sports, BU study finds more than half of trans and gender-diverse kids report depression and self-harm—but that peer and school supports can help.
BU Appoints New Executive Director of Innovate@BU
Former MassChallenge president and CEO Siobhan Dullea (CAS’91) starts April 3.
Delivery Drones and Rotor-Powered Rideshares Sound Great — and Noisy
BU researchers with NASA funding will lead a multimillion-dollar, multi-institution project to help develop quieter vertical lift air vehicles.
Climate Change Is Threatening the Mystic River Watershed — Can It Be Saved?
Researchers at BU’s School of Public Health use geospatial data and mapping tools to support community climate resilience efforts.
Closing the Literacy Gap
Hank Fien and BU’s National Center on Improving Literacy are on a mission to cultivate a generation of readers.
Boston University to Open New LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center
Will be housed in 808 Commonwealth Ave., near the Howard Thurman Center.
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
Data can discriminate, says BU’s Ngozi Okidegbe, the first dual-appointed professor to the School of Law and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Address BU School of Law Convocation in May
Trailblazing justice appointed to the High Court last June.
BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens
Scientists from NEIDL and medical and dental schools part of Howard Hughes Medical Institute push to get ahead of pandemics like COVID-19.