{"id":12519,"date":"2021-02-08T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=12519"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:33:14","slug":"12519","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2021\/02\/08\/12519\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Senator<\/p>\n

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
\nThe Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science<\/h4>\n

A BU engineer uses artificial intelligence research to reveal the characteristics that make a meme go viral.<\/p>\n

Don’t just sit there<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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FACULTY EXPERT
\nThree Takeaways from President Biden’s Rapid Movement on Climate Policy<\/h4>\n

BU international relations and environmental policy expert Henrik Selin reflects on the whirlwind of climate action issued from the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

Here’s his take<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Maria<\/p>\n

ON THE CHARLES RIVER
\nMaria Dykema Erb Was a First-Generation Student. Now She\u2019s Here to Help BU\u2019s First-Gens<\/h4>\n

The inaugural director of the BU Newbury Center says, “I want to be the person I needed back then.\u201d<\/p>\n

See how she will do it<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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BU INFLUENCERS
\nIn Case You Missed It…<\/h4>\n

Research from Julia Raifman <\/strong>of the BU School of Public Health shows that COVID unemployment assistance puts food on the table<\/strong><\/a>… BU College of Fine Arts Dean Harvey Young<\/strong> discusses\u00a0 how the Biden-Harris Administration can save the arts<\/a><\/strong> with The Boston Globe<\/em>… Jayita Sarkar<\/strong> of the BU Pardee School of Global Studies argues that the U.S. needs to take domestic nuclear terrorism seriously<\/strong><\/a> in The Washington Post<\/em>…\u00a0Eileen Costello <\/strong>of the BU School of Medicine talks about setting up a mobile\u00a0pediatric\u00a0vaccination vehicle<\/strong><\/a> during the\u00a0coronavirus outbreak in STAT<\/em>… Tiffany Li<\/strong> of the BU School of Law writes about\u00a0 building robust and ethical vaccine verification systems<\/strong><\/a> in a new Brookings Institution report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science A BU engineer uses artificial intelligence research to reveal the characteristics that make a meme go viral. Don’t just sit there FACULTY EXPERT Three Takeaways from President Biden’s Rapid Movement on Climate Policy BU international relations and environmental policy expert Henrik Selin reflects […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12519"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12525,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12519\/revisions\/12525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}