Nikolaos Daskalakis Receives International Award for Medical Research
Award honors Daskalakis’s work on the biological basis of stress-related mental health disorders Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, MD, PhD, professor of pharmacology, physiology and biophysics at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received the XXIV “Vexillum G. Sciacca” International Award for Medical Research. Presented during a ceremony in Vatican City on Sept. 26, […]
Boston University-led Opinion Piece Highlights the Need for Public Health Leadership to Build Trustworthy AI in Health
To Realize AI’s Promise for Health, Public Health Must Help Shape Its Future By Brendan Galvin From disease surveillance to clinical care, artificial intelligence is transforming health. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in decisions affecting population health, a new editorial argues that realizing AI’s full potential requires public health leadership alongside technical innovation. Dr. […]
Keith Brown to Lead BU Materials Science & Engineering Division
Boston University College of Engineering has appointed Keith Brown, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics, as Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), effective July 1, 2026. Brown succeeds David Bishop, who is stepping down after 15 years as Division Head, during which he helped drive MSE’s […]
Christos Cassandras Honored with the 2026 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Outstanding Research Award
By Brendan Galvin Boston University Professor Christos Cassandras has been awarded the 2026 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) Outstanding Research Award for his pioneering work in smart cities and automated traffic management. Dr. Cassandras is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering (Electrical and Computer Engineering and Systems Engineering), Head of the Division of Systems, and […]
JFF Dillon Brout Receives Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize
Recognized for advances in cosmic microwave background and supernovae cosmology Dillon Brout, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Boston University and a Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow, has been named a recipient of the 2026 New Horizons in Physics Prize — one of the most coveted honors for early-career scientists and part of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awards, widely known […]
Boston University’s Ioannis Paschalidis Inducted into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows
Prestigious Honor Recognizes the Most Accomplished Researchers in Medical and Biological Engineering By Maureen Stanton The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has inducted Ioannis (Yannis) Paschalidis into its 2026 College of Fellows. This peer-elected membership is among the highest professional distinctions in the field, honoring the top two percent of medical and […]
Four New Faculty Affiliates Welcomed to the Hariri Institute
The Hariri Institute is pleased to welcome an exceptional group of new faculty affiliates to our community: Questrom School of Business Assistant Professor Vassilis Digalakis, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Adjunct Assistant Professor Nathanael Fillmore, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Assistant Professor Kinan Dak Albab, and College of Engineering Visiting Research Associate Professor […]
Boston University Faculty Brian DePasquale Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow
Prestigious award recognizes the most promising early-career researchers in their fields By Maureen L. Stanton Theoretical neuroscientist Brian DePasquale has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing “outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study,” the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today (Feb. 17). DePasquale is […]
Debbie Cheng Appointed AIDA’s Director of Strategy and Partnerships
By Maria Yaitanes Boston University’s Artificial Intelligence Development Accelerator (AIDA) Initiative appointed Hariri Institute faculty affiliate and steering committee member Debbie Cheng as its Director of Strategy and Partnerships. Cheng has a longstanding history of leadership at Boston University and beyond. She is Assistant Dean of Data Science, founding Executive Director of the Center for Health Data Science […]
Autonomous Vehicles Steer Cities Into the Future
Insights from a “Nature” Interview with Professor Christos Cassandras Christos Cassandras, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Head of the Division of Systems, and Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate at Boston University, is helping shape the future of autonomous transportation through a vision of connected, cooperative vehicles. His research, highlighted in a recent Nature report, examines how connected […]