Category: Faculty Spotlight

Why do some vaccines protect some individuals and not others?

Blending machine learning with systems human immunology, Professor Adriana Tomic is working toward creating effective, long-memory vaccines for strong immunity against pandemic-potential viruses By Chloe Wojtanik and  Maureen Stanton  The flu affects about a billion people annually, abruptly forcing people to take sick leave, scramble for childcare coverage, and other disruptions. While the majority will […]

How Dickens and other Authors Shaped Attitudes to Education—With Lasting Impacts

In Education for All? BU political scientist Cathie Jo Martin says education systems continue to be influenced by the ideas of Enlightenment- and Industrial Revolution-Era writers  Story by Maureen Stanton and Alex Grzybowski Video by Natalie Williams In her new book, Education for All, Cathie Jo Martin, a Hariri Institute faculty affiliate and BU professor […]

Smart Technology: Open Source and Equitable

Faculty Spotlight: Christos Cassandras By Margo Stanton, Hariri Institute of Computing Between 2012 and 2017, the number of car accidents in Boston rose by 33%. Depending on the year, 25% to 31% of all reported accidents in Boston resulted in non-fatal injuries. Christos Cassandras, a distinguished professor of engineering and head of the division of […]