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  • Environmental Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

    October 4, 2023
    By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Lucy Hutyra, CAS Professor of Earth and Environment and Hariri Institute Core Faculty, was named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow—one of the most prestigious awards to individuals pursuing a range of intellectual and creative interests with global perspective.  She is one of 20 fellows to receive the award, commonly known […]

  • Hariri Institute publishes FY23 Annual Report

    October 1, 2023
    By Hariri Institute Staff The Hariri Institute is pleased to announce the release of our FY23 Annual Report! The report highlights the many significant and impactful accomplishments of our multidisciplinary community, consisting of 400 faculty affiliates and including thought leaders, problem solvers, scholars, and pioneers. They are leveraging the full power of computing, computational, and […]

  • Hariri Faculty Affiliates win BU Ignition Awards to transform their ideas into life-changing products and services

    September 30, 2023
    By Hariri Institute Staff Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliates Lou Awad, and Vijaya Kolachalama, and Hank Fien won BU Technology Development's 2023 Ignition Awards. These awards, given by BU Technology Development, are designed to accelerate the advancement of promising new science and technology. In addition to a financial grant, award winners receive coaching and support to […]

  • Laura White (SPH) Receives CDC Grant for Infectious Disease Predictive Modeling

    September 24, 2023
    Hariri Institute Core Faculty Laura White (SPH professor of biostatistics) with her colleague Kayoko Shioda (SPH assistant professor of global health) are part of a team of researchers working to help detect and prepare the public for future outbreaks through a new innovation center led by Northeastern University (NEU).  The initiative, called “EPISTORM: The Center for Advanced Epidemic […]

  • Unlocking Insights into Tumors’ Defenses

    September 18, 2023
      By Patrick L. Kennedy, College of Engineering A BU team has become the first to measure an important hallmark of cancer in vivo, a step toward better monitoring of tumor progression and treatment response. Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate Sue Zhang with Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate Hadi Nia (BME, MSE) and Mark Grinstaff (BME, Chemistry, […]

  • Nathan Jones to Lead National Center for Special Education Research

    September 15, 2023
    By Hariri Institute Staff Nathan Jones, a Hariri Faculty Affiliate and Associate Professor of Special Education and Educational Policy at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, has been appointed to lead the Institute of Education Sciences’ (IES) National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). Jones’s term as commissioner of NCSER began August […]

  • Paschalidis and Wildman to Co-chair Newly Established BU AI Task Force

    September 11, 2023
    Faculty experts from across the University are charged with developing best practices and assessing potential problems   By Joel Brown, The Brink Boston University has created an AI Task Force to assess both the potential and the pitfalls of generative artificial intelligence and define sensible pathways for the use of the transformative technology on campus. […]

  • BU Interdisciplinary Team Wins DOE Grant for Biopreparedness Research

    September 11, 2023
    By Chloe Patel, Hariri Institute for Computing Boston University researchers affiliated with the Hariri Institute, College of Engineering, and School of Public Health, have received a subaward from a $12 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant awarded to a coalition of DOE National Laboratories led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). This funding, […]

  • Why do 90% of people afflicted with Parkinson’s develop speech and voice impairments?

    September 10, 2023
    Cara Stepp and colleagues win a $3.5M NIH grant to uncover the causes By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Parkinson's disease (PD) is the fastest growing neurological disease, with 10 million people affected worldwide. It is a progressive, degenerative brain condition that affects the nervous system and a person's control of their body movement. […]

  • Hariri Faculty Affiliates Lou Awad and Roberto Tron team up to aid post-stroke recovery

    September 7, 2023
    By Emily Tan With adults age 65 and older forming the United States’ fastest-growing population segment, more Americans are bound to experience severe and complex health conditions. To meet the needs of the country’s graying population, the current health care system must rethink its existing treatment approaches for older patients. Roberto Tron, a Hariri Institute […]