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How Might the Federal Government Shutdown Affect BU?
Student aid will continue and researchers should work on existing grants, but new awards might […]
Should You—and Can You—Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall?
As BU announces COVID and flu vaccination clinics, we help you make sense of shifting […]
NASA Space Weather Mission Blasts Off—with Device Created by BU Students on Board
The observatory is on a mission to understand Earth’s most distant layer of atmosphere, a […]
Harbor Sounds and Fish Populations
Helena Shenk (CAS’26) spent her summer studying the Alaskan coastline and presenting her findings in […]
Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change
A new study led by Boston University marine biologists reveals that heat waves are threatening […]
BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage
Repetitive head impacts can cause cell loss, inflammation, and vascular damage—even without CTE
Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program support will also spur investment in early-career […]
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You are why we educate, research, and invest: so we can better serve society, so we can generate life-changing new knowledge, and so we all can succeed.
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Darrell Kotton
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston University David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine -
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Brian Walsh
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Jay and Louise Coffman Professor, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine -
John Clarke
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Elisha Wachman
Professor, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Why Do We Remember Some Life Moments—but Not Others?
BU study finds memories of mundane incidents can be strengthened when they get attached to a memory of an emotionally charged event