Michael Economo Awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship
Congratulations to the Sloan Research Fellows of 2026! The following 126 early-career scholars represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. Winners receive $75,000, which may be spent over a two-year term on any expense supportive of […]
The Impact of the iLet Bionic Pancreas, Created by a BU Professor | You Are Why
Steve Ramirez Featured on Actor Alan Alda’s “Clear + Vivid” Podcast
Experiments with mice have shown it’s possible to tinker with and even erase a memory. The goal for neuroscience now is to apply the science to help people struggling with PTSD and other mentally crippling memories.
A Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem––Hidden in the Brain
BOTLAB – On a Winning Streak
A Banner Year for Darren Roblyer’s Lab, with 3 NIH Awards
Irving Bigio: The 2026 SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award
For pioneering elastic scattering spectroscopy and translating it into a clinically impactful diagnostic tool, and for mentoring a generation of leaders in translational biomedical optics
Xin Zhang, Irving Bigio, and More Featured in “Best of The Brink 2025” Inventions List
From soft robots that could make cancer surgery safer to an algorithm that boosts hearing aid performance, how BU research made a difference this year
Building Mini-Brains, Advancing Big Ideas: How Kate Herrema Uses Organoids to Model Neurodevelopment
Whether in her home state of Michigan, during her high school years in Virginia, or in the city of Boston, Kate Herrema has always had an aptitude for science and math.
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng Elected NAI Fellow
“The Uses of Invention”