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Stopping Moles from Turning into the Deadliest Type of Skin Cancer
New research from BU’s School of Medicine shows that activating proteins that regulate growth in cells helps prevent moles from mutating into melanoma
Monkeypox Cases—and Concern—Climbing
“The situation is getting more and more complicated,” says BU virologist John Connor
Firing Up the Grill? Why It’s So Hard to Give Up Meat
Philosopher Victor Kumar studies the psychology—and ethics—of switching from eating meat to a vegetarian, vegan, or reducetarian diet
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As the Omicron BA.5 Variant Spreads, BU Infectious Diseases Expert Says It’s Time to Dial Up Protective Measures
Vaccines and booster shots remain the most important tool to stave off the pandemic, even as new variants—like BA.2.75 in India—emerge
Could a Computer Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?
Boston University researchers develop an artificial intelligence program that detects cognitive impairment accurately and efficiently from voice recordings
Data Gaps for Race and Ethnicity Are Holding Back Antiracism Efforts, New Report Says
Ibram X. Kendi–led BU Center for Antiracist Research calls for new data standards to help confront racial inequities and injustice
Latest Grants Awarded
The Framingham Heart Study was awarded $25 million to continue the study’s research around identifying common factors and characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease.
The National Institutes of Health awards $3.8 million to a cross-disciplinary research team led by an associate professor at BU’s School of Public Health that evaluates olfactory pathways linking air pollution exposure to dementia risk.
The National Institutes of Health award $3.5 million to an interdisciplinary BU research team working on developing a strategy for accelerating the pace of gene discovery for complex traits, such as drug addiction.
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? 7 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
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Inside the Insectary: How BU Scientists Study Diseases from Mosquitoes -- without Getting Bitten
Researchers at BU's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories are using the Aedes aegypti mosquito to study diseases like dengue, West Nile, and Zika
Empowering Citizen Scientists to Study and Protect Coastal Wetlands
BU scientists develop portable sensors to measure carbon levels in coastal environments that are critical to fighting climate change
What Is the Difference between Pandemic and Endemic?
BU epidemiologist Ellie Murray explains how a pandemic becomes an endemic, what that means, and if we'll ever be able to stop thinking about COVID
Tracing the History of New England’s Ice Trade
History professor studies long-gone industry, and how climate change would have made it virtually impossible today
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POV: End of Roe v. Wade and Right to Abortion Will Impact Research, Says ENG Professor
Catherine M. Klapperich writes that the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson will change her research on reproductive health technology—and end some of it altogether
POV: What Rights Could Unravel Next, in Light of Draft Opinion by SCOTUS Overturning Roe v. Wade
A close reading of the draft by Justice Alito suggests that other precedents could be vulnerable
POV: The Killing We Continue to Fail to Stop
We know how to fix the problem of gun violence, so why haven’t we acted on it?
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Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Metamaterials pioneer says award will allow her to devote research to “some of the world’s most interesting and challenging problems”
BU Sloan Fellowship Winner Mark Bun on Data Privacy, Embracing Failure, Baking Cakes
“I usually learn more about a problem from repeatedly failing to solve it than from the one time I succeed”
Inventor Mark Grinstaff Named an AAAS Fellow
Recognition for chemist and biomedical engineer behind revolutionary cancer treatment and other “distinguished contributions” with “global therapeutic impact”
BU’s Innovator of the Year Uses History to Shape the Future
To help students invent the technology of tomorrow, Selim Ünlü starts with a lesson about the breakthroughs of the past
Human Rights Activist and Music Educator André de Quadros Recognized for Career Dedicated to Justice and the Arts
Chorus America has honored the BU music professor for his years teaching music to marginalized people and communities
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