
BU’s Mask and Vaccination Mandates Prevented Spread of COVID in Classes, Research Finds
Study confirms that the campus safely repopulated in fall 2021
Study confirms that the campus safely repopulated in fall 2021
New research from BU’s School of Medicine shows that activating proteins that regulate growth in cells helps prevent moles from mutating into melanoma
“The situation is getting more and more complicated,” says BU virologist John Connor
Philosopher Victor Kumar studies the psychology—and ethics—of switching from eating meat to a vegetarian, vegan, or reducetarian diet
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
Boston University researchers develop an artificial intelligence program that detects cognitive impairment accurately and efficiently from voice recordings
Ibram X. Kendi–led BU Center for Antiracist Research calls for new data standards to help confront racial inequities and injustice
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.
view all? 7 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Researchers at BU's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories are using the Aedes aegypti mosquito to study diseases like dengue, West Nile, and Zika
BU scientists develop portable sensors to measure carbon levels in coastal environments that are critical to fighting climate change
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
History professor studies long-gone industry, and how climate change would have made it virtually impossible today
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
A close reading of the draft by Justice Alito suggests that other precedents could be vulnerable
We know how to fix the problem of gun violence, so why haven’t we acted on it?
Metamaterials pioneer says award will allow her to devote research to “some of the world’s most interesting and challenging problems”
“I usually learn more about a problem from repeatedly failing to solve it than from the one time I succeed”
Recognition for chemist and biomedical engineer behind revolutionary cancer treatment and other “distinguished contributions” with “global therapeutic impact”
To help students invent the technology of tomorrow, Selim Ünlü starts with a lesson about the breakthroughs of the past
Chorus America has honored the BU music professor for his years teaching music to marginalized people and communities
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