Boston University, Boston Medical Center Researchers Work with High School Students to Build Peer-Led Overdose Prevention Program
Building a curriculum for teens, by teens: students from a Roxbury school met with researchers all summer to learn about opioid overdose prevention
Research Program Helps Bridge the Opportunity Gap for Young Engineers
Training and mentorship experience gives first-generation and low-income college students a taste of lab work—but needs new funding to continue.
Fewer Students Are Enrolled in Public School Than Before the Pandemic
Research from BU indicates that COVID-era lockdowns continue to impact the makeup of public schools
Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an AI system for detecting frog calls, a study of disrupted attention, and a project to examine children’s belief formation.
During DC Visit, President Gilliam Underscores Critical Partnership Between Government and Universities in Advancing Scientific Research
Her day included meetings with elected officials, their staff, and BU alumni and students.
Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers
White House’s presidential award recognizes BU researchers studying special education, lasers, and genes and DNA.
4 Ways Faculty and Teachers Can Help Take Some Pressure off Students
Sarah K. Lipson, principal investigator on the national Healthy Minds Study of college student mental health, discusses ways she instills positive well-being in her own classes
Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of change
Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?
New book from BU’s Anthony Abraham Jack says colleges admit students from diverse backgrounds, but forget cultural support
Being Open about LGBTQ+ Identities in the Classroom Creates Positive Learning Environments
Three LGBTQ+ professors share their experiences “queering the classroom” in ways that students embrace