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More People Are Giving Birth at Home. Why, and Is It Safe?

January 6, 2026

BU researcher Eugene Declercq, who catalogs birth data, says it can be—but so are hospital births

More RNA Extraction Kits Needed for SARS Cov-2 Testing

April 6, 2020

The BUSM Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine needs more RNA Extraction Kits for SARS Cov-2 testing. Specifically:QIAGEN74134 RNeasy Plus Mini Kit (50)74136 RNeasy Plus Mini Kit (250)BUMC drop-off site: Attn Elizabeth Duffy, MAPathology & Laboratory Medicine670 […]

Thermal power plant polluting air burning coal fossil fuel for production of electrical energy. Private residential houses at Kingston power station in Roane County, Tennessee.

More Than 46 Million in the US Live Within a Mile of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

January 9, 2026

New Boston University study suggests urban residents are disproportionately exposed to potentially harmful energy supply chain infrastructure

Mosquitoes Have a Bizarre Sense of Smell, Study Finds

August 18, 2022

The unconventional way mosquitoes process odors could help explain why they are so good at finding humans to bite

Moveable Capital Equipment

December 9, 2020

With the recent transition to SAP Ariba Guided BUying in August, Property Management would like to remind you of their role in the purchase requisition process. Property Management reviews purchases ≥ $5,000 to screen for Moveable Capital Equipment. Purchase Requisitions (PRs) ≥ $5,000 for equipment need to be itemized or include an attachment with a quote or an explanation of what is ordered.Dear […]

Moving toward More Empathetic Maternal Mental Health Care

November 29, 2022

NASA Grants Guidance

March 21, 2020

BU has received the following guidance about NASA grants and deadlines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of March 20, 2020:Funding for individual investigator awards will be impacted. NASA is making modifications to ROSES 2020 program elements and will announce future modifications on NSPRIES. At this point, SMD has determined the following opportunities will […]

NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory orbits in space with Earth in the far background

NASA Space Weather Mission Blasts Off—with Device Created by BU Students on Board

September 24, 2025

The observatory is on a mission to understand Earth’s most distant layer of atmosphere, a project led by a BU alum

Visualization of the LEXI instrument onboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the lunar surface

NASA to Blast BU Telescope to the Moon in Historic First

January 9, 2025

LEXI (Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager) will be deployed and operate from the lunar surface this month, part of the first set of landers from the United States traveling to the moon in almost 50 years.

National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine (ELHM) Scholars 2026

August 21, 2025

Nominations for early- and mid-career professionals in biomedical science, population health, health care, and related fields to serve a 3-year term to shape NAM's priorities. Nominators should submit their nominations by Friday, September 26 via InfoReady Review.