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Research on Tap: Inequality in the United States (2018)

March 29, 2018

This Research on Tap, hosted by Spencer Piston, Assistant Professor, Political Science, CAS, brought together faculty from across BU who seek to understand the root causes of inequity in the contemporary United States. Faculty shared their latest research findings and remedies related to disparities in health, education, development, economic opportunity, housing, and criminal justice, and […]

Research on Tap: Initiative on Forced Displacement: Research, Pedagogy, Engagement, and Ethical Impact (2020)

October 11, 2020

Faculty Hosts: Carrie Preston & Muhammad ZamanOver 70 million people are currently forcibly displaced by wars and persecution, more than ever previously recorded. Most of these displaced individuals come from low income countries and are forced to flee to neighboring countries that are ill-equipped to provide for them, leading to massive challenges for displaced and […]

Research on Tap: Innovations in Brain Research from the Center for Systems Neuroscience (2020)

February 20, 2020

Faculty Host: Michael HasselmoThis Research On Tap event will present a range of exciting and innovative research from faculty at Boston University's Center for Systems Neuroscience addressing how neural circuits mediate behavior. Talks will share results from cutting-edge research using a range of techniques that include imaging of activity in different areas of the human brain, […]

Research on Tap: Light as Medicine (2019)

November 19, 2019

Faculty Host: Ji Xin ChengLight, composed of photons, is the foundation of life. Photons exist everywhere, and scientists are now able to harness and manipulate these photons to see into the biological world invisible to the naked eye—and to create a healthier world. This session brings together experts on the BU campus to share their interests […]

Research on Tap: Lighting the Way: Current Research at the BU Photonics Center (2015)

September 28, 2015

The inaugural Research on Tap, hosted by Tom Bifano, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, and Director, Photonics Center, honored the United Nations’ International Year of Light and featured the BU Photonics Center. View program here.View SlidesNote: Videos in slides will not play

Research on Tap: Mass Incarceration and its Impacts (2017)

March 15, 2017

In the past four decades, the United States more than quadrupled the size of its prison system. This change in penal policy had a wide range of unwanted and profound social costs. At this Research on Tap, BU faculty discussed their work to understand the consequences of the U.S. prison system on social and economic […]

Research on Tap: Materials Science and Engineering: The Science of Stuff (2017)

October 14, 2017

Hosted by David Bishop, Head, Division of Materials Science & Engineering, and Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering, ENG; and Alice White, Chair, Mechanical Engineering, and Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, ENG.Materials science has enabled and driven technological advances for all of human history. Today, novel […]

Research on Tap: Measuring Corporate Impacts on the Environment & Society (2023)

September 11, 2023

As climate change accelerates, we need better methods for measuring and talking about the social and environmental impact of businesses. Within the investment industry, the metrics commonly used to gauge this impact, known as ESG (environment, social, governance), have become a hot topic, but the factors they represent are difficult to measure. Across BU's campuses, […]

Research on Tap: Mechanobiology: How Force and Stretch Shape Life (2019)

April 2, 2019

Co-hosted by Elise Morgan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Division of Materials Science & Engineering; and Department of Biomedical EngineeringCo-hosted by Katya Ravid, Professor, Medicine and Biochemistry, School of Medicine; and Director, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office (IBRO)Mechanobiology is the study of how physical cues, such as force and stretch, affect biological processes. Physical cues play […]

Research on Tap: Medicine in the Molecular Era: Single Cell Sequencing (2018)

October 1, 2018

Biological samples contain a complex ecosystem of different cell types which coordinate to perform normal tissue-related functions. These ecosystems can be disrupted in a variety of ways that contribute to disease initiation and progression. Recent advances in microfluidics and next-generation sequencing allow for very small amounts of RNA from single cells to be amplified and […]