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  Research on Tap: The Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families: Research on Policy and Practice

  December 12, 2025

  Healthcare, education, food assistance and housing support are all key pillars of healthy child development, but children in immigrant families often do not have full access to these essential support systems. When one in four children in the United States is from an immigrant family and, subsequently, excluded from federal, state, and local social safety […]
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  Research on Tap: Toward Responsible AI: Privacy, Fairness, and Accountability (2023)

  August 29, 2023

  Nearly every aspect of our lives is now touched by digital technologies. While information systems have enabled humans to flourish, societal concerns over privacy and abuses of algorithmically driven systems are greater than ever. We are exposed at work, at play, and at rest by our relationships with those who use technology to shape what […]
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  Research on Tap: Understanding and Forecasting Change in Our Natural World (2018)

  November 7, 2018

  Hosted by Michael Dietze, Associate Professor, Earth & Environment, CASAs society increasingly faces unprecedented environmental challenges, ecologists are being asked to provide the best available scientific information about future events. The field of ecological forecasting connects data and models to project our current understanding of ecological processes into new places and times. Attend this Research […]
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  Research on Tap: Understanding and Improving our Urban Climate (2019)

  January 28, 2019

  Hosted by Lucy Hutyra, Co-Director, Urban Climate Research Initiative, and Associate Professor, Earth & Environment, CAS; and Patrick Kinney, Co-Director, Urban Climate Research Initiative, and Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health, Environmental Health, SPHBy mid-century, seven of every ten people are projected to reside in an urban area. The concentration of […]
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  Research on Tap: Understanding the Rules of Life: Predicting Phenotype (2017)

  April 25, 2017

  One of the biggest challenges in translational research is the development of methods to predict phenotype—an organism’s physical characteristics—from what we know about the genome and environment. Unpacking phenotypic complexity will require the convergence of research across biology, computer science, medicine, engineering, and others.* This Research on Tap, hosted by Richard Myers, Director, BU Genome […]
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  Research on Tap: War and Peace: Causes, Consequences, and Alternatives (2018)

  October 7, 2018

  William Tecumseh Sherman said “War is hell.” It is also an enormously complex process and problem which calls for multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches. Sherman also said, “You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war.” What are the causes of war and peace? What are the consequences of war […]
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  Research on Tap: Women’s Health and Cultivating a Research Community at BU (2024)

  September 6, 2024

  For much of the 20th century, clinical research predominantly involved male participants, with the assumption that findings would apply equally to women. Concerns about hormonal fluctuations and reproductive health risks led to the exclusion of women, particularly those of childbearing age. This exclusion resulted in a significant lack of data on how various diseases and […]
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  Research on Tap: Working Towards an HIV Cure (2019)

  September 24, 2019

  More than three decades after the discovery of HIV as the cause of AIDS, we’re still looking for a cure. Current HIV antiretroviral therapies suppress virus expression, reduce transmission and decrease morbidity and mortality of HIV-associated diseases. However, a number of barriers still stand in the way of eradicating HIV, including access to testing and […]
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  Research Priorities in the Time of COVID, with Matthew Fenton, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2021)

  October 14, 2021

  Dr. Matthew Fenton, Director, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), will provide an update on NIAID’s current and future research priorities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered will include the FY21 budget for the National Institutes of Health, COVID-related grant policies and flexibilities, the NIAID response to […]
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  Research Program Helps Bridge the Opportunity Gap for Young Engineers

  September 10, 2025

  Training and mentorship experience gives first-generation and low-income college students a taste of lab work—but needs new funding to continue.