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Boston University Appoints Kenneth Lutchen to Top Research Job

September 5, 2025

Renowned biomedical engineer, influential researcher, and transformative higher education leader is new vice president and associate provost for research.

Boston University Biomedical Engineer Ji-Xin Cheng Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

February 25, 2026

Precision medicine pioneer holds more than 30 patents and is the cofounder of multiple companies

Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research

September 16, 2025

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program support will also spur investment in early-career faculty

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Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study

November 4, 2025

Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior

Roxbury’s John D. O’Bryant School of Math & Science students take questions after their research presentations

Boston University, Boston Medical Center Researchers Work with High School Students to Build Peer-Led Overdose Prevention Program

September 10, 2025

Building a curriculum for teens, by teens: students from a Roxbury school met with researchers all summer to learn about opioid overdose prevention

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Boston University: A History of Invention and Innovation

March 27, 2026

To mark the 150th anniversary of BU faculty member Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone, here are some other notable society-changing ideas and products to emerge from BU

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Boston University–Led Research Finds Mid- or Late-Life Exercise May Cut Risk of Dementia

January 13, 2026

Epidemiologist Phillip Hwang says high levels of physical activity could lower dementia risk by up to 45 percent

Biology undergraduate Matteo Finnerty photographing bees at the Arnold Arboretum

Boston’s Native Bees Are Under Threat. A BU Student Researcher Wants to Help Protect Them

August 6, 2025

Biology undergraduate Matteo Finnerty's findings at the Arnold Arboretum could inform bumble-bee-friendly plantings

Boston’s Rain-Free Month May Mean Fall Foliage Will Come Early This Year

September 18, 2024

BU biologist explains how recent long stretch of little to no precipitation is impacting Boston area forests and how this pattern is in line with climate change predictions

Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program 2026

August 21, 2025

$100k for 2-year grant supporting assistant and associate professors to pursue a new research project or direction. Apply by Wednesday, September 10 via InfoReady Review.