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Should Schools Struggling with Classroom Management Clamp Down with More Suspensions or Turn to Restorative Justice?

June 14, 2024

BU education policy researcher Christopher Cleveland weighs in on the national struggle to manage behavior and keep kids safe at school

Should We Be Worried about a Malaria Outbreak in the United States?

July 17, 2023

Malaria has landed in Florida and Texas. BU infectious diseases specialist David Hamer shares his biggest worries when it comes to mosquito-borne diseases—and why malaria might not be the scariest one

Should We Break Up with Gas Stoves?

January 30, 2023

After gas stoves take some heat in political culture wars, a BU public health expert says there are good reasons to switch to electric—but there are safety steps you can take in the meantime

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Should You Accept Internet Cookies? BU Researchers Say the Open Web Could Suffer Without Them

May 14, 2026

New study finds ad revenue that supports digital publishers and content creators tumbles when cookies are removed

Should You Talk to God Using an App?

February 10, 2026

Boston University’s Margarita Guillory studies pros, cons of tech and AI in religion

Should You Use Threads, Meta’s New Twitter Rival, or Is It a “Privacy Nightmare”?

July 6, 2023

BU online advertising expert on how tech companies use our data and sensitive information, and whether the US should better protect our privacy

Should You Watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite Host Qatar’s “Serious Human Rights Problems”?

November 15, 2022

A BU international relations expert on countries using sports to cleanse their image and whether fans can look past the controversy of Qatar’s migrant worker abuse to enjoy the matches

A masked nurse preparing a COVID-19 immunization at a BU vaccination clinic

Should You—and Can You—Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall?

September 26, 2025

As BU announces COVID and flu vaccination clinics, we help you make sense of shifting federal and state guidelines

Six Afro-Latino Memoirists That You Should Know

September 15, 2021

In a forthcoming book, literary researcher analyzes these six authors and their influence over the past century

Ana Fiszbein (clockwise from top left), Michael Albro, Jonathan Huggins, Rabia Yazicigil, Andrew Sabelhaus, and Wenchao Li were awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards this year to advance their research in engineering, mathematics, and molecular biology.

Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award

June 28, 2024

NSF CAREER awards recognize BU researchers innovating in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, molecular biology, and more