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Forecasting Recovery: Dr. Kiran and Dr. Venkataraman Awarded $3.2M NIH Grant

Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) faculty members Drs. Archana Venkataraman and Swathi Kiran have been awarded a $3.2M NIH grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to develop computational tools that will predict language recovery in people with post-stroke aphasia.

Upcoming Dudley Allen Lecture: Dr. Michael Silverman

Join us for the next lecture in the Dudley Allen Sargent Distinguished Lecture Series: Postpartum Depression: A Complication of Childbearing or Childrearing? How Big Data Can Help Clarify Etiology, by Dr. Michael Silverman

Boston University Awarded PCORI Funding to Improve Engagement of Autistic Adults in Colorectal Health Research

Boston University has been awarded a prestigious Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Engagement Award to lead a groundbreaking national initiative aimed at improving colonoscopy access, participation, and patient experience for autistic adults. 

2025 ASHA Awards

Sargent College celebrates award recipients John Costello, Jerry Kaplan, Elizabeth Hoover, and Swathi Kiran.

DPT and OTD Students Selected for the Travis Roy Scholarships

Dean Dennerlein announced the recipients of the inaugural Travis Roy Scholarships, Mary Beth Surratt and Luke Willett.

2025 Sargent College Convocation

Watch the 2025 Sargent College Convocation and Dr. Donna J. Astion's address!

Congratulations to the 2025 Sargent College Funding Awardees

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of Sargent College internal grants!

Sargent College Faculty and Staff Awarded Merit and Whitney R. Powers Awards

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Faculty Award of Merit, the Staff Award of Merit, and the Whitney R. Powers Award for Teaching Excellence!

Expert Take: Dismantling USAID “Will Cost Lives and Destroy Critical Infrastructure”

Lindsey Locks writes that in a world with an abundance of food, these decisions will cause millions of children and families to go hungry,

Tracy Kidder Delivers the Meredith E. Drench Lecture

The Pulitzer Prize Winner Author of “Mountains Beyond Mountains” and “Rough Sleepers” will present “Variations on the Problem of Goodness.”

Five Easy Snacks to Make for Your 2025 Super Bowl Party

Joan Salge Blake shares her insight with BU Today.

A Look Back at Bean’s First Year at Boston University

As part of research on canine-assisted therapy, Bean worked with members of the Sargent's Aphasia Resource Center.

Living With Aphasia Chapter 5: The Care Partner Perspective

Discussing aphasia’s effects on care partners and offering reflections on improving the lived experiences for all impacted by the condition.

Living with Aphasia Chapter 4: The Psychological Impact

Exploring the emotional and psychological impact of aphasia and providing suggestions on resources to address it.

Former NBA Player Speaks at Stuttering Therapy Event

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist shared his personal story of living with a stutter, and his advocacy work