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Aging

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Exercise and Dementia

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

January 12, 2026

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Research

Best of The Brink 2025: A Selection of BU’s 10 Most-Read, Liked, and Shared Science and Research Stories

December 16, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025

October 31, 2025

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Wildfires

Death Count for 2025 LA County Wildfires Likely Higher than Records Show, BU Research Finds

August 12, 2025

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Alzheimer’s Disease

What a Newly Approved Blood Test Means for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s

June 16, 2025

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Sargent College

BU Sargent College Team Helps Design New Middlesex Jail Unit for Incarcerated Older Adults

March 26, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

2024’s Go-To State for Retirement? Massachusetts (That’s Not a Typo)

March 26, 2025

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Faculty

Retired SSW Professor Millie Flashman, Passionate About Working with Couples and Families, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

February 5, 2025

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Expert Take

Cycling Can Make Older Adults Healthier and More Independent. Here’s How to Design Bikes and Networks That Meet Their Needs

January 6, 2025

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

December 13, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities

October 29, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines

October 1, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Feedback

Feedback: Readers Weigh In on a BU Superager, the Passing of Otto Lerbinger, and Alum’s Book Fat Church

August 7, 2024

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Aging and Climate

Feeling the Heat? Researchers Say Heat Waves Will Put More Older Adults in Danger

August 1, 2024

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Alzheimer’s

New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease

June 25, 2024

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Commencement 2024

BU Celebrates 7,600 Graduates at Buoyant 151st Commencement

May 19, 2024

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Politics

Biden’s Biggest Challenges to Reelection—Immigration, Gaza, and Even the Economy

March 28, 2024

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Osteoarthritis

What Causes Osteoarthritis? BU Researchers Win $46 Million Grant to Pursue Answers and Find New Treatments

March 20, 2024

What Causes Osteoarthritis? BU Researchers Win $46 Million Grant to Pursue Answers and Find New Treatments