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University News

Five Faculty Receive Edward Avedisian Professorships

March 21, 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

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Awards

How to Be a Better Mentor

March 15, 2024

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Awards

Innovate@BU Awarded $15,000 to Students Who Came Up with Ways to Help Boston Face Climate Change

March 12, 2024

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Accolades

Meet This Year’s Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards Winners

February 29, 2024

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Arts & Culture

COM Student Wins Directors Guild of America Student Award

February 27, 2024

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Accolades

Three BU Scholars Receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships

February 20, 2024

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Accolades

Alum Composer Is Up for Two Grammys Sunday

February 1, 2024

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Accolades

BU’s Most Powerful Women, and Other Forbes Influencers

January 25, 2024

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Accolades

BU’s Lead Plumber Is Best in the Country. And Tops at HVAC, Too

December 5, 2023

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Accolades

Jazzman Bill Banfield Receives President’s Call to Service Award

November 28, 2023

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Accolades

Music Journalist, and BU Alum, Makes Inaugural Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Boston List

November 14, 2023

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Performance Testing

A Saliva Test for Soldiers, Athletes, and Others Aims to Predict Performance

October 30, 2023

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MacArthur Fellowship

BU Ecologist Lucy Hutyra Wins a 2023 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

October 4, 2023

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Kilachand Awards

Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects

October 3, 2023

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Alumni Weekend

Make the Most of a Packed Alumni Weekend 2023 with These Events

September 20, 2023

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Accolades

BU Ignition Awards to Accelerate Products for Repairing Damaged Teeth, Fighting Cancer, Boosting Reading Skills, and More

September 19, 2023

Accolades

Career Development Professorships for Promising Scholars Awarded to Five BU Junior Faculty

September 13, 2023

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Accolades

BU Honors 80 Boston Public Schools Scholarship Recipients at Annual Ceremony

September 5, 2023

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Accolades

BU Dark Matter Researcher Wins Award to Drive “Extraordinary Contributions” to Experimental Physics

August 23, 2023

BU Dark Matter Researcher Wins Award to Drive “Extraordinary Contributions” to Experimental Physics