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Global Health

Testing the Effectiveness of mHealth Apps in Training Health Workers

March 2, 2015

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Science & Technology

Snow Days? Technology to the Rescue

February 24, 2015

Crowdfunding

Students

Students Turn to Crowdfunding to Pay for College

February 13, 2015

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Law

A Lawyer’s Job: Making Deals Outside the Courthouse

January 15, 2015

In a study at the Boston Museum of Science, Kathleen Corriveau had children drop a marble into one of two tubes to assess their preference for written or oral instructions to guide their actions

Cognitive Development

Want Children to Listen? Write It Down

December 8, 2014

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education

Breakthroughs in the Making

November 10, 2014

Campus events include food tastings, film screenings, and student artwork

Education

BU Celebrates International Education Week

November 7, 2014

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Schools and Colleges

School of Dental Medicine Goes Digital with Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., Technology

November 4, 2014

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LGBTQ+

POV: Expanding the Definition of Women at Women’s Colleges

October 21, 2014

Boston University School of Education, SED, Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness

University News

SED to Join, House New College Readiness Institute

September 29, 2014

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Business

POV: Addressing the Growing Gap Between Classroom and Career

September 29, 2014

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Global

MOOC Probes a War You’ve Never Heard Of

September 23, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Education SED, Ruth Shane retires, Initiative on Cities, Menino Scholars

Education

SED’s “Point of Light” Bids BU Farewell

August 27, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Education SED, Laura Jiménez lecturer, education, teaching, evaluating graphic novels

Arts & Culture

Graphic Novels 101

July 24, 2014

Stephen Quigley, Boston University College of Communication COM associate professor of public relations, online education for international students

Digital Learning

East Meets West—Online

July 11, 2014

Deborah Kelemen, associate professor of psychology, Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, children and complex science, child understanding of complex scientific concepts, evolution, adaptation by natural selection

Psychology

Can Young Children Understand Complex Science?

July 10, 2014

Frank Macri, English as a Second Language teacher, China, teaching abroad, teaching english abroad, teaching english in China

Alumni

POV: Lessons Learned from a Year Abroad

June 30, 2014

Sabermetrics 101 MOOC, Boston University Digital Learning Initiative, online classes, edX

University News

Baseball MOOC Pulls in 17,000 Learners

June 5, 2014

Inaugural Gitner Award winners, Andrew Duffy, Manher Jariwala, Pankaj Mehta, Bennett Goldberg, Gerald Gitner, Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award, Boston University

Physical Science

CAS Physics Team Wins First Gitner Award

May 12, 2014

Boston University BU, SAT ACT exam revisions, admissions, School of Education EDU, Christina Dobbs, higher education Joel Scott

Admissions

Is the New SAT Really Improved?

April 30, 2014

Is the New SAT Really Improved?