Boston University

Education

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University News

BU Children’s Center Gets Expanded Home, Now Accepts Infants

July 27, 2020

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Antiracism

Striking Out Racist Terminology in Engineering

July 16, 2020

Mental Health

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care

July 9, 2020

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Reopening Childcare

POV: We Need to Focus on Children’s Rights as We Grapple with Reopening Childcare in Massachusetts

July 6, 2020

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Children & Coronavirus

Don’t Undersell the Facts: Why Kids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information

June 26, 2020

CAREER PLANNING

Postdoc Academy Launches Remote Professional Development Course

June 19, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Schools Must Address Harassment Based on Immigration

June 18, 2020

Biomedical engineers in BU professor Allyson Sgro’s lab participated in a workshop to develop individualized action plans and then joined up in person with other members of the community. Together, they met up with a #ShutDownSTEM/Black Lives Matter march walking from Roxbury’s Nubian Square to Boston City Hall.

STEM ON STRIKE

BU Researchers #ShutDownSTEM to Combat Racism

June 12, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Makes the Case for Affirmative Action

June 1, 2020

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University News

BU Students Will Have Choice of In-Person or Remote Classes This Fall

June 1, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: How Parents Can Help Their Children Deal with Ambiguous Loss

May 29, 2020

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Academics

BU Expands Hybrid/Simultaneous Graduate Program Offerings for Fall

May 27, 2020

In this May 8, 2020, file photo, registered nurse Katie Hammond, left, works with another nurse on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center , in Seattle. The number of deaths in Washington because of the coronavirus has reached 1,000, the Washington State Department of Health reported Saturday, May 16, 2020. The agency added eight more deaths and listed the total number of confirmed cases at 18,288.

Translation

Translational Research Hub at BU Gets $38.3 Million Renewal from NIH

May 21, 2020

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Science & Technology

Real Doctors. Real Social Workers. Virtual Patients.

May 12, 2020

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Coronavirus on the Border

As Coronavirus Exploded in Boston, BU Class Trip to US-Mexico Border Grappled with Evolving Ethics

May 7, 2020

A photo of BU field hockey teammates Shannon Ma (right) and Rebecca Janes hugging goodbye last month as BU students left campus to flee the pandemic.

Mental Health & COVID-19

Five Things COVID-19 Might Do to Young Adults’ Mental Health

April 16, 2020

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University News

Changes for the Hub: More Classes, Transfer Students Will Be Included

April 13, 2020

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Cognitive Development

How Children Play With Others Can Reveal Their Risk for Antisocial Behavior

April 10, 2020

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Technology

Have a Creative Zoom Background? We Want to See It

April 3, 2020

Screenshot of Aiken Bottoms from her “Building a Boat” lesson that’s included on the Deaf Education Library, a new resource for deaf children. A cartoon boat and wave are seen behind Aiken, who looks shocked as the wave approaches in the story.

Strategy & Innovation

Helping Deaf Children Learn in Coronavirus Isolation

April 2, 2020

Helping Deaf Children Learn in Coronavirus Isolation