Boston University

Environmental Health

A photo of an empty lab in BU’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

Images of local volunteers along with the National Guard distributing food to locals at Winnisimmet Park in downtown Chelsea April 23, 2020. Many boxes say "Salvation Army" on the side, and a line of people with masks is seen in the background.

Public Health

BU Public Health Researchers Aid Chelsea, Epicenter of State’s COVID-19 Outbreak

April 28, 2020

A portrait photo of Salma Abdalla

Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

March 23, 2020

Nathan Phillips in his office February 4, a week into his hunger strike.

Scientist on Strike

Why BU Environmental Researcher Nathan Phillips Is on a Hunger Strike

February 5, 2020

Portrait of Diana Ceballos, Boston University School of Public Health assistant professor of environmental health, in front of a Boston construction site.

Environmental Health

Children of Construction Workers Are at Risk of Secondhand Lead Exposure

December 3, 2019

A scene from the film "Dark Waters" starring Mark Ruffalo

Voices & Opinion

POV: Dark Waters Serves Up a Cautionary Tale

December 2, 2019

Greta Thunberg talks at protest outside the United Nations surrounded by other climate change protesters holding signs.

Climate Change

How to Deal with Climate Skeptics at Thanksgiving Dinner

November 22, 2019

People hold signs protesting a proposed natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Rollback of Federal Rules to Limit Methane Emissions Poses Serious Threat

October 28, 2019

a man lights a joint with a lighter in the dark.

Fertility

Male Marijuana Use Might Double the Risk of Partner’s Miscarriage

October 16, 2019

Double exposure portrait of Paige Brochu with the Providence, Rhode Island skyline in the background.

Earth & Environment

BU’s URBAN Enables PhD Students To Study People’s Health and the Earth’s

September 24, 2019

Wille and Sandra Reyes

Gulf War Illness

BU Researcher Makes Debut on Netflix’s New Show

September 23, 2019

Robert Pinsky standing on a beach

Voices & Opinion

POV: Robert Pinsky Extols the Virtues of Cape Cod

April 26, 2019

Environmental Health

Are There Toxins Hiding in Your Sofa? Probably

March 20, 2019

Portrait of Jacob Jaskiel, kneeling, and Hayley Goss, standing, on a Boston Harbor beach with the Boston skyline in the background.

Marine Biology

Microplastic Pollution Found in Seagrasses

February 18, 2019

wind turbine

Climate Change

Eight Ways Boston Could Become Carbon Free

January 29, 2019

Trees and snowline of a Northeastern Forest.

Climate Change

Warmer Winters Are Harming Northeast Forests

December 11, 2018

A diver reels in a line near a bleached colony of Boulder Star Coral at East Flower Garden Bank.

Marine Biology

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer

October 1, 2018

A Lone Star Tick crawls on a human finger

Earth & Environment

Fighting Tick-Borne Disease with Computer Science

July 6, 2017

Madeleine Scammell, assistant professor of environmental health

Accolades

Scammell Wins NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Health Science Award

April 20, 2017

piles of coal at a coal depot

Climate Change

Trump Slams Brakes on Obama’s Climate Plan

March 29, 2017

Trump Slams Brakes on Obama’s Climate Plan