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Student Life

BU’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Matches Mentees & Mentors

August 3, 2026

Photo: A glimpse inside the Jawāhir al-Maʿānī (Jewels of Meanings). جواهرالمعاني, British Library, EAP1430/17/2, digitized by Boston University

Ajami

Fragile Manuscripts Hold Hundreds of Years of African and Islamic History

July 31, 2026

Rebecca Alssid, with Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11), worked at BU for 44 years before retiring in 2015. She was instrumental in recruiting Pépin and Julia Child (Hon.’76) to teach at Boston University. Photo by Vernon Doucett

Tributes

Remembering Rebecca Alssid, Howard Leibowitz, Adrianne Rogers, and N. Paul Rosman

July 30, 2026

Brain Aging

BU-Led Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Receives $31.5 Million Funding Renewal

July 28, 2026

Cloud Labs

NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network

July 23, 2026

Elections

What Motivates Black Women Voters?

July 20, 2026

Health & Medicine

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Marks 25th anniversary

July 15, 2026

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Theatre

CFA’s Jim Demler and His Identical Twin Brother Make Their Off-Broadway Debut

July 14, 2026

Photo of Lead researcher Manish Bais. A South Asian man wearing a blue collared shirt, blue tie, and white medical coat, sits in a chair in a research lab. He is turned and smiling towards the camera and sits in front of a large microscope.

Research News

Brink Bites: A Boston Climate Leader and New Oral Cancer Targets

June 30, 2026

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University News

Meet the 38 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Ranks of Associate Professor, Full Professor

June 30, 2026

Home Energy

How Augmented Reality Could Help Engineers Better Insulate Older Homes

June 25, 2026

Photo: A Boston University designed sound baffle that allows airflow but blocks 94% of sound

Noise Prevention

Fast Company Names Boston University–Designed Sound Shield a “World Changing Idea”

June 18, 2026

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Marine science

In His New Book, The Dark Frontier, BU Biologist Explores the Deep Sea—and Provides a Warning on Its Future

June 11, 2026

Photo: Protesters Demand End to COVID-19 Shutdown in Orlando, US - 17 in Apr 2020

Radicalization

How Do Social Movements Emerge—and Why Do Some Radicalize?

June 9, 2026

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Physics and AI

Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI

June 4, 2026

Clean Energy

Boston University Researchers Team Up with Massachusetts to Launch New Clean Energy Tools

May 28, 2026

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Urban Geography

Boston University’s Loretta Lees honored by UK’s Royal Geographical Society

May 20, 2026

Britta Lassmann (left) and Nahid Bhadelia, cofounders and codirectors of BEACON

Infectious Diseases

Measles, Cholera, and Mpox: BU-Based Outbreak Tracker Monitors World’s Most Dangerous Infectious Diseases

May 18, 2026

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School of Public Health

Boston University–Trained High Schoolers Educate Lawmakers About Taxing Alcohol

May 18, 2026

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COMMENCEMENT 2026

Boston University Celebrates the Class of 2026 at 153rd Commencement

May 17, 2026

Boston University Celebrates the Class of 2026 at 153rd Commencement