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Faculty

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Urban Health

Why Is Everybody Talking about “Third Places” Right Now?

April 30, 2025

“I had the good luck to be raised among expert joke-tellers, complainers, arguers, schmoozers, boasters, and liars,” Pinsky says in his new memoir, Jersey Breaks. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun. Pinsky stands looking out over an ocean beach on a cloudy day

University News

Robert Pinsky, America’s Ambassador for Poetry, Retiring from Teaching After 36 Years at BU, More Than 1,000 Students

April 29, 2025

Classes

From Classroom to Kitchen: An Unconventional Approach to Finals

April 28, 2025

Climate Misinformation

Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist

April 24, 2025

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Hearing Loss

Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users

April 22, 2025

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Elections

How Could the SAVE Act Impact Young Voters and Married People Who’ve Changed Their Name?

April 18, 2025

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars

April 17, 2025

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Business & Law

Is the United States Heading for an Economic Crisis?

April 16, 2025

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LAw

SCOTUS Upholds Biden-Era Ghost Gun Regulations

March 28, 2025

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Mental Health

BU Researcher Teams Up with Boston’s Fathers’ UpLift to Support Black Men’s Mental Health

March 28, 2025

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Accolades

BU’s Kenneth Lutchen Named AAAS Fellow

March 27, 2025

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Politics

US Defense Secretary Called Europe “Pathetic.” Two BU Experts on Whether the Alliance Is Damaged

March 27, 2025

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Watch Now

Baton in Hand, BU’s Sarah Ioannides Inspires a New Generation of Musicians

March 26, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

2024’s Go-To State for Retirement? Massachusetts (That’s Not a Typo)

March 26, 2025

University News

BU Wheelock Faculty Named Top Educational Policy Influencers

March 25, 2025

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Faculty

Retired SSW Professor Millie Flashman, Passionate About Working with Couples and Families, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Tributes

Morton Hoffman, Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner, Dies

March 25, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

New Film The Age of Disclosure Alleges Government Cover-Up of UFOs, but BU Expert Is Skeptical

March 24, 2025

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Politics

BU Social Work Professor’s Database Tracks Trump Executive Orders Compared to Project 2025 and America First Agenda

March 19, 2025

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Women’s History Month

Boston University Celebrates Women’s History Month

March 13, 2025

Boston University Celebrates Women’s History Month