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Photo: An Argentinian man with orange slacks, a red sweater with a black turtleneck underneath. He stands in the center of his office. To the left, an aquarium is featured. Above the aquarium tank are shelves of books. Lining the selves are chocolate wrappers from unique chocolate bars. On his right, there is a huge desk with tons of miscellaneous merchandise on top. Some of those items are a yerba mate pot, a silver plaque, and a wooden model of a motorcycle. Two chairs sit in front of his desks. Throughout the room are tons of personal pictures, framed and loose. Mostoslavsky smiles for the photo

OFFICE ARTIFACTS

Office Artifacts: Gustavo Mostoslavsky

February 6, 2023

Catherine Espaillat, Vivek Goyal, and Malika Jeffries-EL were all honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Photos by Cydney Scott

Accolades

These BU Researchers Were Just Named AAAS Fellows

January 31, 2023

Photo: Faculty & Staff Assistance Office employees, Colleen McGuire (left) Sarah Henderson (center), and Karen Brouhard(right) smile and pose for a photo. Three white women wearing (from left) glasses and a light blue floral blouse and black pants, a dark blue summer dress, and a red orange blouse and beige pants.

Mental Health

Faculty & Staff Assistance Office: a Valuable Resource for BU Employees and Their Families

January 27, 2023

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Literature

As Book Bans Increase Across the Country a BU Scholar Is Fighting Back

January 25, 2023

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Things-to-do

The Week Ahead: January 23 to 29

January 20, 2023

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Valentine's Day

Love Yourself First This Valentine’s Day with Words of Encouragement

January 20, 2023

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Accolades

BU’s Christopher Chen Elected a National Academy of Inventors Fellow

January 13, 2023

Aerial photo of BU and non-BU students celebrating Holi on Cummington Mall Rd on March 20 in-person for the first time in three years. Most young people in the crowd wear white or light colored shirts, and a cloud of orange dust rises in the air. The people are covered with an array of bright colors and look joyful as they talk with their friends.

Year In Review

2022: Pictures That Defined the Year

January 13, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Bruce Willis at a speaking engagement wearing a blue collared shirt with a white undershirt, Photo of BU Medical student, Molly Jia Yong Zhao gives a flu shot to a patient during a clinic on September 29, 2020, vector illustration of a brain pixelating and dissolving from left to right, and Photo of Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Science, Hagere Yilma, posing for a photo. A Black woman with shoulder-length black hair styled in a twist-out hairstyle wearing a black, tunic-style blouse stands in front of a brick wall and smiles to the camera.

2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

NSF CAREER Awards

BU’s 2022 NSF CAREER Award Winners Are Innovating Data Systems and Single-Molecule Circuits

December 13, 2022

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

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Academics

These Faculty Are Using Data Science to Help Change the World

December 6, 2022

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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Can Elon Musk Fix the Twitter Chaos That He Created?

November 29, 2022

A family photo of the Silber's at the 1971 Boston University Commencement. The family's first Boston University Commencement and John Silber's inauguration as president. Front row, left to right: Kathryn, Laura Ruth, John, and David holding Caroline. Back row: Martha, Alexandra, Rachel, and Judith. Boston University Photography

Books

Determined? Divisive? Misunderstood? John Silber, Seen through His Daughter’s Eyes

November 23, 2022

Photo: ENG professor of electrical and computer engineering, Josh Semeter poses for photo in his lab on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. A white man with silver grey hair sits with hands folded in front of him and resting on a desk cluttered with papers, wires, and various hardware constructs. He wears a dark green sweater. A lab filled with random mechanics is shown behind him as a large blue and white spaceship banner hangs on the wall behind him.

UFO

BU Astrophysicist Joins NASA Team to Study UFOs

November 21, 2022

Photo: Newly installed Nexamp solar panels at the Local 103 headquarters in Dorchester. Large solar panels cover a rooftop on a Boston building. A city skyline and distant white wind turbine are shown in the distance.

Climate Change

POV: Local Climate Action Matters Now More than Ever

November 15, 2022

Photo: The oldCovid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center. A researcher wearing a light blue mask and gown works behind a large computer as machines and vials are shown on the counters in front of them.

Research Labs

What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission

November 15, 2022

Julius Schiller’s depiction of St. Joseph, the ideal husband and father in the Holy Family. Credit: Mendillo Collection

Arts & Culture

A Scientist Ponders Religious Depictions of the Stars

November 4, 2022

Black and white photo of Anthony Barrand. A white man wearing a white tee shirt that reads "Boston University Orientation 1996" tucked into slacks holds up in one hand a large, wooden jewish star. He stands on a BU lawn on campus.

Tributes

An “Unconventional Genius”

November 2, 2022

Left to right, a photo of Pardee's Walter D. Connor, CAS' Paule Verdet and David A. Wagenknecht (CAS'62, GRS'64)

Tributes

Remembering Three Professors Emeriti Who Helped Shape the University

November 1, 2022

Remembering Three Professors Emeriti Who Helped Shape the University