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Faculty

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)

January 23, 2024

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OFFICE ARTIFACTS

Office Artifacts: Angela Onwuachi-Willig

January 22, 2024

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COVID-19

Is It COVID-19, a Cold, or the Flu? What to Do When COVID and Flu Cases Surge

January 11, 2024

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Campus Life

2024 Is a Leap Year—If You’re a Leap Year Baby, We Want to Hear From You

January 8, 2024

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Urban Planning

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?

January 3, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Philadelphia Eagles' C.J. Gardner-Johnson catches a pass during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. A Black man wearing a dark green and white Eagles' football uniform and helmet catches a football in his hands, Photo: A flatlay of the iLet Bionic Pancreas, a bionic pancreas approved at the FDA. The device is a black box with a wire attached with two additional attachments, Photo: An unidentified person standing in a generic store pharmacy holds over the counter medicine in the aisle as they try to make a decision, and Photo: A white hands holds up a petri dish holding the yeast candida auris in a laboratory. a Petri dish with speckles of white dots/fungi is shown.

2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

December 11, 2023

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Education

How Dickens and Other Authors Shaped Attitudes to Education—with Lasting Impacts

December 5, 2023

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University Lecture

Many Say Critical Race Theory Divides Us, LAW’s Jasmine Gonzales Rose Says It Unites Us

November 30, 2023

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Antiracism

Are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Helping Workers—or Dividing Them?

November 28, 2023

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Music

The Guitar Playing Scholars Making their Mark at the School of Music

November 21, 2023

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Tributes

Charles Lindholm: “An Inspired Teacher and an Unsurpassed Mentor”

November 16, 2023

Collage: Side by side photos of James W. Whitworth (left) and Mark W. Logue (right). Whitworth, a bald white man wearing a burgundy, white, and black plaid collared shirt and grey pants poses in an activity lab, featuring a medical treadmill and various other exercise equipment. Logue, a white man with grey-black hair and beard, poses in a dark lecture hall with a lit whiteboard behind him filled with notes. He wears a white collared shirt and black blazer.

Veterans and PTSD

Can Researchers Find Better Treatments for Veterans with PTSD?

November 8, 2023

Journalism & Media

Can This BU Political Scientist Help Save Journalism?

November 6, 2023

Book History

Video: Why the UK and US have Different Titles for the same Book

November 6, 2023

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Black Women’s Health

Racism, Sexism, and the Crisis of Black Women’s Health

October 31, 2023

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Performance Testing

A Saliva Test for Soldiers, Athletes, and Others Aims to Predict Performance

October 30, 2023

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Social Media

The YouTube Effect Chronicles Internet’s Good, Bad, and Ugly

October 27, 2023

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Disinformation

Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Israel-Hamas War

October 23, 2023

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Faculty

Office Artifacts: Marianne Farkas

October 23, 2023

Office Artifacts: Marianne Farkas