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Faculty

Still from the horror film Rosemary's baby. Rosemary stands in a blue night gown with a knife in her hand over a black baby cradle.

Books

Need a Halloween Flick? BU’s Regina Hansen Has Edited a New Book on Satan in Cinema

October 28, 2021

a photo collage featuring studio photos of all 13 members of the team of Boston University researchers all posing in front of black backdrops in various poses.

Environmental Justice

This Squad of Researchers Is a Real-Life Justice League

October 27, 2021

Closeup shot of a businesswoman using a digital tablet in the city

Breast Cancer

For Black Women, New Online Prediction Tool Could Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths

October 26, 2021

an image of Dr. Sarah Davies' tweet on a purple background. Tweet reads: "COVID ripped through our household (2 vaxed un-boostered parents, 4.5 yo, 2.5yo) over the past 2 weeks and I have some thoughts. A thread 1. COVID is scary even if you're vaxed. My symptoms ranged from uncomfortable to panic-inducing."

Health & Medicine

“COVID Ripped Through Our Household”: An Eight-Tweet Story

October 26, 2021

3D rendering of a creepy ward room in the hospital with blood and rust.

Horror

Human Sacrifice, Haunted Rooms, and Other Rituals of Folk Horror

October 26, 2021

A school girl in Ecuador, age 6-11, receives a shot of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID Vaccines

COVID Vaccines for Kids Ages 5 to 11: Answers to Common Questions

October 21, 2021

Photo of Creative writing prof Joelle Renstrom in her CGS office for Office Artifacts. She has brown, wavy shoulder length, hair with streaks of purple, and wears a black long-sleeve shirt and jeans, as she holds a small toy robot in her hand.

Faculty

Office Artifacts: Joelle Renstrom

October 20, 2021

Photo of gas prices in Gibraltar, PA on September 20, 2021. The gasoline price sign and fuel pumps for the Turkey Hill gas station on route 724 in Gibraltar, PA are as follows: $3.35 for unleaded, $4.15 for premium, and $3.59 for diesel. Cars are seen filling up in the background.

Economics

Prepare to Keep Spending More: BU Economist Predicts Inflation to Last Two More Years

October 19, 2021

Books

Lee McIntyre: How to Talk to a Science Denier

October 13, 2021

A woman wearing a protective face covering stares sullenly out of her window.

Mental Health

Depression Rates in US Tripled When the Pandemic First Hit—Now, They’re Even Worse

October 7, 2021

A protester holds a sign that says 'COVID 19 Vaccination = Death'

Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

October 5, 2021

Photo of Ibram X. Kendi smiling. He has shoulder length locs that are pulled back, and he wears a blue suit, colorful pocket square, and light blue button up shirt. The portrait was taken outside, a building and a tree are blurred in the distance.

Accolades

Ibram Kendi, BU Center for Antiracist Research Founding Director, Wins 2021 MacArthur “Genius” Grant

September 28, 2021

BU engineers Brian Walsh and Emil Atz work on the Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) satellite which uses a new kind of optical technology to enable wide-field X-ray imaging of magnetic fields from inside a shoebox-size package.

SPACE SCIENCES

CuPID Satellite Will Take Widest Ever Images of Earth and Sun’s Magnetic Fields

September 27, 2021

Photo of a marble, honorary bust of the late Holocaust chronicler Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) at Washington National Cathedral’s Human Rights Porch. It protrudes from the top of a white marble column and looks to the left.

Human Rights

Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) Honored with Bust in Washington National Cathedral

September 25, 2021

Photo of School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea at a crimson Boston University podium, looking down and speaking into a mic, at a tearful memorial for David Jones. On a screen behind him, a photo of David Jones is seen—he’s a middle-aged man, smiling with salt-and-pepper hair and beard. A quote of his is next to his portrait but it’s cut off. The backs of peoples heads who are seating are seen in the foreground.

Memorial

SPH’s David Jones Remembered at Memorial Service

September 23, 2021

Composite image of BU’s new Career Development Professors, from left to right, top to bottom: Michael Wallace, Abdoulaye Ndao, Ana Fiszbein, Kira Goldner, Eshed Ohn-Bar, Ashok Cutkosky, and Chris Chao Su.

University News

From Automation to Breast Cancer to Social Media, 2021 Career Development Professors Span an Array of Disciplines

September 20, 2021

Runners cross the start line of the 123rd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2019, in Hopkinton, Mass.

Sports

Runners, Are You Competing in the Boston Marathon to Raise Money for a Charity?

September 20, 2021

Afghan Refugees walk through the departure terminal to a bus at Dulles International Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Importance of Teaching and Learning about Afghan Refugees

September 20, 2021

Literature

Trent Masiki’s Afroethnic Renewal: Six Afro-Latino Memoirists You Should Know

September 15, 2021

Obituaries

BU Community Mourns the Death of SPH’s David Jones

September 13, 2021

BU Community Mourns the Death of SPH’s David Jones