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CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines

June 11, 2021

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: Ethan Sobel

June 10, 2021

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Breast Cancer

Does Using Hair Relaxers Cause Higher Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women?

June 9, 2021

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Cybersecurity

Why Are Ransomware Attacks Happening So Often—and Can They Be Stopped?

June 8, 2021

Portrait of Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of Boston University’s Initiative on Cities, as he walks out of a brick building with a white door and trim with a bag over his shoulder. He wears a black bomber jacket and blue pants. On the left, a red plaque on the building reads “Boston University, Initiative on Cities, 75”

University News

Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of BU’s Initiative on Cities, Will Retire

June 8, 2021

In this November 2019 photo, Charles Flagg, who has Alzheimer's disease, sits for an infusion while participating in a study on the drug aducanumab at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I. Biogen says it can slow the decline of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

Alzheimer’s Disease

FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Treatment in 18 Years. Now What?

June 7, 2021

Photo of President Robert A. Brown looking at a papers on his desk, in front of his laptop, as he prepares for the Wednesday morning town hall via Zoom in his office. He wears a blue suit; his wood-paneled office is seen in the background.

University News

At Town Hall, President Brown Urges BU Community to Get Vaccinated, Acknowledges Anxiety about Return to Work

June 2, 2021

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University News

William Giraldi and Josephine Halvorson Named BU’s Latest Guggenheim Fellows

June 1, 2021

Part of Greenwood District burned in Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, June 1921

History

On Centennial of Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessons for Our Own Racial Reckoning

May 28, 2021

Books

The Story behind Regina Hansen’s YA Novel The Coming Storm

May 28, 2021

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Cutting Carbon

How the US Can Cut Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030, with or without Congress

May 27, 2021

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Infectious Diseases

It’s Lyme Disease Season. Here’s What You Need to Know

May 27, 2021

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University News

Gerry Fine Retiring after Years of Teaching, and Promoting, Innovation at BU

May 26, 2021

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Microbiomes

“Synthetic Ecology” Seeks to Boost Health by Engineering the Environment

May 20, 2021

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: May 6 to 12

May 14, 2021

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Soft Robotics

These Soft Robotic Grippers Were Inspired by an Ancient Japanese Art Form

May 12, 2021

Shana Kilcawley (SAR’22), in Felice Amato's puppetry class, "Thinking Through Puppets"

Performance Arts

How Puppeteers Use Performance to Communicate Research

May 10, 2021

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University News

Digital Learning & Innovation Virtual Faculty Forum to Explore Innovations in Teaching and Technology at BU

May 10, 2021

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Soil Microbiome

Why Scientists Want to Solve an Underground Mystery about Where Microbes Live

May 7, 2021

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: April 28 to May 4

May 6, 2021

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: April 28 to May 4

BU Weekly COVID-19 Report

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