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Faculty

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Awards

New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research

September 24, 2024

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Journalism & Media

Podcast Looks at a Forgotten Chapter of the Civil Rights Struggle

September 18, 2024

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Innovation Awards

2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market

August 22, 2024

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Music

Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats

August 20, 2024

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Bioarchaeology

The Histories of Enslaved People Were Written by Slavers. A BU Researcher Is Working to Change That

August 13, 2024

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MRI

Making MRI More Globally Accessible: How Metamaterials Offer Affordable, High-Impact Solutions

August 9, 2024

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University News

University Makes New Contract Offer to Graduate Students

August 7, 2024

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Tributes

LAW Alum Steven M. Wise, Who Fought for Animal Rights, Dies

August 7, 2024

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Business & Law

BU Experts on Boeing’s Legal and Technical Troubles

August 6, 2024

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Public Health

Does It Matter if Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Doesn’t Take Maternity Leave?

August 5, 2024

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Politics

Has the US Hit the “Soft Landing” of Controlling Inflation without a Recession?

July 29, 2024

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Awards

ENG’s Mark Grinstaff One of Six Researchers to Receive NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Awards

July 25, 2024

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Olympics

BU Radiologist Heads to the Paris Summer Olympics

July 25, 2024

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Mental Health

Suicide Now the Primary Cause of Death among Active Duty US Soldiers

July 15, 2024

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Politics

Presidential Nominating Conventions Don’t Nominate, but They Still Matter, BU Scholar Says

July 11, 2024

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Promotions

Meet BU’s Newest Associate Professors

July 8, 2024

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Heat Waves

Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?

July 1, 2024

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NSF CAREER Awards

Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work

June 27, 2024

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Alzheimer’s

New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease

June 25, 2024

New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease