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Innovation

Inventing

Engineering Scholar Greg Blonder Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

December 14, 2021

Photo of the winners of Innovate@BU’s second annual Community Impact Challenge from (l-r) Alan Mui (MBA’23), L. George Sulak (MBA’23), and Christopher Sanchez (MBA’23) All 3 smile and face the camera holding up papers detailing their submissions for the challenge.

Strategy & Innovation

Wellness Challenge Imagines Ways to Help BU Heal from the Pandemic

November 22, 2021

a photo of Carl Palme, the winner of the Innovate@BU and Green Lion Partners annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition. He smiles as he holds a giant, light green check for $10,000.

Accolades

Hydroponic Device for Growing Cannabis at Home Wins Annual BU Start-Up Competition

November 19, 2021

photo of a blue-gloved hand holding a clear petri dish of yeasts. The white yeast lie in criss-crossed pattern and the hand adds a contrast to make it clearer to see them.

Innovation

Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science

November 17, 2021

Doug Densmore poses with arms crossed for a photo in front of a light blue wall. He wears a burgundy sweater and smiles at the camera.

STEM OUTREACH

Jump-starting Biotechnology Careers for Boston High School Students

November 4, 2021

Photo of Jonathan Allen (LAW’19), a young Black man with a beard, sitting on a yellow stool. He wears a green jacket and smiles. A whiteboard is seen behind him.

Strategy & Innovation

Innovate@BU Names Young Alum as Inaugural Innovator in Residence

November 3, 2021

a studio photo of Boston University's Board of Trustees member Richard C. Shipley. He looks to the distance wearing a black suit in front of a grey background.

Giving

$8 Million Gift from Richard Shipley Will Expand Technology’s Role in Residential Education

November 1, 2021

Strategy & Innovation

Three BU Alums Named to BostInno’s 2021 25 under 25 List

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

A surgical assistant holds a human heart in their hands during open heart surgery.

Innovation

BU Entrepreneurs Are Moving Two New Medical Devices Closer to Market

October 13, 2021

Portrait of Danielle Letayf, founder of the start-up business Badassery, outside with a brick wall in the background.

Alumni Entrepreneurs

My Big Idea: Danielle Letayf, Badassery

September 20, 2021

Photo of Aaron Rasmussen (COM’06, CAS’06), with a spherical keyboard he made for himself because of a repetitive strain injury, at home in Washington State. He wears a gray suit jacket, glasses, in stands in the bushes which are illuminated by the lights of his keyboard.

Innovation

BU Alum Aaron Rasmussen: Serial Entrepreneur, Inventor, Perpetual Student

July 28, 2021

Photo of Andree Entezari, in his Somerville home kitchen, holding various fruits and wearing a white and red-striped BU apron, and smiling. Behind him, a dehydrator and other fruit-leather making tools are seen.

Cooking

He’s Gotta Fight! For Your Right! To Dehyyydrate!

July 26, 2021

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

A photo of a copper IUD

Opinion

From the Dalkon Shield to Britney Spears’ IUD: Why Diverse Teams Need to Be Involved in Contraceptive Design

July 1, 2021

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

June 30, 2021

This easy-to-understand packaging for doses of albendazole, the antibiotic that prevents lymphatic filariasis, created by a team of BU students, won first prize at a hackathon for neglected tropical diseases

Students

BU Students’ Hackathon-Winning Project Could Help Combat a Neglected Tropical Disease

June 22, 2021

A portrait photograph of Laura Lew holding a model head

Neuroscience

How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging

June 16, 2021

A photo of a beetle

Sustainable Tech

Could Technology Inspired by Beetles and Underground Fungi Solve the Water Scarcity Problem in Morocco’s Rural Villages?

June 14, 2021

Photo of Daylin Frantin, left, in a gray long-sleeve and black pants, with one hand on a boat engine, while Sam Gallipeau, Flux’s in-house designer, in a gray quarter zip, inspects the other side of the engine. Behind them are work benches and industrial shelves. A small crane lifts the engine

Innovation

Reinventing the Outboard

June 9, 2021

Reinventing the Outboard