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Boston University

Research Accolades

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Infectious Diseases

NIH Awards $57.5 Million to Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories

November 9, 2026

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Research News

Brink Bites: Robotic Stroke Surgery, Curbing Junk Food Sales, and American Attitudes on Data Center Construction

November 2, 2026

Photo: The center’s researchers, including PhD candidate Kerry Breen (CAMED’26), are currently leading studies on memory and aging, genetic risk factors, caregiving, and brain imaging.

Alzheimer's Disease

BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Receives $24 Million in Fresh Funding

October 15, 2026

Photo: David M. Center, MD (from left), Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE and Terry Keane, PhD pose for a photo on October 1, 2026. Photo by Mike Cohea

Translational Science

NIH Awards BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute $41 Million in New Funding

October 5, 2026

Photo: Maria (Masha) Kamenetska poses for a formal portrait surrounded by lab equipment

Accolades

BU Researcher Wins Moore Foundation Award to Push “Boundaries of Experimental Physics”

October 1, 2026

PHOTO: Ed Damiano of Beta Bionics has silvery hair wearing a black t-shirt in a lab office. He's leaning on is left side against a wall with a welcoming casual smile. Photo by Cydney Scott Boston University Photography

Research News

Brink Bites: Major Grant Advances BU Imaging Facilities; BU-Developed Invention Funds Endowed Professorship

September 18, 2026

Photo: A group portrait of three smiling adults standing in a laboratory. On the left, a person wearing glasses and a blue-and-white checkered shirt stands beside a large white microscope. In the center, a person with dark hair wears a white shirt with a dark navy collar and cuffs. On the right, a person with shoulder-length light brown hair wears a gray blouse and jewelry. Laboratory equipment, countertops, containers, notes, and a glass-fronted instrument cabinet fill the background.

Accolades

BU Ignition Award Winners’ Innovations Could Reduce Knee Pain, Extend Lives of Cancer Patients, and Propel Underwater Robots

September 15, 2026

Brain Aging

BU-Led Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Receives $31.5 Million Funding Renewal

July 28, 2026

Cloud Labs

NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network

July 23, 2026

Photo of Lead researcher Manish Bais. A South Asian man wearing a blue collared shirt, blue tie, and white medical coat, sits in a chair in a research lab. He is turned and smiling towards the camera and sits in front of a large microscope.

Research News

Brink Bites: A Boston Climate Leader and New Oral Cancer Targets

June 30, 2026

PhD student Pranav Sultania (second from left) accepts the Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize on behalf of his team from Janetos’ widow Valerie Gamache (far left) and (starting from third from left) BU’s Dennis Carlberg, Michael Gevelber, and Lisa Tornatore. Photo by Dave Green

Accolades

Squid-Inspired Lab Technology Wins Student Team a Boston University Climate Award

June 4, 2026

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Physics and AI

Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI

June 4, 2026

Innovation

Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year

May 5, 2026

Photo: COM professor Ayse Lokmanoglu poses for a photo in a white sweater

Online Polarization

Studying How Online Images Feed Polarization Wins BU Scholar Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

May 5, 2026

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Research News

Brink Bites: Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Foundation Grant to BU, Widowed Men Have Higher Depression Risk than Women

April 21, 2026

Photo: A composite image of two BU researchers, Alice Cronin-Golomb (left) and Plamen Ch. Ivanov, posing for headshots

Accolades

Two Boston University Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

March 30, 2026

The bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has developed resistance to many antibiotics; it has been found in high rates among refugees and asylum seekers. Artist's rendering via iStock/Dr Microbe

Antibiotic Resistance

WHO Joins Forces with BU Center on Forced Displacement to Help Vulnerable Populations at Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance

March 23, 2026

Photo: Boston University Professor Jeff Marlow posing for a photograph in his lab

Accolades

Biologist Jeffrey Marlow Awarded National Academies’ New Voices Honor

March 10, 2026

Awards

Boston University Biomedical Engineer Ji-Xin Cheng Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

February 25, 2026

Awards

Two Boston University Bioengineers Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

February 17, 2026

Two Boston University Bioengineers Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships