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Photo: President Melissa Gilliam delivers her 2026 Annual Address to the BU Community

University News

President Melissa Gilliam Delivers Annual Address: “Let’s Seize” This Moment

October 9, 2026

Photo: Megan G Graham poses for a formal portrait

Autism

A Researcher’s Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Neurodivergent Mothers

October 8, 2026

Pharmacy Deserts

Pharmacy Closures and Deserts Disproportionately Affect Racial Minority Communities, BU Study Finds

October 7, 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: A photograph shows two smiling women standing side by side in a classroom or meeting room. The woman on the left has long, dark curly hair and wears a navy-and-white checkered sweater with light-colored pants. The woman on the right has short, curly gray hair, glasses, and a brightly colored abstract-patterned jacket over blue clothing. Both women face the camera with their arms crossed. Behind them are large whiteboards with faint, indistinct writing, tables with laptops, black chairs, and a partially visible display board or poster along the right edge. The room is brightly lit with neutral gray and white walls.

High-Speed Vehicles

Tiny Water Droplets Can Ground Billion-Dollar Supersonic Vehicles. BU Engineers Are Working to Change That

September 28, 2026

Butterflies

Citizen Scientists Are Helping Butterfly Monitoring Take Flight in the Heart of Boston

September 23, 2026

PHOTO: An orangutan mother cradles her infant while hanging out on a branch of a beautifully green forest. The view is bright even with the lighting shining from behind the subjects.

Orangutans

Indonesian Borneo Wildfires Endanger Orangutans—and Research Station Dedicated to their Conservation

September 18, 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

A four-panel collage of individual head-and-shoulders portraits. From left to right: a smiling light-skinned person with shoulder-length light brown hair wears a black sleeveless top and a small pendant necklace; a person with short black hair and rectangular glasses wears a teal shirt and sits with hands clasped; a person with dark hair pulled back and rectangular glasses wears a pink top under a black blazer; and a person with short dark hair and a trimmed mustache and beard wears a light blue collared shirt. The portraits have varied indoor and outdoor backgrounds, with the fourth subject photographed against a plain light-gray background.

University News

Boston University Honors Four Junior Faculty With Prestigious Career Development Professorships

September 14, 2026

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Autism

New Video Game Could Help Reveal How People with Autism Perceive the World

September 11, 2026

Photo: Wheelock professors Nathan Jones (clockwise from left), Marcus Winters, Jo King, and Elizabeth Bettini.

Special Education

Helping Create Special Education Policies to Benefit Students and Teachers

September 8, 2026

The Eaton Fire in California, January 2025, burns in Sierra Madre. Firefighters battled a fast-moving fire that erupted on Eaton in Sierra Madre, spreading to over 1,000 acres. The blaze, which began to damage homes, forced thousands to evacuate and left some residents abandoning cars. Photo by Ringo Chiu/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images

Wildfire

Wildfire Has Devastated California, Texas, and Beyond. A BU Scientist is Helping Forests Recover

August 31, 2026

Photo: Local highschool teacher wearing blue gloves pipes liquid into vials in a lab

Engineering

Research Program for Boston High School Teachers

August 28, 2026

Mental Health

New Book, The Tolerance Generation, by BU Sociology Researcher Sarah Miller Examines Social Media and Teen Bullying

August 27, 2026

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CTE

At Least 25 Percent of Former NFL Players Had CTE When They Died, New Study Suggests

August 25, 2026

Photo: Man looks into a microscope in a lab setting

Convergent Research

Boston University Announces New Convergent Research Programs

August 12, 2026

Photo: A glimpse inside the Jawāhir al-Maʿānī (Jewels of Meanings). جواهرالمعاني, British Library, EAP1430/17/2, digitized by Boston University

Ajami

Fragile Manuscripts Hold Hundreds of Years of African and Islamic History

August 10, 2026

Photo: Scanning electron microscopic images of presolar silicon carbide grains extracted from the Murchison meteorite, which landed in Australia in 1969. Images courtesy of Nan Liu

Astrophysics

Tiny Flecks of Ancient Stardust Offer Clues to Solar System Origins

August 10, 2026

Tiny Flecks of Ancient Stardust Offer Clues to Solar System Origins