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Addressing Inequalities

“Let Us Be the Architects of a New World”: Moms in Academia Speak Out to Address Workplace Inequalities

March 9, 2021

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Voice & Gender

How Testosterone Changes the Voices of Trans Men

March 3, 2021

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COVID CONTROL

BU Publishes Public Health Data from Its Fall 2020 COVID Surveillance Efforts

February 26, 2021

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Public Health

How Long Will It Take You to Conceive after Stopping Birth Control?

February 23, 2021

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Coronavirus

Is Pro-Trump Bias Leading Some US Counties to Lowball COVID-19 Deaths?

February 20, 2021

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Public Health

New BU Lab Studies Medicaid, Where Racism, Poverty, and COVID-19 Meet

February 17, 2021

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Politics

Trump Trade Wars Worsened COVID-19, Racial Inequity, BU Study Reveals

February 2, 2021

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Research Accolades

Meet BU’s Newest AAAS Fellows

January 28, 2021

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Internet Memes

The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science

January 26, 2021

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Politics

Change Arrives in Washington: What It Could Mean for Higher Ed

January 20, 2021

Composite image of headshots of Krzysztof Onak (left) and Kate Lindsey, whose research, respectively, is in artificial intelligence algorithms and vanishing global languages, are the recipients of two new Career Development Professorships. Onak smiles, has long curly hair that's pulled back, and wears a blue and white stripped polo. Lindsey stands outside, smiles, and wears a white blouse.

University News

New Career Development Professorships in Data Science, Linguistics

January 11, 2021

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COVID-19 Research

How Coronavirus Damages Lung Cells within Mere Hours

January 11, 2021

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Trump Banned

Banning Trump from Social Media Makes Sense. But Beware the Downside

January 8, 2021

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Science & Technology

Can the Science of Safe Cooking Solve Our Looming PPE Shortage?

December 9, 2020

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Fossils

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China

December 8, 2020

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Vaping

Vaping Could Make You 40 Percent More Likely to Get Respiratory Disease

November 23, 2020

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Conservation Cost

Map of US Land Value Reveals Interplay of Climate Change, Conservation Efforts, Real Estate, and Environmental Values

November 20, 2020

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Infectious Diseases

Tonight’s University Lecture: On the Front Lines against COVID in the Lab, Science Will Win

November 17, 2020

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Racism & Policing

BU Researchers Advocate Better Bias Training for Police

November 14, 2020

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Food Studies

MET’s Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies & Gastronomy Goes Virtual

November 12, 2020

MET’s Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies & Gastronomy Goes Virtual