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Research

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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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International Relations

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

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a briefing from the Office of the President Elect

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

Microscopic image of human lung cells infected with COVID-19 coronavirus

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

PPE discarded in medical waste bin

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

Estimated fair market value of all properties in the United States (3D visualization).

Conservation Cost

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

November 20, 2020

Portrait of Joseph Mizgerd, a pulmonary researcher and principal investigator, in his lab in the Medical Campus Housman Building. He wears a blue blazer and smiles.

Infectious Diseases

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

November 17, 2020

Photo of a protestor holding a red sign that reads "SAY HER NAME BREONNA TAYLOR" during a September rally in Louisville, Kentucky. The protestor has a black power fist on their face mask, a crowd of people and a tall white building are seen behind them.

Racism & Policing

BU Researchers Advocate Better Bias Training for Police

November 14, 2020

Composite image of three book covers, from left: Cook, Taste, Learn by Guy Crosby, Recipes and Remembrances of Fair Dillard by Zella Palmer, and Halal Food by Febe Armanios and Bogac Ergene.

Food Studies

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

November 12, 2020

A collage of different ideas, images and situations that relate to the humanities and the ways it improves peoples live. From top left, to the right, a photo of a food bank box of cans labeled “donation,” a photo of a Black Lives Matter protest, Diego Rivera mural at the PALACIO NACIONAL, a photo of a foot during a Southeast Asian dance, a photo of the UN, a photo of a person winnowing rice, a photo of a bike lane, hokusai’s internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a photo of a social worker playing with a child, a black and white photo of new york city in the 1930s/40s, a photo of people praying in a mosque, a photo of the stock market. A blue overlay ties the images in together.

Humanities

Funding the Quiet Good: Gifts That Support the Humanities and Social Sciences

November 6, 2020

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Technology

We’re Paying for Robots to Take Our Jobs. Seriously.

November 6, 2020

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Wetlands

When Wildlife, Politics, and Morals Collide

November 5, 2020

Portrait of Eugenio Menegon, College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of Chinese, wearing a bright blue button down and black leather jacket. He smiles and a fuzzy background with a building and fall trees are seen behind him.

History

BU Spearheads Massive Database of Centuries of Culture-Sharing between the West and China

November 4, 2020

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Opinion

A Science Editor’s Love Letter to Hope

October 27, 2020

A Science Editor’s Love Letter to Hope