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Photo of Mayank Varia, associate professor in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, posing for a photo in front of a whiteboard filled with various equations. A middle-aged man stands in dark room and holds a white cell phone up. He, the phone, and the whiteboard background are lit up by light blue neon light.

Cryptography

Can WhatsApp Messages Be Secure and Encrypted—but Traceable at the Same Time?

August 10, 2022

Wide photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium, when masking, but not social distancing, was required. The auditorium is two levels: the bottom floor has gray-blue chairs and carpeting, and the second level has black, wooden benches. The space is airy and light, and the bottom is filled with students holding notes and laptops on their laps as they look towards the front, where the lecturer, in a black jacket, is standing in front of a podium.

COVID-19

BU’s Mask and Vaccination Mandates Prevented Spread of COVID in Classes, Research Finds

August 8, 2022

Infectious Diseases

Monkeypox Cases—and Concern—Climbing

August 3, 2022

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Food Ethics

Firing Up the Grill? Why It’s So Hard to Give Up Meat

July 17, 2022

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COVID-19

BU’s Nahid Bhadelia Joins White House COVID Response Team

July 13, 2022

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Climate Change

Amid Climate Change, BU Researchers Study Chelsea’s “Heat Island”

July 8, 2022

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Alzheimer’s Disease

Could a Computer Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?

July 7, 2022

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Reproductive Rights

POV: End of Roe v. Wade and Right to Abortion Will Impact Research, Says ENG Professor

July 6, 2022

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Refugees

America the Miserly: How Our Refugee System Fails Desperate People

June 27, 2022

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Antiracism

Data Gaps for Race and Ethnicity Are Holding Back Antiracism Efforts, New Report Says

June 22, 2022

photo of André de Quadros, choir director and teacher of music in the BU prison education program, looking at the camera with a stoic expression. He wears black, rectangular glasses and a light blue collared shirt.

Helping Refugee Children

With Singing Our Stories Project, CFA’s André de Quadros Will Bring Music Workshops to Migrant and Refugee Children

June 14, 2022

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Technology Development

BU Ignition Awards–From the Lab to Your Life

June 6, 2022

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Heart Health

The Quest for a Heart Attack Cure

May 31, 2022

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Monkeypox

How Worried Should We Be about Monkeypox?

May 25, 2022

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CTE in Sports

8 Major Findings and Headlines from BU CTE Researchers in the Past Year

May 24, 2022

MET professor, Kyung-schick Choi poses for a photo on May 3, 2022. He created the school's Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity programs. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Cybersecurity

This MET Cyber Sleuth Helped Find the Man Who Stole His Identity

May 24, 2022

Photo of Kevin Outterson, Executive Director, CARB-X and Erin Duffy, CARB-X's chief of research and development standing side by side at CARB-X. Outterson stands to the left with hands in pocket. He wears a navy blazer, jeans, and a light purple collared shirt. Duffy stands with arms crossed to the left wearing a navy blazer and skirt.

Antibiotic Resistance

Can We Prevent Antibiotic Resistance?

May 19, 2022

Photograph of the constellation Taurus made by the avid astrophotographer Akira Fujii. In the photo, tiny white dots, stars, fill the image, with a brighter, reddish dot towards the bottom right, which is Taurus.

Space Science

Seeing through the Fog—Pinpointing Young Stars and Their Protoplanetary Disks

May 16, 2022

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Special Issue: BU Research

Understanding Sleep and Future Sleep Disorder Treatments

May 16, 2022

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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

The Line Between Biology and Technology Has Blurred—There’s No Going Back

May 16, 2022

The Line Between Biology and Technology Has Blurred—There’s No Going Back

Special Issue: BU Research

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