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Research

Julia Roberts on People's cover in 1991 and 2017

Research

Older and Nonwhite Celebrities on People’s “World’s Most Beautiful” List

November 28, 2017

Josiah Sherman, an undergraduate majoring in biology at Xavier University, in New Orleans, explaining his research at Xavier’s 2017 summer research symposium. As part of a new NSF grant to engage underrepresented minorities in exploring STEM careers, the BU School of Medicine will offer opportunities for Xavier students to meet with researchers at BU.

Accolades

BU Promotes Diversity in STEM Fields with NSF Grants

November 20, 2017

Cofounders of the start-up Cannabis Community Care and Research Network pitch their busines idea at the Cannabis Start-up Competition at the Questrom School of Business

Business & Law

Plenty of Fresh Ideas at Questrom’s Cannabis Start-up Competition

November 17, 2017

BU postdoctoral researcher Susan Finkbeiner in her lab, and on the runway during London Fashion Week in September.

Science & Technology

The Scientific Model

November 9, 2017

Greg Skomal and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy crew on a boat filming and tagging a Great White shark in Cape Cod

Research

Tracking Cape Cod Sharks

October 30, 2017

Robert Hudson, Librarian at Boston University

Mugar

Robert Hudson to Retire as University Librarian

October 19, 2017

John Celenza, new UROP director. Photo by Cydney Scott

University News

John Celenza Named New UROP Head

October 12, 2017

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STEM

Is Science Too Straight?

October 11, 2017

Howard Eichenbaum Memorial to be held on campus Thursday

Science & Technology

Remembering Howard Eichenbaum

October 4, 2017

According to McDaniel, small swarms of robotic boats like these might one day be used to patrol US harbors and coastlines, searching for small underwater threats.

Public Safety

Robot Boats and Drug Subs

September 28, 2017

Aerial photo of the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering science building at Boston University

Engineering

New Kilachand Center Links Key Research Disciplines

September 14, 2017

Rajen Kilachand

University News

Four Generations of Philanthropy behind BU’s Largest Gift

September 14, 2017

Career Development Award Winners

Research

Career Development Awards Go to Seven Junior Faculty

September 12, 2017

Merav Opher with REU students

Astronomy

NSF Program Brings Budding Astronomers to BU

July 21, 2017

Natalie McKnight

Arts & Culture

Please, Sir, I Want Some More Textual Analysis

July 14, 2017

Ted Davis embarks on a birding trip out of Sydney Harbour in 1982.Ted Davis embarks on a birding trip out of Sydney Harbour in 1982. Photo courtesy of Ted Davis

Life Sciences

Bird Man

July 13, 2017

Sarah Phillips, associate professor of history at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and author of The Price of Plenty: From Farm to Food Politics in Postwar America

Arts & Culture

BU Center for Humanities Names New Fellows

July 5, 2017

Captiol Building

Politics

Congress Resists Research Cuts

June 6, 2017

With “the Beast,” as Wesley Wildman calls his research team’s custom-made computer, questions in religion studies become testable via simulation.

Religion

What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

June 1, 2017

Participants in the Storytelling with Data Workshops will learn methods for scraping from a web site and new data visualization techniques.

Business & Law

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone

May 30, 2017

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone