Boston University

Research

Boston University BU, Max Wallack, Alzheimers research prevention, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry in Aging, BU Alzheimers Disease Center, nonprofit Puzzles to Remember, Wendy Qui

Neuroscience

A 16-Year-Old Takes On a Disease of the Elderly

April 30, 2013

Andrei Ruckenstein, vice president and associate provost for research, professor of physics, Boston University

Faculty

BU Associate Provost for Research Ruckenstein Steps Down

April 25, 2013

Dean Karen Antman, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM MED BUMC, 2013 Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award for Promotion of Women in Cancer Medicine and Cancer Research

Accolades

Advocating for Women Scientists

April 18, 2013

Professor Helen Barbas, Sargent College SAR Neural Systems Laboratory, Boston University BU

Research

Rethinking Thought

April 12, 2013

Jason Bohland, assistant professor, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University BU Sargent College, neuroscience, genes, human behavior

Science & Technology

Encoding the Brain

April 12, 2013

gay same-sex parenting family research, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Benjamin Siegel

LGBTQ+

Gay Parents As Good As Straight Ones

April 11, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, political science funding cuts, government funding research budget cuts

Faculty

Congress Cuts Political Science Research Grants

April 9, 2013

Boston University BU, BU School of Medicine MED, BU School of Public Health SPH, moderate alcohol consumption risks, American Journal of Public Health, Timothy Naimi research

Safety

A Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says

April 8, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, robotics, teaching robots salsa dance, artificial intelligence, science research, John Baillieul Intelligent Mechatronics Lab

Science & Technology

Dances with Robots

April 8, 2013

Max Versace, Neuromorphics Lab, Boston University BU, robotics engineering, Cog Eye, Massimiliano Versace, BU Neuromorphics Lab, biological intelligence, robotic autonomous thinking

Engineering

The Robot as Decider

April 4, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Materials Science and Engineering, Alfred P Sloan fellow Ramesh Jasti, carbon research

University News

CAS Faculty Member Wins Sloan Fellowship

April 1, 2013

Dr. Cutler Cleveland, renewable energy, sustainable energy development, energy transitions, fossil fuels, Boston University climate change research, human induced climate change, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions

Earth

The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

March 28, 2013

Boston carbon metabolism, ULTRA-Ex Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory project, Lucy Hutyra, Nathan Phillips, Mark Friedl, Curtis Woodcock, Boston University, climate change research, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage, climate change, global warming

Boston

The Climate Crisis: Measuring Boston’s Metabolism

March 27, 2013

Ranga Myneni, phenological effects of climate change, seasonal temperature, vegetation, climate change, global warming, human induced climate change, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Boston University, BU

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Tracking Change, Predicting Trouble

March 26, 2013

Bruce Anderson, climate change research, global ocean warming, causes of climate change global warming, human caused climate change global warming, climate change hypotheses hypothesis

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Why the Earth Is Warming

March 25, 2013

Boston University Medical Campus BUMC, School of Public Health SPH, School of Medicine MED, School of Dental Medicine SDM

Faculty

Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

March 25, 2013

motion sensor identification, Janusz Konrad, Prakash Ishwar

Business & Law

Opening Movements

March 21, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Matthias Schneider assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Biological Physics Lab, synthetic blood clotting process research, MIT collaboration, polymers and colloids assemblage

Medicine

Emulating Nature’s Patch Kit

March 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Massachusetts CO2 Emissions, sustainability, carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming research

Research

A BU Center to Promote Cleaner Cities?

March 15, 2013

Boston University BU, Health Journalism 2013, Association of Health Care Journalists AHCJ, Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism Conference, Boston Medical Center, BMC Solomont Center, Preventive Food Pantry, BU Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jim Collins, Darrell Kotton, Muhammad Zaman, Center for Neurorehabilitation, Sharon Levine, Theresa Ellis, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Journalism & Media

BU Researchers, Nation’s Health Journalists Confer

March 14, 2013

BU Researchers, Nation’s Health Journalists Confer