Boston University

Research

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Drugs

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR

Staff

Wanted: Leader with Research, Health Care Experience

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Drugs

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Astronomy, research NASA MAVEN satellite

Faculty

As Mars Goes, So Goes Earth?

November 18, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Photonics Center, mechanical engineering, NSF Research, veterans

Engineering

From Battlefield to Lab Bench

November 11, 2013

United States military, US military, veterans, war veterans, health issues

Health & Medicine

Helping Veterans with Unseen Injuries

November 11, 2013

leishmaniasis, Scott Schaus, associate professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, associate professor of pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Lauren Brown, research assistant professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Health & Medicine

BU Researchers Work against Deadly, Disfiguring Disease

November 7, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, Nancy Brady, Ebola, Kibaale District of Uganda

Health & Medicine

Lessons from a Hot Zone

November 7, 2013

Jelle Atema, shark sense of smell biology research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Research

What a Shark’s Nose Knows

November 4, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious Diseases

Higher-Level TB Research to Begin at NEIDL

October 31, 2013

Raj Mohanty, Professor of Physics, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Avrum Spira, Boston University School of Medicine, James Collins, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering, ENG

Politics

Science Coalition Report: Federal Funding Critical in Supporting New Technologies

October 30, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG professor of electrical and computer, Division of Systems Engineering, Christos Cassandras, building smarter cities, traffic light, parking meter, security camera, solar panel, photovoltaic units

Engineering

If Boston Were Smart

October 28, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health, research, professor Jonathan Levy, airport airplane pollution, heart disease

Science & Technology

Living Near an Airport Could be Bad for Your Heart

October 21, 2013

Boston University BU, Astronomy, asteroids, professor W Jeffrey Hughes, Discovery Channel Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Arizona Perkins Telescope,

Science & Technology

How to Catch an Asteroid

October 17, 2013

Boston University BU, US Capitol Hill, Government Shutdown, research funding cuts

Politics

Federal Shutdown Shuts Down Some BU Research

October 16, 2013

Boston University BU Today, Point of View POV, student staff faculty opinion, Student Health Services ambassafor, sex smoking

Public Health

POV: Smoking and Your Sex Life

October 15, 2013

Boston University BU, poetry literature, UROP, research,

UROP

Poetry as the Heard Word

October 10, 2013

Boston University BU, London Times Higher Education ranking

Research

London’s Times Higher Education Moves University Higher

October 9, 2013

Boston University BU, David Firstrom, scientific openness,

Faculty

POV: Why Science Should Be (Even More) Open

October 2, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health & Medicine

Federal Court Supports NIH Review of Biolab Safety Risks

October 1, 2013

Federal Court Supports NIH Review of Biolab Safety Risks