Boston University

Research

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

Health & Medicine

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

Neuroscience

Encoding the Brain

April 12, 2013

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

Research

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

Politics

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

University News

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

Engineering

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

Faculty

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

Engineering

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

Ecology

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

Research

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

Sustainability

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

Medicine

Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

March 25, 2013

motion sensor identification, Janusz Konrad, Prakash Ishwar

Engineering

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

Engineering

Emulating Nature’s Patch Kit

March 19, 2013

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

Sustainability

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

Research

BU Researchers, Nation’s Health Journalists Confer

March 14, 2013

Boston University BU, benefits weight lifting women, exercise, FitRec

Research

Women and Weight Lifting: It’s Good for You

March 6, 2013

Boston University BU, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories NEIDL, National Institutes of Health NIH issued Supplemental Record of Decision, research facility risk assessment

University News

State Approves NEIDL Biosafety Level 3, 4 Research

March 4, 2013

State Approves NEIDL Biosafety Level 3, 4 Research