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University News

A Historic Inauguration for Boston University: Melissa L. Gilliam Installed as 11th President

September 27, 2024

Professorship Awards

Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers

September 26, 2024

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University News

Boston University Climbs to No. 41 in US News Best College Rankings

September 24, 2024

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Vaping

E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds

September 13, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River

August 26, 2024

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Communications

How to Talk to Kids about the Israel-Hamas War

October 24, 2023

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Fighting Climate Misinformation

Tweets, Ads, and Lies: Researchers Are Fighting against Climate Misinformation

May 23, 2023

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Communicating Science and Research—through Puppets

May 16, 2023

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New Appointment

Wheelock’s Melissa Holt to Lead Kilachand Honors College

April 25, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Bruce Willis at a speaking engagement wearing a blue collared shirt with a white undershirt, Photo of BU Medical student, Molly Jia Yong Zhao gives a flu shot to a patient during a clinic on September 29, 2020, vector illustration of a brain pixelating and dissolving from left to right, and Photo of Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Science, Hagere Yilma, posing for a photo. A Black woman with shoulder-length black hair styled in a twist-out hairstyle wearing a black, tunic-style blouse stands in front of a brick wall and smiles to the camera.

2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

Refugee camp where more than 1 million people live Atme camp Idlib Syria. Photo by iStock/Ahmet Akpolat

Forced Displacement

BU’s New Center on Forced Displacement Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis

October 6, 2022

Keshawn Young (COM’23) (from left), Allison Davis (CGS’73, COM’75), Faith Rynda (CAS’22), and Joel Christian Gill (CFA’04) at the 2021 BU Alumni Weekend wine and cheese event hosted by the Black Alumni Council. Photo by Cydney Scott

Alumni Weekend

Six Events to Check Out at Alumni Weekend 2022

September 28, 2022

Portrait of new Sargent College Dean Dr. Christopher Moore, PhD on June 29, 2015.Photo by Dan Aguirre for Boston University Photography

University News

Sargent College Dean Christopher Moore to Retire at the End of the Academic Year

September 19, 2022

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College Student Mental Health

Heightened Risk of Eating Disorders for Transgender, Gender-Diverse College Students

June 10, 2022

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Schools and Colleges

Jorge Delva to Leave as School of Social Work Dean in 2023

May 6, 2022

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College Student Mental Health

Mental Health of College Students Is Getting Worse

April 21, 2022

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Sustainability and Climate Change

BU Institute to Focus on Equity and Justice in the Climate Change Fight

March 15, 2022

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Hospitality

School of Hospitality Administration Celebrates 40th Anniversary amid a Time of Rapid Change

December 13, 2021

Photo of Lecturer Malwina “Maja” Carrion in her course Neglected Tropical Diseases at Sargent Nov 9. She wears a patterned, multi-color, bluish mask, and a gray long sleeve, and gestures with her right hand at the podium at the front of the classroom. She is a young light-skinned woman with long hair.

Infectious Diseases

Want to Learn about Neglected Tropical Diseases? Sign Up for This Sargent Course

November 13, 2021

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Classes

From Newport Mansions to Fenway, Summer Program Explores Boston and New England

July 14, 2021

From Newport Mansions to Fenway, Summer Program Explores Boston and New England