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Sociology

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Research

Best of The Brink 2025: A Selection of BU’s 10 Most-Read, Liked, and Shared Science and Research Stories

December 16, 2025

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Film & TV

Why Do We Keep Watching Reality Dating Shows?

July 8, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

2024’s Go-To State for Retirement? Massachusetts (That’s Not a Typo)

March 26, 2025

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Design

Reimagining Public Spaces

February 14, 2025

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Film & TV

Hulu’s Hit Series Paradise Was Shaped in Part by a BU Sociologist

February 10, 2025

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Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

February 5, 2025

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LGBTQ+ Nightlife

Dani’s Queer Bar Seeks to Renew Boston’s LGBTQ+ Nightlife Scene

December 2, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Awards

New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research

September 24, 2024

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College Inequality

Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?

September 23, 2024

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Aging and Climate

Feeling the Heat? Researchers Say Heat Waves Will Put More Older Adults in Danger

August 1, 2024

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Watch Now

Psychology vs Sociology: What’s the Difference between the Majors?

March 22, 2024

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Aging Reimagined

Rethinking Our Idea of “Old Age”

February 21, 2024

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Comedy

How Comedians in Turkey Are Pushing Boundaries

November 15, 2023

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TRUE CRIME

Why Are We So Obsessed with Serial Killers?

November 2, 2023

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Gentrification

Can We Stop the Gentrification of Cities?

October 24, 2023

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Expert Take

Colleges Are Already Unequal—Will Ending Affirmative Action Make It Worse?

June 29, 2023

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CAREER Awards

BU’s 5 NSF Grant Winners Are Changing Conversations in Robotics, Computing, Mass Incarceration, Neurology, and More

June 23, 2023

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Relationships

The Science of Attraction: Why Do We Fall for Certain People?

May 5, 2023

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Immigration

Why Is the Cuban Immigrant Story in the US So Different from Others

August 1, 2022

Why Is the Cuban Immigrant Story in the US So Different from Others