Boston University

Earth

Andrea Digiorgio Cornell Tree Climbing Institute, Borneo orangutan research

Anthropology

Chasing Orangutans

January 26, 2015

Boston University BU, urban garden, school of public health SPH

Health & Medicine

Helping to Make Boston’s Urban Gardens Safe

November 19, 2014

university fossil fuel divestment

Earth

POV: Why BU Should Divest from Fossil Fuel Companies

November 18, 2014

Boston University BU, coral reef ocean research, biology, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Liz Burmester, environmental sciences, coral regeneration

Earth

The Coral Whisperer

November 17, 2014

william saturno, benjamin vining, archaeology research, peru, remote sensing

Archaeology

Seeing beneath the Sugarcane

November 9, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Kira Sullivan Wiley, Moorman-Simon Civic Fellowship, research, environmental disasters, Uganda

Global

Preventing Landslides in Uganda

October 29, 2014

Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Ryuji Tada, University of Tokyo, JOIDES Resolution, sediment core drilling, sedimentology, climate science

Marine Science

The Future, Buried in the Deep

October 14, 2014

Boston University BU, biology, environment, Lucy Hutyra, app, Arnold Arboretum

Research

Where the Wild Things Are

October 9, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Pam Templer, climate change research, forests, biology

Earth

Wiring the Woods

October 7, 2014

Hollie Emery, Boston University, climate change research

Environment & Ecology

The Rainmaker

October 2, 2014

Boston University BU, study abroad, Venice, Italy, environmental biology science, ecology

Study Abroad

Lessons from Venice

September 11, 2014

Boston University faculty fossil fuel divestment petition

Earth

BU Faculty Petition Urges Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies

September 10, 2014

Muhammad Zaman

Science & Technology

Two Faculty Named BU’s First Howard Hughes Professors

July 1, 2014

Dennis Carlberg, Boston University director of sustainability, Sustainability@BU, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Carbon Cup, Greenovate Boston, climate change, carbon dioxide emissions reduction target

Climate Change

Boston Awards BU a Carbon Cup

June 11, 2014

Boston University BU, herpetology, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, biology, Christopher Schneider, Karen Warkentin, Florida, Corkscrew Swamp, Archbold Biological Station, Bird Rookery Swamp, Betsie Rothermel

Global

Teachable Moments in Gator Country

March 27, 2014

self-cleaning solar panels, self cleaning solar panels

Business & Law

Self-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency of Solar Panels

March 24, 2014

Boston University BU, Alternative Spring Break ASB, community service, Flagstaff Arizona, Kane Ranch

Sustainability

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 20, 2014

Branch Out, Boston University Community Service Center, BU CSC,

Volunteer

CSC Encourages Students to Branch Out

February 28, 2014

Catherine West, professor of archaeology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, climate change research, Chirikof Island, Kodiak Archipelago, climate change

Research

What Ancient Dinners Tell Us about Climate Change

January 23, 2014

human caused climate change, carbon dioxide emissions, Montreal Protocol, CFC, hole in ozone layer, Pierre Perron, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of economics

Science & Technology

Montreal Protocol Has Slowed Global Warming

December 17, 2013

Montreal Protocol Has Slowed Global Warming