Boston University

Health & Medicine

Denston Carey, Jr., an arts and sciences major at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, works with his grad student mentor, Teresa Guillamon-Vivancos, ,as part of the STaRS program at Boston University

Biology

STaRS: Getting an Early Start on Life in the Lab

August 11, 2016

View of students studying in Metcalf Science Building

Health & Medicine

Students, What Health Insurance Is Right for You?

August 10, 2016

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito on skin

Zika Virus

Zika Strikes Miami

August 9, 2016

Carmela Abraham with lab assistants in her lab at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Start-up Gets $1.49 Million from NIH

August 5, 2016

visible pollution in Guanabara bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Voices & Opinion

POV: Swimming in Sh*t

August 5, 2016

Patricia Hibberd, chair of the Department of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health

University News

SPH Welcomes New Global Health Chair

August 1, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

theraband for resistance exercise

Physical Therapy

The Biomechanics of Motion

July 28, 2016

heart shape made of healthy greens and fruits

Mobile

New App Will Help Lower Blood Pressure

July 25, 2016

Edward Damiano holds the iLet bionic pancreas while accepting the Innovator of the Year award at the Boston University Tech, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll event

Mobile

Innovator of the Year Tackles Type 1 Diabetes

July 20, 2016

BU Sargent College student Grace Lei is hugged by children during a public health education trip to Ban Doi Chaang village in Thailand

Public Health

Sargent Students Witness Public Health in Thailand

July 14, 2016

E-cigarette vapor colored by lights

Health & Medicine

POV: New FDA Regulations on Vaping Products a Failure

July 13, 2016

Pheidole dentata minor worker ants

Biology

Ants Don’t Get Alzheimer’s

July 11, 2016

Personal trainer Walter Norton, Jr. working with high school students at Institute of Performance and Fitness

Fitness

The Terrier Who Trained Batman

July 7, 2016

A spider-shaped pericyte, seen here in light blue, encircles a capillary, helping maintain the blood-brain barrier

Neurology

Genetic Risk for Stroke

June 30, 2016

Professor David Sherr, director of a new BU/Tufts consortium researching environmental causes of breast cancer

Cancer

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

June 27, 2016

Free Yoga at the Frog Pond Downtown Boston

Boston

Free Yoga at the Boston Common Frog Pond Tonight

June 23, 2016

Embryologist preparing cultures

Fertility

Fertility Treatments Raise Risks for Mothers During Delivery

June 22, 2016

silhouette of a hooded person brandishing a gun

Voices & Opinion

POV: Gun Control, Another Place Where Race Matters

June 17, 2016

Enough Gun Violence Campaign image of Harold Cox, associate dean for public health practice and an associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health

Health & Medicine

#Enough: A Call to Action

June 16, 2016

#Enough: A Call to Action