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Science & Technology

Mechanical Engineer Ian Schon of Schon Horology examines the tiny hand of a wristwatch he is making with a spectacle.

Business

Taking His Time

October 15, 2018

Jason Chase, painter and artist-in-residence at NanoLabs, poses with a black dress painted with Singularity Black paint that will be on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Visual Arts

The New Black: the Least Reflective Paint Ever

October 10, 2018

An artistic portrait of the three BU alums who created scriptiation

Film & TV

Scriptation Aims to Make Hollywood Paperless

October 4, 2018

a student celebrates after successfully registering to vote

Politics

How Do I Register to Vote in the 2018 Midterm Elections?

October 3, 2018

Lecture panel listen to questions from a Boston University School of Public Health Class about United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Health & Medicine

SPH Sexual Violence Class Becomes Forum on Kavanaugh Hearings

October 3, 2018

Screenshots of the BU Mobile app

Life Sciences

10 Essential Apps for Making Your Life Easier

October 2, 2018

Composite image showing actor Chris Evans speaking in Washington D.C., black and white portrait of Isaac Asimov, and rapper Kanye West performing on Saturday Night Live wearing a red Donald Trump Make America Great Again hat.

Film & TV

Kanye West, Chris Evans, and Isaac Asimov

October 2, 2018

Television journalist Jacqueline Policastro

Alumni

Making News

October 2, 2018

American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 2018 Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from New York's 14th Congressional District, speaks to a crowd at Boston University on October 2, 2018.

Science & Technology

Rising Democratic Star Ocasio-Cortez Urges Students to Become Activists

October 2, 2018

digital rendering of BU's new data sciences center showing a view of the building from the Kilachand Center

Computational Science

BU Proposes to Build Data Sciences Center, Aiming to Become Leader in Booming Field

October 1, 2018

Architectural rendering showing the. collaboration terraces, built to encourage scientific interaction and collaboration, inside the new Boston University Data Sciences Center.

Computational Science

A Big Building for Big Ideas

October 1, 2018

A diver reels in a line near a bleached colony of Boulder Star Coral at East Flower Garden Bank.

Marine Biology

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer

October 1, 2018

A woodblock painting of John Calvin

Mental Health

Does God Ordain Domestic Violence?

October 1, 2018

Sahar Sharifzadeh, assistant professor of engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Accolades

BU Prof Named One of Scientific American’s 11 Rising Stars of Science

September 28, 2018

A child watches as students get on a yellow school bus

Psychology

BU Spearheads Largest-Ever Study of Child Anxiety

September 25, 2018

Firefighters battle flames leaping from a home after a series of gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass.

Science & Technology

Recent Massachusetts Explosions Can Happen in Any Gas System

September 25, 2018

Emily Ryan and a graduate students look intently at a computer screen

Mechanical Engineering

Searching for a Better Battery

September 24, 2018

Screenshots of the new Tinder U app

Apps

Tinder Campus-Specific Dating Service Further Targets College Students

September 24, 2018

wind farm

University News

University Announces Massive Wind Power Purchase

September 18, 2018

The cracked sidewalk outside of the entrance to the playground behind the Trotter School in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston

Research

US Mayors: Blacks, Trans, Muslim, and Immigrants Face Discrimination

September 17, 2018

US Mayors: Blacks, Trans, Muslim, and Immigrants Face Discrimination