Boston University

Science & Technology

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Journalism & Media

POV: Now Is Not the Time to Cut Funding for Public Broadcasting

May 17, 2017

Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winner, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego

Ecology

Nobel Winner Mario Molina Is Baccalaureate Speaker

May 17, 2017

David Boas, Director of Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Photonics

Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain

May 12, 2017

Peter Busher display runs from fur to fossils in his College of General Studies office

Earth

Office Artifacts: Peter Busher

May 10, 2017

Team 8’s Richard Nesbit (from left), Fritz Jolivain, and Brett Moretzky demonstrating the Groove Gloves.

Engineering

Engineering to the Rescue

May 10, 2017

Egg brooding by a female Cochranella granulosa on the Rio Frijoles in Panama.

Biology

(Some) Frogs Are Better Parents Than We Thought

May 9, 2017

Climate Change

Putting Cities on the Climate Map

May 4, 2017

Joseph Wippl, a Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and College of Arts & Sciences professor of the practice of international relations

Science & Technology

Election Meddling, by Russia and by US, Is an Old Game

May 3, 2017

Wall Street bull statue

Science & Technology

POV: Trump’s Gutting Financial Regulation Misses Big Problem

May 2, 2017

Researchers identified a gene in mice associated with binge eating, and also found evidence that binge eating may alter myelin production brain.

Genetics

BU Researchers Find Gene Associated with Binge Eating in Mice

May 2, 2017

Miguel Fraga, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy

Global

Time to Lift the Embargo, Cuban Diplomat Tells Pardee Audience

May 1, 2017

Brian Woerner is equally at home offering a tasting at Follow The Honey in Cambridge or working with locals in Tanzania to help produce a sustainable supply of organic honey.

Global

A Global Taste of Honey for Questrom Grad Student

May 1, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

Varsity Sports

Court Rules for BU, against NHL in CTE Case

April 28, 2017

Amber Navarre is this year’s winner of the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology

Science & Technology

Teaching Chinese with Everyday Technology

April 27, 2017

Biomedical Engineering Professor Edward Damiano in his lab with fellow researchers and their bionic pancreas

Funding

Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation

April 26, 2017

Business

K-pop Star Kim Na Yoon Puts Career on Hold for BU

April 25, 2017

As principal investigators on a yearlong Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant, Juliet Floyd, a CAS professor of philosophy, and James E. Katz, a COM professor of emerging media, will bring together humanists, social scientists, computer scientists, and experts on big data to discuss humans, values, and society in transition.

University News

The Search for Truth in the Age of Social Media

April 24, 2017

illustration symbolizing the effect of dioxins and other toxic chemical chemical carcinogens in the environment that cause breast cancer

Disease

Dioxins Point to Targets for Treating Breast Cancer

April 24, 2017

Black Woman Health Disparities illustration

Public Health

Too Many Black Women Die from Breast Cancer. Why?

April 24, 2017

BU Medical Campus protesters marching past Boston Public Library

Science & Technology

Thousands at March for Science, Hundreds from BU

April 24, 2017

Thousands at March for Science, Hundreds from BU