Boston University

Science & Technology

Catherine Espaillat, assistant professor of astronomy, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Discovery Channel Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Arizona, planetary birth, how planets are born

Science & Technology

Finding Planets before They Happen

January 27, 2014

Dana Aravich, Boston Home, computer accessibility for people with disabilities

Computers

Becoming an Advocate

January 27, 2014

social media trends, popular social media applications, instagram, twitter, facebook

Social Media

YouSpeak: The Forecast for Social Media

January 27, 2014

Boston University BU, Early Career Awards, Xue Han, Katherine Iverson, Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers PECASE

Medicine

White House Lauds Two BU Profs

January 23, 2014

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

Humanities

What Ancient Dinners Tell Us about Climate Change

January 23, 2014

Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy CSTE, Ann McKee, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, brain research, neurological research, football head trauma, athletics head trauma, hockey head trauma

Research

MED Researchers to Share $6 Million NIH Grant for CTE

January 22, 2014

Boston University Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Club, BU UAV Team, drones, student clubs, student organizations

Students

BU Student Team Builds Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

January 21, 2014

Boston University BU, Engineering Product Innovation Center EPIC, grand opening, ribbon cutting ceremony, engineering, innovation, collaborative research, state of the art technology facility, 3D printing

Research

EPIC Ribbon-Cutting Welcomes Industry, Local Officials

January 21, 2014

Qais Akbar Omar, A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story book, Afghanistan, Taliban

Global

Carpet Seller, Storyteller

January 16, 2014

Theodore Moustakas, Boston University, patent infringement lawsuit, gallium nitride thin films, blue light emitting diodes, LEDs

Law

Companies Agree to Pay to Settle Patent Infringement Suit

January 15, 2014

Dan McGrail, Sam Miller, Fabian Chang, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, SNAP Challenge

Science & Technology

SNAP Judgment

January 14, 2014

United Nations, UN, Arms Trade Treaty, international arms trade, international conventional weapons trade

Voices & Opinion

POV: To Stop Bad Guys, Ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty

January 14, 2014

Boston University Kerberos Web Login, information security and technology, IS&T, Heartbleed OpenSSL bug

Technology

Internet Scammers Change Some BU Direct Deposit Accounts

January 7, 2014

Boston University BU, President Robert A. Brown, proposed boycott Israeli academic institutions, Palestinian conflict, American Studies Association ASA

Global

Brown Rejects Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

December 23, 2013

Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Boston Medical Center BMC, best doctors survey, surgeons

Faculty

MED Physicians among Boston’s Top Docs

December 17, 2013

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

Mike Nuzzo, Nuzzo Course Design, golf course design, golf course architecture, aerospace engineering

Sports

From Aerospace to Golf Courses

December 16, 2013

gun law reform protest, anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Newtown Connecticut, David Schonfeld, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, at Drexel University College of Medicine, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Public Safety

POV: After Sandy Hook’s Wake-Up Call, Did We Hit the Snooze Button?

December 13, 2013

Boston University BU, Mass Audobon, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Valerie Pasquarella, Sam Toabe,

Earth

GRS Students Create Exhibition at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary

December 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, tips on successful entrepreneurship

Strategy & Innovation

Reddit Cofounder Spreads the Start-Up Gospel

December 11, 2013

Reddit Cofounder Spreads the Start-Up Gospel