Boston University

Science & Technology

Boston University BU Student Activities Office SAO website

Students

Strike “Bored” from Your Vocabulary

April 9, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, robotics, teaching robots salsa dance, artificial intelligence, science research, John Baillieul Intelligent Mechatronics Lab

Science & Technology

Dances with Robots

April 8, 2013

Divest BU, green delta fossil fuel divestment pin, Boston University student groups organizations, college and university campus fossil fuel divestment movement, divest university endowments from fossil fuel investments

Climate Change

DivestBU Pushes for Green Endowment

April 5, 2013

Max Versace, Neuromorphics Lab, Boston University BU, robotics engineering, Cog Eye, Massimiliano Versace, BU Neuromorphics Lab, biological intelligence, robotic autonomous thinking

Faculty

The Robot as Decider

April 4, 2013

Boston University BU, massive open online courses MOOCs, Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation, future online education,

Academics

Faculty Urged to Help Design Online Offerings

April 4, 2013

Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, DOMA Defense of Marriage Act, Proposition 8

Politics

YouSpeak: Same-Sex Marriage

April 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Materials Science and Engineering, Alfred P Sloan fellow Ramesh Jasti, carbon research

Awards

CAS Faculty Member Wins Sloan Fellowship

April 1, 2013

Pebble e-paper wrist watch, iPhone, Android, technology reviews, app reviews, gadget reviews

Gadgets

Terrier Tech: Pebble

April 1, 2013

Ian Sue Wing, Johannes Schmieder, Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Department of Earth and Environment, human induced climate change, economic growth, mitigating climate change, carbon dioxide stabilization policy, environmental policy, environmental economics, carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Your Job or Your Planet?

March 29, 2013

Dr. Cutler Cleveland, renewable energy, sustainable energy development, energy transitions, fossil fuels, Boston University climate change research, human induced climate change, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions

Sustainability

The Climate Crisis: Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

March 28, 2013

Boston carbon metabolism, ULTRA-Ex Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory project, Lucy Hutyra, Nathan Phillips, Mark Friedl, Curtis Woodcock, Boston University, climate change research, carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage, climate change, global warming

Science & Technology

The Climate Crisis: Measuring Boston’s Metabolism

March 27, 2013

Ranga Myneni, phenological effects of climate change, seasonal temperature, vegetation, climate change, global warming, human induced climate change, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Boston University, BU

Ecology

The Climate Crisis: Tracking Change, Predicting Trouble

March 26, 2013

Bruce Anderson, climate change research, global ocean warming, causes of climate change global warming, human caused climate change global warming, climate change hypotheses hypothesis

Research

The Climate Crisis: Why the Earth Is Warming

March 25, 2013

Boston University BU, student opinion youspeak, live on mars

Astronomy

YouSpeak: Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before

March 25, 2013

motion sensor identification, Janusz Konrad, Prakash Ishwar

Strategy & Innovation

Opening Movements

March 21, 2013

Mr. Ghost iPhone electromagnetic field EMF detector, Aaron Rasmussen, Protagonist

Apps

Meet the iPhone Ghostbuster

March 20, 2013

Boston University BU, Alternate Spring Break ASB, Reading, Pennsylvania, social justice, sustainability, community garden, Berks County Conservancy, Angelica Creek Park Environmental Exploration Center

ASB

Alternative Spring Breaks: Reading, Pennsylvania

March 19, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Matthias Schneider assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Biological Physics Lab, synthetic blood clotting process research, MIT collaboration, polymers and colloids assemblage

Engineering

Emulating Nature’s Patch Kit

March 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Massachusetts CO2 Emissions, sustainability, carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming research

Sustainability

A BU Center to Promote Cleaner Cities?

March 15, 2013

Boston University BU, Health Journalism 2013, Association of Health Care Journalists AHCJ, Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism Conference, Boston Medical Center, BMC Solomont Center, Preventive Food Pantry, BU Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jim Collins, Darrell Kotton, Muhammad Zaman, Center for Neurorehabilitation, Sharon Levine, Theresa Ellis, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Research

BU Researchers, Nation’s Health Journalists Confer

March 14, 2013

BU Researchers, Nation’s Health Journalists Confer