RISE: BU Summer Research Program for Outstanding High Schoolers

This summer, Boston University’s RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Internship program gave 80 exceptional rising high school seniors from across the United States the chance to do six weeks of research with BU faculty. The program, offered through Metropolitan College, concluded with a Poster Symposium August 8. Anvay Yadav (right) and members of his group discussed their research about how the brain’s perception of reward drives addiction. Photo by Alicia Hamm (COM’26)