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Earth & Environment

Early Fall view of a green BU Beach wtih the College of Arts & Sciences building in the background.

Fossil Fuel Divestment

Campus Reacts to BU’s Commitment to Divest from Fossil Fuels

September 23, 2021

New Podcast

BU Today Launches Question of the Week Podcast

August 25, 2021

Photo of Daylin Frantin, left, in a gray long-sleeve and black pants, with one hand on a boat engine, while Sam Gallipeau, Flux’s in-house designer, in a gray quarter zip, inspects the other side of the engine. Behind them are work benches and industrial shelves. A small crane lifts the engine

Innovation

Reinventing the Outboard

June 9, 2021

Black and white photo of the author’s grandmother, Marie Moran, in Breezy Point, 1947. She wears a mid-thigh length skirt, hat, and pulls a wagon with a child in it.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Know the Water Is Coming. But I Can’t Bear to Sell My Family’s Cottage

June 7, 2021

Composite photo of Binyoman Abrams, a CAS master lecturer in chemistry (left), wearing a black suit and black hat, and Pamela Templer, a CAS professor of biology, wearing a red sweater and leaning against a tree.

Accolades

Two CAS Faculty Honored for Teaching

May 12, 2021

New waste bins in student residences are part of the Zero Waste Plan

University News

A Bold New Plan to Reduce the University’s Waste

March 4, 2021

A photo of a snow covered highway in The Woodlands, Texas. Only one or two cars are visible on the road.

Earth & Environment

Texas Deep Freeze Is a Reminder That Bad Weather Is Getting Worse

February 23, 2021

A composite of screenshots from the Marine semester video

Student Life

BU’s Marine Semester Marks 35th Anniversary

February 8, 2021

Photo of Macken Murphy (CAS’20) sitting on a rock outside and staring of into the middle distance. He wears a black headband, black button down, and has a tattoo of an anchor on his left arm.

Environment & Ecology

CAS Alum Creates a Different Species of Podcast

January 13, 2021

Photo of a right pubis bone of a dinosaur fossil.

Fossils

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China

December 8, 2020

Screenshot taken of a map of the Charles River Campus. The colored sections of the map show portions of the Charles River Campus that could be flooded in 30 years, according to a new report that has grimmer predictions than federal flood models. Maps courtesy of First Street Foundation

Climate Change

Will BU Be Underwater in 30 Years?

October 14, 2020

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Climate Change

Students Start Comedic Environmental Podcast during Spring Quarantine

September 1, 2020

A photo of Adil Najam standing in front of a bookcase in his home with his arms crossed in front of himself

Coronavirus

#WorldAfterCorona—Adil Najam’s Crash Course on the Future

July 1, 2020

A photo of the Earth from space

Earth

BU Celebrates Earth Day Remotely This Year

April 21, 2020

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Health & Medicine

BU Researchers Heed Plea to Help Local Hospital Workers

March 24, 2020

Image of white blocks on a bright red background; blocks say February 29.

Astronomy

The Science behind Leap Year

February 28, 2020

A picture of vegan chorizo tacos with question marks hanging above it

Food

Fake Meats Are Hot, but Are They Healthy?

October 21, 2019

Hive Master Allie Cole (CAS'21) (left) and Danielle Dietrich (CAS'21), treasurer of for the BU Beekeepers check on one of their hives

Student Clubs

All the Buzz: Why Students Swarm to BU Beekeeping

October 15, 2019

Double exposure portrait of Paige Brochu with the Providence, Rhode Island skyline in the background.

Earth & Environment

BU’s URBAN Enables PhD Students To Study People’s Health and the Earth’s

September 24, 2019

A large crowd of people hold signs and protest during the Youth Climate Strike on City Hall Plaza, Boston.

Climate Change

BU Students and Faculty Join Global Strike for Climate Action

September 20, 2019

BU Students and Faculty Join Global Strike for Climate Action