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photo of André de Quadros, choir director and teacher of music in the BU prison education program, looking at the camera with a stoic expression. He wears black, rectangular glasses and a light blue collared shirt.

Helping Refugee Children

With Singing Our Stories Project, CFA’s André de Quadros Will Bring Music Workshops to Migrant and Refugee Children

June 14, 2022

MET professor, Kyung-schick Choi poses for a photo on May 3, 2022. He created the school's Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity programs. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Cybersecurity

This MET Cyber Sleuth Helped Find the Man Who Stole His Identity

May 24, 2022

Photo of Tess Ravick (ENG’22), back, and Trevor Melsheimer (ENG’22), front work on their senior design project April 29. The device harvests water from the air. Ravick has light brown skin, wears a t-shirt, a white face mask, and their hair in a bun. Melsheimer, who has light skin and a beard and wears a gray sweater, adjusts a level of the black device on the table in front of them.

Watch Now

Water, Water, Everywhere—They Hope

May 4, 2022

Listen Now

Why Do So Many Autistic Girls Go Undiagnosed?

April 12, 2022

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Innovation

In Hospitality, the Future Is Now

March 31, 2022

Listen Now

How Much Did US Insurers Waste on Ivermectin for COVID?

January 31, 2022

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Education

Homeschooling Rising, Public Schooling Down during COVID-19, BU-Aided Research Finds

December 14, 2021

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Social Sciences

Automation is Driving Inequality

December 7, 2021

photo of Nathan Eovaldi of the Boston Red Sox pitching against the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. The photo is snapped mid-pitch, as he wears a blue Red Sox uniform and blurry fans fill the background.

Research

POV: Bad Umpiring Hurt Baseball in 2021, Especially in the Playoffs. It’s Time for Change

November 9, 2021

Studio photo of CGS senior lecturer Charles Henebry and student Rachel Do (CGS’22). Rachel stands in front in a Wonder Woman pose and Henebry stands slightly behind her and to the right with arms crossed and head tilted slightly up. Both where stoic faces as green and blue lights cast a heroic light on them.

Arts & Culture

Ms. Marvel Gets the Scholarly Treatment

November 5, 2021

Photo of Deborah Carr, a white woman with wavy blonde hair, smiling and posing for a photo next to a window.

Social Sciences

New BU Center for Innovation in Social Science Will Promote Collaborative Research and Teaching

October 13, 2021

Photo of Pulmonary fellow Ellen Suder working in the high containment lab. She wears a large, blown up white suit with a clear head piece, and wears gloves as she performs experiments underneath a clear hood. A red curled tube hangs from the ceiling and goes into her suit.

School of Medicine

MED’s Biology of the Lung Funded through Its 50th—Yes, 50th—Year

September 23, 2021

Composite image of BU’s new Career Development Professors, from left to right, top to bottom: Michael Wallace, Abdoulaye Ndao, Ana Fiszbein, Kira Goldner, Eshed Ohn-Bar, Ashok Cutkosky, and Chris Chao Su.

University News

From Automation to Breast Cancer to Social Media, 2021 Career Development Professors Span an Array of Disciplines

September 20, 2021

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Gender Inequality

The Ivory Tower Is Like the Real World in One Way: Mothers Still Do Most of the Childcare, BU Researcher Finds

June 18, 2021

Portrait of Dr. Nahid Bhadelia leaning against a building in front of a window showing a reflection of the Boston skyline.

Infectious Diseases

Nahid Bhadelia to Head New BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research

May 18, 2021

Illustration of a handgun and pools of red blood scribbled in marker

Gun Violence

Why Has Gun Violence Increased in the United States? Three Questions for BU’s Jonathan Jay

April 2, 2021

Photo of a student in a red shirt and black shorts wearing a black backpack opening the door to Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at 2 Silber Way.

Education

New Wheelock Educational Policy Center Will Put Research in the Hands of Policymakers, Drive National Conversations

March 10, 2021

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Public Health

How Long Will It Take You to Conceive after Stopping Birth Control?

February 23, 2021

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Coronavirus

Is Pro-Trump Bias Leading Some US Counties to Lowball COVID-19 Deaths?

February 20, 2021

A photo of Sarah Gordon, Paul Shafer, and Megan Cole Brahim standing next to one another wearing masks

Public Health

New BU Lab Studies Medicaid, Where Racism, Poverty, and COVID-19 Meet

February 17, 2021

New BU Lab Studies Medicaid, Where Racism, Poverty, and COVID-19 Meet