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Africa

A photo of John Thornton and Linda Heywood

Research Accolades

Two BU Scholars of African American History Elected to AAAS

April 29, 2020

Fallou Ngom sits in the home of an Ajami manuscript owner in Belfort, Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Anthropology

Digitizing Ajami, a Centuries-Old African Script

January 23, 2020

a health worker administers medication to a person in the Congo

Ebola

“It Was Like a Miracle,” BU NEIDL Researcher Says of Powerful New Ebola Treatments

August 15, 2019

microscopic image of ebola virus

Ebola

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

January 28, 2019

Robert Davey, infectious diseases researcher at the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), poses for a portrait in front of hazmat suits like the ones he wears while conducting Biosafety Level 4 research in the NEIDL laboratory.

Ebola

Old Drug, New Tricks

November 19, 2018

Antiretroviral drugs can prevent transmission of HIV from mother to unborn child, but we don’t yet fully understand how exposure to HIV affects a baby's health later on.

HIV-AIDS

How Does HIV Exposure Impact Uninfected Babies?

October 24, 2018

Fallou Ngom, director of the African Studies Center

Education

African Studies Center Expands Curriculum

September 24, 2018

Ebola virus under a microscope

Ebola

Blood Test May Predict Who Lives or Dies with Ebola

January 23, 2017

Africa

Lesotho: Life on the Edge

December 3, 2015

Africa

Mozambique: Market-Driven

December 3, 2015

Africa

Johannesburg: Works in Progress

December 3, 2015

Africa

Into Africa

December 3, 2015

Blue Nile, Africa

Africa

The Soul of the Blue Nile

November 17, 2015

Drawing a molecule on a chalkboard at the Boston University Center for Molecular Discovery

Chemistry

Molecule Makers

June 1, 2015

Inna Afasizheva, assistant professor, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Biology

RNA Rising

April 30, 2015

Data Science

Mapmaker/Matchmaker

March 26, 2015

Global Health

What Big Data Won’t Tell You

March 19, 2015

Language Analysis, Fallou Ngom

Linguistics & Language Sciences

Crossing Borders

November 6, 2014

Boston University BU, Farouk El-Baz

Archaeology

Farouk El-Baz Tapped by Egypt President

October 6, 2014

Farouk El-Baz Tapped by Egypt President