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Education

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Antiracism

Striking Out Racist Terminology in Engineering

July 16, 2020

Mental Health

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care

July 9, 2020

A photo of a woman and child working on schoolwork together at home while wearing masks

Children & Coronavirus

Don’t Undersell the Facts: Why Kids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information

June 26, 2020

CAREER PLANNING

Postdoc Academy Launches Remote Professional Development Course

June 19, 2020

Biomedical engineers in BU professor Allyson Sgro’s lab participated in a workshop to develop individualized action plans and then joined up in person with other members of the community. Together, they met up with a #ShutDownSTEM/Black Lives Matter march walking from Roxbury’s Nubian Square to Boston City Hall.

STEM ON STRIKE

BU Researchers #ShutDownSTEM to Combat Racism

June 12, 2020

In this May 8, 2020, file photo, registered nurse Katie Hammond, left, works with another nurse on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center , in Seattle. The number of deaths in Washington because of the coronavirus has reached 1,000, the Washington State Department of Health reported Saturday, May 16, 2020. The agency added eight more deaths and listed the total number of confirmed cases at 18,288.

Translation

Translational Research Hub at BU Gets $38.3 Million Renewal from NIH

May 21, 2020

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Coronavirus on the Border

As Coronavirus Exploded in Boston, BU Class Trip to US-Mexico Border Grappled with Evolving Ethics

May 7, 2020

A photo of BU field hockey teammates Shannon Ma (right) and Rebecca Janes hugging goodbye last month as BU students left campus to flee the pandemic.

Mental Health & COVID-19

Five Things COVID-19 Might Do to Young Adults’ Mental Health

April 16, 2020

A photo of two children playing. One of them looks upset.

Cognitive Development

How Children Play With Others Can Reveal Their Risk for Antisocial Behavior

April 10, 2020

A portrait photo of Salma Abdalla

Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

March 23, 2020

Joyce Wong at the podium delivering the Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecture at Boston University in 2017

Women in STEM

Here’s How to Really Improve Gender Diversity in STEM Research

November 12, 2019

Mark Greenman

STEM Education

Physics for All: An Online Class Is Expanding the Gateway to STEM

October 15, 2019

Portrait of Wynter Duncanson, biomedical engineer and assistant dean of outreach and diversity at Boston University

Accolades

Wynter Duncanson Recognized for STEM Diversity, Inclusion Efforts

September 16, 2019

Two toddlers sit and play with alphabet blocks next to each other.

Child Psychology

Are Kids Hardwired for Revenge?

September 9, 2019

Portrait of Stephanie Curenton

Accolades

BU Researcher Named National Black Child Development Institute Fellow

August 29, 2019

Portrait of Robert Eschmann.

Racism

The Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color.

July 30, 2019

In the Classroom Asian Student Raises Hand and Asks Lecturer a Question. Multi Ethnic Group of Modern Bright Students at the College.

Healthcare

Racial Disparities in Nationwide Mental Health Services for College Students

September 28, 2018

Fallou Ngom, director of the African Studies Center

Education

African Studies Center Expands Curriculum

September 24, 2018

illustration of a college graduate staring at his shadow which is in the shape of a dollar bill

Education

It’s Time to Tell Students What They Need to Know

August 30, 2018

Education

Rebooting Deaf Ed

November 27, 2017

Rebooting Deaf Ed