Government & Law

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

Trump vs. WHO

Why Withdrawing the United States from the WHO “Is a Terrible Decision”

Gun Culture

New Gun Subculture Is on the Rise in Liberal States with Stricter Gun Laws

Wage Gap

Salary History Bans Help Narrow Racial, Gender Wage Gaps

Policing and Racial Injustice

Tapping into the Lived Experiences of People in Black Communities Is Key to Police Reform Efforts

Structural Racism

Police Brutality Influenced by Residential Segregation, Not “a Few Bad Apples”

Battling Bigotry

How Bigotry Has Shaped Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, and Now the Coronavirus Pandemic

COVID-19 Relief

Pandemic Relief for Renters and Homeowners Is Still Lagging

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

Children and Poverty

Why Are “Some Kids Worth Less”?

Sustainable Energy & COVID-19

Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Slow The Global Shift to Renewable Energy?

COVID-19 Testing

Facing Dire Shortages, 50 Boston Collaborators Develop Their Own FDA-Approved Coronavirus Test

Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

Election Prediction

What Voters’ Sweat Levels, Facial Expressions, Reveal about Their Feelings for Candidates

Privacy At A Price

Is There a Hidden Cost to Opting Out of Internet Cookies?

Accolades

Two BU Researchers Honored by White House

GUN DEATHS

The FBI and CDC Datasets Agree: Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A BU Physicist Is Worried about the Spread of Nuclear Weapons—So He’s Doing Something about It

Government & Law

To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Global Democracy

Humanities

How the Japanese Imperial Family, the World’s Oldest Royal Line, Transcends Time