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Faculty

Photo of blue suits hanging up in a lab at BU's NEIDL.

Coronavirus Outbreak

BU NEIDL Scientists Join International Coronavirus Research Effort

March 2, 2020

A photo of Sargent mentors Deborah Claar and Nancy Lowenstein

Accolades

Two Sargent Mentors Win Annual Academic Advising Awards

February 28, 2020

A photo of Cheryl Knott and her family

Anthropology

Up Close, and Up High, with Orangutans

February 24, 2020

2020 Democratic Presidential candidates Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar on stage during the Iowa Democratic Debate.

Climate Change

Climate Policy and Presidential Politics: How Candidates Rank

February 14, 2020

Portrait of Alison Gammie, director at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Career Development

Alison Gammie Wants to Help BU’s Postdocs and Junior Faculty Map Out Their Career Paths

February 11, 2020

Elise Lim takes a photo with her hedgehog, Alfredo, who is wearing a multicolored propeller hat.

Campus Life

Dogs, Cats, Snails, and More—BU’s Pet Stories

February 10, 2020

A photo of President Donald Trump at the State of the Union.

Politics

BU Expert: Trump’s Acquittal by US Senate Has Shredded Constitution’s Separation of Powers

February 6, 2020

A photo of the cover of Sheila's Cordner's book "Who’s Hiding in This Book?"

Literature

CGS Lecturer’s New Picture Book Introduces Young Readers to Literary Classics

January 29, 2020

Arthur Lupia, assistant director of the National Science Foundation

SCIENCE & SOCIETY

National Science Foundation’s Arthur Lupia Talks Scientific Credibility in an Era of Misinformation

January 28, 2020

a portrait of Eric Kolaczyk

University News

Eric Kolaczyk Named New Director of BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering

January 21, 2020

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape

Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019

Teachers and graduate students in the Boston University Cadaver Lab advanced anatomy class point and discuss features of a dissected human heart

Life Sciences

Have You Held a Human Heart? An Afternoon Inside BU’s Cadaver Lab

December 18, 2019

Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.

Translational Research

Xin Zhang Elected to National Academy of Inventors

December 16, 2019

Campus Life

Office Artifacts: Harvey Young

December 3, 2019

Roscoe Giles in a congressional hearing room after testifying before congress.

Computing

Roscoe Giles Named AAAS Fellow

November 26, 2019

Portrait of 2019 Boston University Innovator of the Year, Weining Lu, Associate Professor of Medicine.

Translational Research

Weining Lu, Kidney Researcher, Named BU Innovator of the Year

November 14, 2019

Interior view of the empty United States Federal Ways and Means Committee meeting room.

Voices & Opinion

With the 2020 Presidential Election Less Than a Year Away, Nine Key Questions to Ponder

November 12, 2019

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

A portrait of Mary Elizabeth Moore

University News

STH Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore Will Leave at End of Academic Year

November 11, 2019

University News

Azer Bestavros to Lead BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

November 3, 2019

Azer Bestavros to Lead BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences