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NSF CAREER Awards

Meet BU’s Newest NSF CAREER Award Winners

August 5, 2020

Climate Action

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

July 21, 2020

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Trump vs. WHO

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

July 17, 2020

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Arts & Culture

BU Global Music Festival Gets $15K Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

July 2, 2020

A photo of Lei Guo with her arms crossed in front of a bank of computer monitors

Communicating COVID-19

Comparing How Media around the World Frames Coronavirus News

June 25, 2020

CAREER PLANNING

Postdoc Academy Launches Remote Professional Development Course

June 19, 2020

Photo taken by Lu Ping (ENG’24) atop a camel in the Sahara Desert in Morocco. A person dressed in blue white a white head covering is seen leading the camel in the orangey desert sand.

Photography

A Dazzling View of the World, Courtesy of the BU Community

June 18, 2020

A photo of a sign that reads "Warning Tick Infested Area" near a beach

Climate Change and Health

Ticks and Mosquitoes, Infectious Disease Carriers, Are Expanding Their Range

June 16, 2020

An aerial photo of Boston

Air Pollution & COVID-19

No, it’s Not Your Imagination, the Air in Boston is Cleaner

April 16, 2020

A photo of Shishong Chen, a law student from China, and other students organizing boxes that will be shipped to China.

In The World

Their Homeland in Crisis from Coronavirus, This BU Team Got to Work

February 24, 2020

Opioid Crisis

Tracking the Path of the Opioid Crisis

February 18, 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

Rows of green plants grow in sunlight

Greenhouse Gases

As Our Planet Gets Greener, Plants Are Slowing Global Warming

January 29, 2020

Chinese health workers in white suits, check the temperatures of Chinese residents

Coronavirus Outbreak

Outbreak Experts: What to Expect Next from Coronavirus

January 27, 2020

An image of Auschwitz. A sign in the foreground reads "Halt! Stoj!"

Voices & Opinion

POV: 75 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz, How Do We Make Sure It Never Happens Again?

January 27, 2020

A firefighter watches wildfires burn a patch of forest in Australia.

Climate Change

How Global Warming Helped Ignite One of Australia’s Worst Fire Seasons

January 14, 2020

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement photo

Global

Just for Fun: Six BU Classes That Might Help Harry and Meghan

January 13, 2020

Cambodian musicians perform traditional cambodian music and chant in Cambodia.

Power of Music

How Cambodian Music Recalls Ancestors and Brings Comfort

November 25, 2019

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Arts on Campus

Global Music Festival Returns to BU This Weekend

October 2, 2019

climate change strike

Climate Change

Everything You Need to Know about Friday’s Youth Climate Strike

September 19, 2019

Everything You Need to Know about Friday’s Youth Climate Strike