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Government & Law

Photo of the students of the ConnectBU slate posing in front of a Boston University sign; the slate includes: President Aditya Jain (ENG’21), Executive VP Soumya Malhotra (CAS’21, Sargent ’21), VP Finance Mariafernanda Hernandez (ENG’21), and VP Internal Affairs Hessann Farooqi (CAS’22).

Student Government

Student Government Elections Will Be Held Virtually, Debate Tonight on Zoom

April 6, 2020

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Sustainable Energy & COVID-19

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

April 2, 2020

Center for Regenerative Medicine researchers Aditya Mithal, Claire Burgess, and Andrew McCracken prepare samples collected from Boston Medical Center patients suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus.

COVID-19 Testing

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

March 26, 2020

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Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

March 23, 2020

A composite image showing Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigeg, and Amy Klobuchar

Election Prediction

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

March 2, 2020

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Privacy At A Price

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

February 27, 2020

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Government & Law

Vote on Your Phone? BU School of Law Clinic Helps Expose Security Flaws in Voter App

February 13, 2020

Taylor Cain (GRS’20), director of the Housing Innovation Lab, meets members of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp. Housing Innovation Lab intern Rebecca Christner pictured at right.

Housing

Boston, You’re Our Home. Taylor Cain Wants to Keep It That Way

February 13, 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

Senior advisor at the US Department of State, Jane Sigmon poses for a photo on a set of stairs

Public Health

Hidden in Plain Sight

January 17, 2020

Composite image showing conservative commentator Ben Shapiro delivering a speech at Boston University (left) and African American protestors holding a sign that says 'Whose Freedom?' while demonstrating against Shapiro's appearance at BU.

Voices & Opinion

Impassioned Reactions to Ben Shapiro’s Speech at BU

November 14, 2019

Illustration of Mark Zuckerberg being demolished by a wrecking ball.

Business & Law

Is Breaking Up Amazon, Facebook, and Google a Good Idea?

October 7, 2019

Voters stand behind red, white, and blue striped separators

Politics

POV: 2020 Election? If You Want Change, Vote in the 2019 November Elections

October 2, 2019

Donald Trump looking pensive in front of a textured red background.

Politics

POV: Impeachment Inquiry Is “Nothing More Than a Sham”

September 30, 2019

Donald Trump looking pensive in front of a textured blue background.

Politics

POV: Why a Formal Impeachment Inquiry Makes Sense

September 30, 2019

Donald Trump looking pensive in front of a textured red-blue gradient background.

Politics

The Case For and Against Impeachment

September 30, 2019

The city hall interns pose with Mayor Walsh

Student Voices

What’s It Like to Intern at Boston City Hall? Just Ask This Year’s BU City Scholars Summer Fellows

September 12, 2019

Accolades

Two BU Researchers Honored by White House

August 23, 2019

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GUN DEATHS

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

August 6, 2019

Grant holds a photosensor

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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

July 29, 2019

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