Alumni+ Big Shot Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox Video
On Campus+ Bricks of Life Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life Video
Alumni10 Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him. Video
Books+ Exploring Endurance Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
June 18, 2019Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial IntelligenceData and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
June 12, 2019Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a ShotGreg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
June 10, 2019A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersDid noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
June 10, 2019Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
June 6, 2019Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-DayFounder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
June 4, 2019Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & SciencesAfter nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
April 4, 2019 Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates BU researchers analyzed the impact of different gun laws in all 50 states
March 21, 2019 SPH Forum: Commonwealth Leaders, Advocates Tackle Gun Violence Success of bipartisan gun safety legislation, policy changes needed to create safer communities discussed
December 21, 2018 No Obstacle Too Steep for BU’s First Mitchell Scholar Award will send ENG student to study public policy in Ireland
September 20, 2018 Learning How Cities Work Initiative on Cities 2018 summer fellows find out how local governments grapple with pressing issues
June 14, 2018 SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision Rests on Antireligious Rhetoric LAW scholar Linda McClain says ruling upholds prior decisions about gay equality
January 2, 2018 BU Researchers’ Study: Simple Problem-Solving Technique to Treat Depression Training Head Start workers to help low-income mothers
December 1, 2017 University Launches $20 Million Innovate@BU Initiative for Students BUild Lab: IDG Capital Student Innovation Center a hub for thinkers, doers
November 21, 2017 Mapping Mass Incarceration How Massachusetts is failing its smaller cities and towns
August 2, 2017 911 Call on the Opioid Crisis On Capitol Hill, an SPH prof and a local police chief describe what works