Is it Science… or Is it Fiction?
Blending literature and science, Patrick Keys uses a tool called science-fiction prototyping to imagine future climate scenarios.
Arts & Sciences
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Giving Poetry a Voice
A new undergraduate course brings students into the deeper meaning of poetry, through the power of video.
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Running as an Exercise of Intellect
Historian Chepchirchir Tirop studies the role of sports in East Africa, including her home country of Kenya.
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Can Comic Books Teach Us About Medicine?
Alum A. David Lewis believes in the power of graphic storytelling
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Can AI Help Predict the Earth’s Climate?
Elizabeth Barnes is integrating AI and Earth sciences to solve some of our most complex challenges.
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Is Vaccine Hesitancy a Religion?
GRS alum Kira Ganga Kieffer argues that vaccine hesitancy should be understood as religious expression.
Research & Discovery
Faculty News Faculty Accolades Faculty Publications
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Is There Life on Other Planets?
BU Astronomer Chuanfei Dong is helping lead a new mission seeking hints of life in space
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The Myth of the Next Big Thing
Sociologist Patrick Sheehan researches start-up workplaces and “hype culture”
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The Power of Place
Suchi Gopal, an Earth and environment professor, works to bring the science of location to the world’s most important challenges
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Looking for Answers to Alzheimer’s
Yakeel T. Quiroz studies a rare form of the disease in search of ways to delay, or prevent, its onset
Arts & Sciences Community
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Guillory named to Russell Professorship
The professorship recognizes an outstanding faculty member in the Department of Religion.
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Physicists Receive Breakthrough Prizes
Lee Roberts and Dillon Brout honored for transformative achievements in physics and astronomy.
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GRS Launches New Master’s Programs
New degrees expand access to interdisciplinary graduate training in fast‑growing fields
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From the State House to the National Stage
Political scientist Christine Slaughter connects classrooms, communities, and the national stage.
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Biologist Jeffrey Marlow Awarded National…
Expert in how microbial life endures in inhospitable places joins outstanding emerging leaders program.
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From Lab Bench to Biopharma
Students Launch Conference to Connect Peers with Industry Leaders
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CS alum named “Inventor of the Year”
CS alum Dr. Gonca Gürsun (GRS’13) has been named Inventor of the Year by the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence.
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Remembering Bob Devaney
Devaney, who died November 16, 2025, devoted his life to proving that “mathematics is a living, breathing subject."
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