Faculty New Video Game Could Help Reveal How People with Autism Perceive the World October 5th, 2026 Boston University researchers built a game that can be played by people across the autism spectrum—and that could one day help improve the development and testing of new therapies Read more
Faculty Professors David Boas, Ji-Xin Cheng, Michael Hasselmo and more named William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors September 24th, 2026 The William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorship was established in 2008 to recognize Boston University’s most distinguished faculty. Named in honor of BU’s first president, the award is the highest distinction bestowed upon senior faculty members who remain actively involved in research, scholarship, teaching, and the University’s civic life. Nominations for this award are traditionally due […] Read more
Student News Josh Levitt Featured on Boston Public Radio for “Pink Noise” Research September 22nd, 2026 Read more
Faculty Awards Carolyn Marar, Daniel Taub, Thomas Bifano, and More Win 2026 BU Ignition Awards September 17th, 2026 Recovery after a full knee replacement is a slow process—for some, it can take a few weeks before ditching the crutches and months before even thinking about stepping on a treadmill again. Read more
Faculty From Biomedical Engineering to the Brain’s Motor Circuits: The Journey of Mike Economo September 14th, 2026 Read more
Events Inaugural NPC Summer School Offers Hands-On Experience Showcasing Outstanding BU Neurovascular Imaging Facilities August 31st, 2026 By Danny Giancioppo | Photos by Danny Giancioppo Launched in summer 2026, the Boston University Neurophotonics Center (BU-NPC) hosted Professor Anna Devor’s inaugural, two-week Neurophotonics Summer School program for graduate students and postdocs, “Neurovascular Imaging Across Scales in Animals and Humans.” In mice, researchers are able to use high resolution microscopic imaging, whereas in humans, […] Read more
Faculty College of Engineering and BU School of Medicine Lead NIH Grant August 25th, 2026 A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will support a collaborative effort to uncover how the lung’s microscopic structure shapes its response to inhaled particle Read more
Collaborative Publications per Year 40 + Across a range of premier scientific journal outlets, including Nature, Science Direct, Neuroscience, and more
10/20/2026 Three-photon population imaging of subcortical brain regions Faculty: Jerome Mertz, Ben Scott, Steve Ramirez | Outlet: Nature Read more
10/13/2026 Stage-specific exposure to an activity-permissive medium enhances neuronal activity in oligodendrocyte-enriched cortical organoids Faculty: Ella Zeldich, Christopher Gabel | Outlet: ScienceDirect Read more
7/14/2026 Behavioral functions of cotransmission in cost/benefit choices Faculty: Michael Wallace | Outlet: NIH | Amount: $450k Read more
7/13/2026 Dual-wavelength Fourier Ptychographic Topography Faculty: Lei Tian | Outlet: IEEE Xplore Read more
7/8/2026 Real-time single-particle imaging of functional lungs reveals mosaic-like patterns of aerosol deposition in alveoli Faculty: Hadi Nia | Outlet: Nature Read more
5/20/2026 Surface-based image reconstruction optimization for high-density functional near-infrared spectroscopy Faculty: David Boas | Outlet: SPIE Digital Library Read more
4/23/2026 Dual-channel event microscopy for ultrafast biological imaging Faculty: Lei Tian | Outlet: PNAS Read more
4/10/2026 Predicting bilingual aphasia treatment outcomes using digital twins: a double-blind randomized controlled trial Faculty: Swathi Kiran | Outlet: Nature Read more