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200 +

companies developing and selling products based on BU discoveries

$ 645.6 M

total research awards in FY23

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BU CTE Center: Lewiston, Maine, Mass Shooter Had Traumatic Brain Injury

“Brain injury likely played a role” in behavioral symptoms of longtime US Army reservist who was exposed to multiple blast waves, researchers say, but he didn’t have CTE

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Featured Researchers

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    Lucy Hutyra

    Professor, Earth & Environment
  • Image of Ji-Xin Cheng

    Ji-Xin Cheng

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
  • Headshot of Jessica Simes

    Jessica Simes

    Assistant Professor, Sociology
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    James Uden

    Associate Professor, Classical Studies
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    Malika Jeffries-EL

    Associate Dean of the Graduate School of the Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
  • Headshot of Hank Fien

    Hank Fien

    Director, Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education
  • Xin Zhang Headshot

    Xin Zhang

    Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Steve Ramirez headshot

    Steve Ramirez

    Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
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    Mark Grinstaff

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry
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    Emily Whiting

    Associate Professor, Computer Science
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The Secrets of Living to 100

BU’s New England Centenarian Study delves into the lives of superagers to better understand why some people make it to their centennial—and to maybe help the rest of us do the same

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