BU Task Force on Convergence Outlines New Strategy to Boost the Impact of the University’s Research
Report is the result of a yearlong effort and interviews with 200 faculty; BU leaders […]
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Does Spending Big in Major League Baseball Equal On-Field Success?
Boston University researchers built MLB Toolbox to compare payrolls, performance, and roster value across the […]
Could This King-Size Citrus Fruit Inspire a Better Mobile Phone Case?
Boston University engineers are studying the pomelo’s remarkable shock absorbency—including by throwing it off a […]
Should You Accept Internet Cookies? BU Researchers Say the Open Web Could Suffer Without Them
New study finds ad revenue that supports digital publishers and content creators tumbles when cookies […]
Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year
Cofounder of three biotech companies is pioneering new therapies for cancer and autoimmune disorders
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You Are Why.
You are why we educate, research, and invest: so we can better serve society, so we can generate life-changing new knowledge, and so we all can succeed.
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Wilson W. Wong
Professor, Biomedical Engineering -
Kendra D. Sims
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology -
Loretta Lees
Faculty Director, Initiative on Cities Professor, Sociology -
Harvey Young
Interim Vice President for the Arts Dean, College of Fine Arts Professor, English, Theatre Arts, American Studies, and African American & Black Diaspora Studies -
Nahid R. Bhadelia
Founding Director, BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID) Founding Director, BEACON Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, and Medicine Adjunct Associate Professor, Global Health Security -
Lee Roberts
Professor, Physics -
Britta Lassmann
Co-Director and Co-Founder, BEACON Research Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine -
Dillon Brout
Assistant Professor, Astronomy -
Ayse Lokmanoglu
Assistant Professor, Emerging Media Studies -
Pawel Przytycki
Assistant Professor, Computing & Data Sciences -
Carey Morewedge
Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar Professor, Marketing
Measles, Cholera, and Mpox: BU-Based Outbreak Tracker Monitors World’s Most Dangerous Infectious Diseases
In its first year, BEACON has helped direct public health responses globally, monitoring 181 pathogens in 169 countries—and 1 in space