Breaking Ground, Building Impact

Researchers across Boston University are exerting real-world influence and delivering impact in a variety of fields, from neurology and sustainability to infectious diseases and the arts. This is no accident. Our investments in centers, facilities, and innovative thinkers have been paying dividends by attracting top talent, cultivating collaboration across disciplines, and growing our fertile research ecosystem.

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Below are just a few research stories from FY2022.

• Opening the floodgates to the future
• Life on the edge
• Student climate researchers help BU become more sustainable
• Bringing equity and justice to the fight for climate change
• Center to promote global stability through policy
• A BU voice in the White House
• Center seeks to alleviate the suffering of those forced from their homes
• Why do some people get sicker than others from COVID?
• Renowned NIAID research leader named new NEIDL director
• From the lab to your life
• Dementia detection gets a boost
• Spotting brain trauma in the living
• A wearable metamaterial could make MRI crisper, faster, and cheaper
• Unlocking mysteries of the brain
• Pushing the envelope of excellence
• New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures
• Can we prevent antibiotic resistance?
• Fueling the future: Our year in grants
• Research fund’s inaugural project sparks national support
• A matchmaker for collaboration
• You can’t fix what you can’t see
• The calculus of hidden loss