Alumni+ Big Shot Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox Video
On Campus+ Bricks of Life Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life Video
Alumni10 Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him. Video
Books+ Exploring Endurance Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
June 18, 2019Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial IntelligenceData and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
June 12, 2019Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a ShotGreg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
June 10, 2019A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersDid noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
June 10, 2019Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
June 6, 2019Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-DayFounder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
June 4, 2019Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & SciencesAfter nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
April 10, 2019 How Our Clicks Are Shaping Elections If you think data science played a huge role in the 2016 presidential election, wait until 2020
April 9, 2019 MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps? After studying four million game pitches, BU researcher suggests how to fix a broken baseball system
April 8, 2019 Chaplains Are the New Pastors. Are They Adequately Trained for the Job? STH’s Shelly Rambo will research how best to educate those who minister to people of varying faiths
April 5, 2019 Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts CAS prof James Uden awarded Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship
April 4, 2019 Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates BU researchers analyzed the impact of different gun laws in all 50 states
April 2, 2019 In the Fake News Era, Native Ads Are Muddying the Waters COM online experiment: fewer than one in 10 people can tell sponsored content from an actual article
April 2, 2019 BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War? Mueller report has Democrats and Republicans feuding—just how bad could it get?
March 29, 2019 Netflix, Spotify, and How Data Is Shaping the Arts Data analytics isn’t merely framing the art we see or listen to. It’s becoming the art.
March 25, 2019 Orthorexia: Eating Clean, but Crumbling on the Inside Celebrities like Tom Brady and Instagram “health gurus” may be contributing to the rise of what’s known as the clean eating disorder
March 18, 2019 Does Binge-Watching Netflix Warp Your View of the World? COM researchers: back-to-back episodes of violent shows may cause “mean world syndrome”