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
May 14, 2018 Advice to the Class of 2018: “You Are Enough” BU faculty and staff offer some words of wisdom
May 2, 2018 Scholar of Religion Nancy Ammerman to Retire Studying how religion is actually lived, sociologist has seen big changes in the pews
March 22, 2018 Sloan Fellowships Go to BU Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician Program supports early-career scientists doing promising research
March 8, 2018 Medical Campus Sees Eight New Full Professorships Research on cancer biomarkers, healthcare corruption, implant dentistry rewarded
March 2, 2018 Eight Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor Studies include military families, neurobiology, Holocaust history, nanophotonics
February 21, 2018 Office Artifacts: Robert Devaney CAS math and stats prof collects coffee mugs—lots and lots of them
February 5, 2018 A BU Professor, Two Alums Win City of Boston Fellowships Filmmaker, writer, and artist receive $10,000 grants
February 1, 2018 Faculty Obituaries CAS’ Bernard Chasan, COM’s Melvin DeFleur, and CFA’s Joseph Gifford
January 29, 2018 Stefan Hofmann Receives Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award CAS psychology prof recognized for work on treatments for anxiety disorders
January 23, 2018 CAS Biology Professor Pens First Thriller Geoffrey Cooper’s novel tackles envy and greed among scientists