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
June 12, 2019 Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
March 19, 2019 She Was a World War II Codebreaker BU alum Fran Pearlmutter helped America win the war—and kept it secret for 50 years
October 4, 2018 Upending the 2018 Midterm Elections Women, minority, and LGBTQ candidates are ousting politicians thought to be unbeatable
November 21, 2017 Mapping Mass Incarceration How Massachusetts is failing its smaller cities and towns
May 4, 2017 Election Meddling, by Russia and by US, Is an Old Game BU’s Wippl hears Cold War echoes in Putin’s pro-Trump efforts
April 24, 2017 Thousands at March for Science, Hundreds from BU Crowd voices support for science, anxiety over Trump administration
March 29, 2017 BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget With strong bipartisan support for NIH funding, deep cuts unlikely to pass
March 22, 2017 School of Medicine Professor Named CDC Advisor Kermit Anthony Crawford to serve on Board of Scientific Counselors
March 9, 2016 Will Unlocking Apple’s iPhone Also Unlock a Pandora’s Box? Network security expert Sharon Goldberg says move will weaken American cybersecurity