STEM
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Innovation Awards
2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market
![Photo: Ruslan Afasizhev (left), a tall whie man with a balding, shaved grey hair and wearing a light blue collared shirt and dark grey jeans, and Inna Afasizheva, a white woman with short grey-brown hair and wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and white jeans, pose in a brightly lit lab. Ruslan leans slightly back against a lab worktop while Inna poses with one hand one the same worktop behind Ruslan.](/files/2023/07/Ruslan-Afasizhev-and-Inna-Afasizheva-feat-636x425.jpg)
Molecular Biology
They Fell in Love with Each Other, Then with the Same Science
![Photo: Engineering Professor, Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng, an Asian man wearing a grey pullover sweater, poses for a photo in his lab. A blue light gives the photo a cool-themed feel as Cheng looks to the left and stands in front of a table full of various mechanical engineering equipment.](/files/2023/05/Innovator-of-the-Year-23-1266-CHENG-016-feat-636x425.jpg)
Innovator of the Year
Ji-Xin Cheng Is BU’s 2022 Innovator of the Year
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Forced Displacement
BU’s New Center on Forced Displacement Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis
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Latinx Researchers
Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference
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Kilachand Fund
The Kilachand Fund’s Impact on Science’s Biggest Challenges
![Photo of Pamela Templer (center), Shawn Jones (left), and Yasmin Romitti. From left, a tall Black man with glasses, a dark grey blazer, purpled collared shirt and black pants stands next to a shorter white woman with arms crossed wearing black blouse and pants and red cardigan, and on right a younger, shorter white woman wearing a black and white polka dot shirt and jeans. They all stand, pose, and smile next to each other.](/files/2022/06/feat-22-1187-ENVIRO-094-636x425.jpg)
Climate Change
Building a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce
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Technology Development
BU Ignition Awards–From the Lab to Your Life
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Innovation
Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science
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Biological Engineering