Climate Misinformation
Global Health
BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) is slated to become a global hub for critical information about emerging outbreaks
Suicide
Red Sox Player Jarren Duran’s Suicide Attempt Admission Praised by BU Trauma Expert for Helping with Stigma
Epidemiologist, and director of BU’s Center for Trauma and Mental Health, Jaimie Gradus says “predicting suicide is a challenge”
Hearing Loss
Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users
Brain-inspired algorithm could improve word recognition accuracy in noisy situations by up to 40 percentage points, potentially helping with the so-called “cocktail party problem”
Elections
How Could the SAVE Act Impact Young Voters and Married People Who’ve Changed Their Name?
BU political scientist Christine Slaughter says that changing the electoral process can deter people from the polls
Microbes
Microbes Reveal Clues About Extraterrestrial Life
BU student Natalie Lett explains the science behind biologist Jeffrey J. Marlow’s research into “extremophile” life
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars
Winners, recognized as “visionary scientists, scholars, writers, and artists,” will use honor to support work on artificial intelligence, space science, American history, and more
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BU Sociologist and Her Students Train as Doulas to Help Inform Research on Pregnancy and Childbirth
Celeste Curington argues these care workers play an important advocacy role, especially in BIPOC communities where “birth is literally a battle”
April 10, 2025 -
Aphasia Robs Millions of Communication. Boston University Is Helping Them Regain Their Voice
Treatments, informed by research, make BU and Sargent College a leader in combating the neurological disorder
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“The Trade Deficit Isn’t an Emergency—It’s a Sign of America’s Strength,” Writes BU Economist
Tarek Alexander Hassan says the US trade deficit shows the country’s financial and technological ascendancy and that high tariffs may erode pillars of American economic dominance
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Brink Bites: A Super Jupiter, the Ethics of BU’s Lobster Night, the Toll of Boston’s Traffic
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a fresh look at a gas giant, calculating deaths caused by vehicle emissions, and an undergraduate’s study of a campus dining tradition
1April 2, 2025
Accolades
BU’s Kenneth Lutchen Named AAAS Fellow
Lifetime honor for a longtime BU and engineering education leader who has championed the convergent research approach and pioneered advances in lung care
Mental Health
BU Researcher Teams Up with Boston’s Fathers’ UpLift to Support Black Men’s Mental Health
Trauma expert Daniel Jacobson López will help reduce mental health care stigma and train culturally competent clinicians
Global Health
“It’s Unacceptable”: BU Mathematician Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts
The impact trackers update in real time based on the loss of international aid programs combating HIV and tuberculosis
Social Work
BU School of Social Work Makes a “Transformative” Hire for Childhood Equity
Nationally renowned researcher Dolores Acevedo-Garcia launches Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development
Bird Flu
How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu?
After egg prices soar and infections spread in chickens, cows, and cats, a BU virologist is advocating for more testing and tracking
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Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? Five Reasons to Feel Confident—and Five to Be Worried
Five years after COVID-19 lockdowns, BU experts find some glimmers of hope, but say new US policies could put the world at greater risk of a coronavirus-like outbreak
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Five Years Later, Scientists Study Novids—People Who’ve Never Had COVID
BU infectious diseases doctor and researcher Sabrina Assoumou says so-called “super-dodgers” could teach scientists a lot about the virus
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What Is Convergent Research and Why Is BU Embracing It?
University announces new push for collaborative research, aims to step up progress on major societal challenges
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Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study Finds
Researchers shocked to see that bacteria’s antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic particles and point to a potential outsized impact on refugees
March 11, 2025
Expert Take
Dismantling USAID and Withdrawing from World Health Organization “Will Cost Lives and Destroy Critical Infrastructure,” Writes BU Global Nutrition Expert
In a historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield
LEXI Moon Mission
What Is BU Doing on the Moon?
Undergraduate student Natalie Lett explains the scientific goals of the Boston University–developed LEXI telescope’s lunar mission
LEXI Moon Mission
Success! BU Telescope Lands on the Moon Aboard NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1
In a historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield
Research News
Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an exploration of views on economic systems, research on tobacco price minimums, and support for student research
LGBTQ Health
BU Study Finds Increased Rates of Burnout in LGBTQ+ Physicians
More physicians are experiencing lower professional fulfillment, potentially causing them to leave their careers
Muscular dystrophy
Born with Muscular Dystrophy, Justin Moy Now Seeks to Defeat It
“My life’s goal is to cure my disease, and that’s really what drives me every day,” says the BU PhD candidate
CTE
BU Researchers Confirm Former NHL Legend Bobby Hull Had CTE
CTE Center encourages former players and families to reach out with CTE concerns, saying “we are learning how to effectively treat symptoms, especially in mid-life”
Accolades
BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
The prestigious award will support Lynne Chantranupong’s work investigating how brain cells remain healthy over a lifetime, and how neurodegenerative diseases disrupt them
Housing
BU’s Initiative on Cities Builds a Tool for Fighting Displacement
Keeping people in their neighborhoods in Louisville, Ky., by assessing proposed developments
LEXI Moon Mission
Spacecraft Carrying BU Telescope to the Moon Captures Breathtaking Images of Earth
NASA’s Blue Ghost mission has finished orbiting Earth and is on its way to the moon
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BU Leadership Strongly Opposes NIH Move to Cut Funding for “Research That Helps Improve Human Health and Save Lives”
In a related action, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the NIH from implementing its rate changes
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Keeping Seeds Alive—in Case the World as We Know It Ends
A BU Arctic expert studies the remote Svalbard Global Seed Vault, where seeds are a symbol of scientific history and hope in a time of climate crisis
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Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers
White House’s presidential award recognizes BU researchers studying special education, lasers, and genes and DNA
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More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why
School of Public Health researcher coleads study that finds sharp increase in excess deaths largely due to drug overdoses, alcohol use, traffic accidents, and homicides
February 5, 2025
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Arts & Humanities
- Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars
- Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism
- Keeping Seeds Alive If the World as We Know It Ends
Business
- Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist
- “The Trade Deficit Isn’t an Emergency—It’s a Sign of America’s Strength,” Writes BU Economist
- Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism
Engineering & Computing
- BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
- Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users
- BU’s Kenneth Lutchen Named AAAS Fellow
Health & Medicine
- BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
- Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users
- Red Sox Player Jarren Duran’s Suicide Attempt Admission Praised by BU Trauma Expert for Helping with Stigma
Innovation
- Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist
- Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users
- BU Researcher Teams Up with Boston’s Fathers’ UpLift to Support Black Men’s Mental Health
Natural Sciences
- Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist
- Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars
- Microbes Reveal Clues About Extraterrestrial Life
Research Accolades
- Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars
- BU’s Kenneth Lutchen Named AAAS Fellow
- Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism
Social Sciences
- How Could the SAVE Act Impact Young Voters and Married People Who’ve Changed Their Name?
- BU Sociologist and Her Students Train as Doulas to Help Inform Research on Pregnancy and Childbirth
- “The Trade Deficit Isn’t an Emergency—It’s a Sign of America’s Strength,” Writes BU Economist