CTE Series: Part 1
CTE Series: Part 2
“It Will Make CTE a Treatable Disease”: The Race for a Diagnosis in Life
CTE can only be diagnosed after death, but BU researchers are pushing closer to a breakthrough—one that could give patients answers before it’s too late
CTE Series: Part 3
Research on CTE and Concussions Changed the NFL. Experts Say That’s Not Enough
New equipment, new rules, new attitudes won’t matter unless they trickle down to college, high school, and youth football
CTE Series: Part 4
10 Things BU CTE Center Research Has Taught Us About the Brain Dangers of Contact Sports and Military Service
From amateur athletes’ brain injury risk to how sports hits change the brain’s white matter, here are some of the latest findings from BU researchers
CTE Series: Part 5
What Is CTE?
BU student Natalie Lett explains the progressive brain disease—chronic traumatic encephalopathy—that’s been found in hundreds of former contact sports athletes
Awards
BU Biomedical Engineer Wins a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award
Honor for Alexander A. Green will support high-risk project that could lead to improved cancer treatments and other therapies
Expert Take
A Double Threat to Reproductive Health: Environmental Contaminants and a Lack of Access to Healthcare
BU epidemiologist writes that communities with limited access to reproductive healthcare are also at the highest risk from exposure to pollutants, like heavy metals and PFAS
Schizophrenia Drugs
A “Game-Changing” New Drug for Schizophrenia?
BU researchers discuss whether Cobenfy, which reportedly lacks the side effects of other antipsychotic medications, is the real deal for patients
Mental Health
College Students’ Mental Health Improves for the Second Year in a Row
BU public health researcher and national Healthy Minds Study principal investigator Sarah K. Lipson points to colleges’ efforts to address students’ overall well-being and mental health
Research News
Brink Bites
BU research news beyond the headlines, including why living near greenery may slow cognitive decline and how AI could help improve healthcare for kids
Mental Health
4 Ways Faculty and Teachers Can Help Take Some Pressure Off Students
Sarah K. Lipson, principal investigator on the national Healthy Minds Study of college student mental health, discusses ways she instills positive well-being in her own classes
Inauguration 2024
Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of change
Professorship Awards
Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
This year’s recipients are rising stars in the study of Latin American literature, molecular and cellular processes, religious history, chemistry, and physics-inspired computing
Awards
New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research
Inaugural honors “reflect the critical contributions of our postdocs and their mentors”
Fall
Boston’s Rain-Free Month May Mean Fall Foliage Will Come Early This Year
BU biologist explains how recent long stretch of little to no precipitation is impacting Boston area forests and how this pattern is in line with climate change predictions
College Inequality
Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?
New book from BU’s Anthony Abraham Jack says colleges admit students from diverse backgrounds, but forget cultural support
Just How Safe Are Soft Robots?
BU undergraduate Sarah Alizadeh-Shabdiz is trying to find out, with the help of a remote control car
Innovation Awards
2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market
Innovations to fight cancer, repair sensitive teeth, improve kidney dialysis, and more win support from BU Technology Development’s annual award
Vaping
E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds
Using AI, BU researchers found that the vast majority of social media posts didn’t include health labels warning of the harms of flavored nicotine
Self-Amplifying RNA
A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines and Cancer Treatments
An accidental discovery turned into an unexpected success, when a team of interdisciplinary BU researchers created a new and improved COVID vaccine
American and New England Studies
What a Southern Plantation’s Paper Trail Can Reveal About the Lasting Legacies of Slavery
Historian Mary Snyder (GRS’29) spent her summer building the archives of the Whitney Plantation’s store
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Youth Anxiety
Why Are Kids Struggling with Anxiety More than Ever?
The pandemic’s lingering effects and chronic screen time make it hard for anxious kids to stay in school, says BU researcher, but parents can help by “praising instances of bravery”
Music
Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats
Michael Birenbaum Quintero explores how African rhythms have influenced the cultures in Colombia, Cuba, and the US
Undergraduate Research
Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River
Undergraduate students are studying antibiotic-resistant bacteria collected from the Charles to find out if lab work is right for them
Latest Headlines
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The Histories of Enslaved People Were Written by Slavers. A BU Researcher Is Working to Change That
Andreana Cunningham combines bioarchaeology, African diaspora studies, and archival research to better understand the lives of enslaved people
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What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future
Rising tides threaten Boston’s waterfront, but BU PhD candidate Genna Kane says the city has a history of adaptation and resilience
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BU Team Wins Major National Science Foundation Grant to Help PhD Students Attack Climate Change
$3 million, five-year award will encourage multidisciplinary approaches to converting and storing sustainable energy
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Making MRI More Globally Accessible: How Metamaterials Offer Affordable, High-Impact Solutions
A trio of studies from BU researchers demonstrate how precisely engineered, low-cost structures can be used to boost the power and speed of medical imaging
August 9, 2024
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Arts & Humanities
- Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
- What a Southern Plantation’s Paper Trail Can Reveal About the Lasting Legacies of Slavery
- Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats
Business
- E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds
- State Laws Banning Abortion Linked to Increases in Mental Health Issues
- BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
Engineering & Computing
- BU Biomedical Engineer Wins a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award
- Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines
- Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
Health & Medicine
- Searching for Answers—One Brain at a Time
- Can CTE Be Diagnosed in Life?
- Research on CTE and Concussions Changed the NFL. Experts Say That’s Not Enough
Innovation
- 2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market
- Making MRI More Globally Accessible: How Metamaterials Offer Affordable, High-Impact Solutions
- New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease
Natural Sciences
- Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines
- Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
- Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Research Accolades
- BU Biomedical Engineer Wins a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award
- Brink Bites: BU Research Beyond the Headlines
- Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Social Sciences
- Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
- New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research
- Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?