BU Health Humanities Project looks at how studying poetry, history, and religion can help doctors better connect with patients—and reduce their own stress
Not every family moment is worth framing. In CAS’ Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, child development experts are studying the secret to happy, healthy kids—and stress-free parents.
Astronomer Phil Muirhead says new telescopes and other advances have increased our chances of finding extraterrestrial alien life
Amit Wadhwa combines public health, anthropology, and computer science to help the United Nations combat climate-born disasters in countries like Mongolia
New hiring and recruitment efforts, social justice courses, and faculty and student antiracism groups build momentum for change
Chandramouli Chandrasekaran studies neurodynamics to see what’s happening in our brains as we make choices
Michael Ellison’s CodePath.org helps students from underrepresented backgrounds become top programmers
BU Marine Program students and faculty are studying the impact of tiny plastics on coastal environments
A social justice pilot program funds student research into how youth interact with authority figures
How donor support has helped make a forthcoming African American Studies major and other advances possible
What can you tell us about a March 1987 photograph of an English class studying Shakespeare with James Siemon?
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