Unlocking the Power of Our Emotional Memory
Neuroscientists from BU show that it’s possible to turn the volume down on a negative […]
Annual Report 2022
Pursuing the Extraordinary
A PhD student demonstrates a new magnetic metamaterial device intended to be used in conjunction with MRI machines to boost the quality of brain scans. Photo by Cydney Scott.
Innovative Research
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Unearthing a Long-Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans
BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his […]
Could Blocking or Deleting a Protein Help Prevent Common Oral Cancers?
Around one-third of people with oral squamous cell carcinoma don’t survive it, but BU dental […]
COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Cause Infertility or Harm Pregnancy Chances, BU Research Shows
No link between vaccines and chances of getting pregnant, but COVID-19 infection may have short-term […]
8 Major Findings and Headlines from BU CTE Researchers in the Past Year
Experts have made breakthroughs on diagnosing CTE in the living and in studying the impact […]
Sociologist Jessica Simes’ New Book Explores the Toll of Mass Incarceration and Its Racial Disparities
How Black and Latinx neighborhoods in deindustrialized smaller cities have become communities of loss—robbed by […]
The Quest for a Heart Attack Cure
A BU-led team is engineering small patches of cardiac muscle that could repair the heart, […]
City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than Previously Thought
Researchers found that trees and soils on the outermost edge of forests may have a […]
Facts & Figures
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3,500
+
full-time faculty
7,644
publications in 2023
200
+
companies developing and selling products based on BU discoveries
47
%
of federal funding is from the National Institutes of Health (FY22)
AAU
1 of 71 members of the Association of American Universities
Faculty Accolades
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Inventor Mark Grinstaff Named an AAAS Fellow
Recognition for chemist and biomedical engineer behind revolutionary cancer treatment and other “distinguished contributions” with […]
Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
BU’s 2022 NSF CAREER Award Winners Are Innovating Data Systems and Single-Molecule Circuits
Prestigious five-year award from the National Science Foundation will advance research and expand student opportunities
Wilson Wong, Christopher Chen, and Darrell Kotton Named Allen Distinguished Investigators
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded funding to a trio of BU faculty […]
NIH Honors Two BU Researchers “Poised to Blaze New Paths of Discovery”
Prestigious Director’s Awards encourage scientists to “pursue trailblazing ideas,” including study of energy industry impact […]
BU Sloan Fellowship Winner Mark Bun on Data Privacy, Embracing Failure, Baking Cakes
Selected Grants
Aging Research
The National Institute on Aging and the McKnight Brain Research Foundation award a research team at the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine $20 million to study why some centenarians never develop Alzheimer’s Disease.
Antibiotic Resistance
CARB-X, a BU-based partnership that aims to solve antimicrobial resistance, receives up to $370 million in new funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and charitable foundation Wellcome.
Astrophysics
BU's SHIELD DRIVE Science Center is selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Phase 2 funding totaling $15 million to better understand the nature and structure of the heliosphere.
Economics
The National Science Foundation awards a half of a million dollars to a research team in the College of Arts & Sciences to study multinational corporations and carbon emissions.
STEM Outreach
The US Department of Defense awards a $2.3 million, three-year grant to the College of Engineering to run outreach programs that provide underserved high school students with access to pioneering biotechnology companies and an introduction to synthetic biology.
Trauma & Health
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awards a $2.5 million grant to a BU associate professor of epidemiology to explore how post-traumatic mental health conditions affect cardiovascular disease risk.
Research Center News
When it comes to collaborative research, Boston University's interdisciplinary research centers and institutes are leading the charge.
