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Kilachand Center

Photo: Exterior of the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering

Funding Health Research

How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit

October 24, 2024

Arts & Culture

Kahn Award Will Carry Theater Arts Major Madeline Riddick-Seals Back to Alabama

May 10, 2024

Photo: Group photo of the 2023 Kilachand Fund Award winners. Posing from left to right are: Brian Clearly, Hadi Nia, Jospeh Mizgerd, and Michael Economo. Four men smile and pose together in a brightly lit room.

Kilachand Awards

Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects

October 3, 2023

Photo: Aerial shot of Boston University's campus during sunset. An orange glow is shown on the large campus highlighting campus buildings like Kilachand.

Accolades

BU Ignition Awards to Accelerate Products for Repairing Damaged Teeth, Fighting Cancer, Boosting Reading Skills, and More

September 19, 2023

Photo: The oldCovid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center. A researcher wearing a light blue mask and gown works behind a large computer as machines and vials are shown on the counters in front of them.

Research Labs

What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission

November 15, 2022

Refugee camp where more than 1 million people live Atme camp Idlib Syria. Photo by iStock/Ahmet Akpolat

Forced Displacement

BU’s New Center on Forced Displacement Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis

October 6, 2022

Photo of Cloudy blue skies reflecting in the windows at the BU Kilachand Center. A long figure walks by on the sidewalk.

Kilachand Fund

The Kilachand Fund’s Impact on Science’s Biggest Challenges

September 26, 2022

Photo of Tess Ravick (ENG’22), back, and Trevor Melsheimer (ENG’22), front work on their senior design project April 29. The device harvests water from the air. Ravick has light brown skin, wears a t-shirt, a white face mask, and their hair in a bun. Melsheimer, who has light skin and a beard and wears a gray sweater, adjusts a level of the black device on the table in front of them.

Watch Now

Water, Water, Everywhere—They Hope

May 4, 2022

photo of a blue-gloved hand holding a clear petri dish of yeasts. The white yeast lie in criss-crossed pattern and the hand adds a contrast to make it clearer to see them.

Innovation

Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science

November 17, 2021

Literature

Trent Masiki’s Afroethnic Renewal: Six Afro-Latino Memoirists You Should Know

September 15, 2021

A portrait photo of Amie Grills

Promotions

Amie Grills Will Be New Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs

July 1, 2021

A portrait photograph of Laura Lew holding a model head

Neuroscience

How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging

June 16, 2021

A photo of Richard and Carina in the field. Carina is holding up her phone for Richard to look at.

Noise Pollution

Without Commuter Traffic, Pandemic-Era Boston Drivers Are Speeding Up, Increasing Noise Pollution

April 28, 2021

Research Recovery

Amidst a Pandemic, State-of-the-Art Research Center Gets Reconfigured

August 14, 2020

A portrait photo of Mo Khalil

Synthetic Biology

Mo Khalil Awarded Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

May 14, 2020

A photo of an empty lab in BU’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

A portrait photo of Gloria Waters

COVID-19 Shutdown

After Major Exodus From Campus Labs, BU Research Plans For a Post-Pandemic Return

April 16, 2020

Children and Poverty

Why Are “Some Kids Worth Less”?

April 9, 2020

Kilachand center for integrated life sciences and engineering

Research Accolades

Three BU Research Teams Win First Kilachand Fund Awards

September 19, 2019

Neuroscience researcher Steve Ramirez holds a digital diagram of a brain.

Neuroscience

How Do You Manipulate a Memory?

September 11, 2019

How Do You Manipulate a Memory?