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Sociology

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Excess Deaths

More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why

February 5, 2025

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LGBTQ+ Nightlife

Dani’s Queer Bar Seeks to Renew Boston’s LGBTQ+ Nightlife Scene

December 2, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Awards

New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research

September 24, 2024

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College Inequality

Is Higher Education Ignoring Inequality and Failing Disadvantaged Students?

September 23, 2024

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Aging and Climate

Feeling the Heat? Researchers Say Heat Waves Will Put More Older Adults in Danger

August 1, 2024

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Watch Now

Psychology vs Sociology: What’s the Difference between the Majors?

March 22, 2024

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Aging Reimagined

Rethinking Our Idea of “Old Age”

February 21, 2024

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Comedy

How Comedians in Turkey Are Pushing Boundaries

November 15, 2023

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TRUE CRIME

Why Are We So Obsessed with Serial Killers?

November 2, 2023

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Gentrification

Can We Stop the Gentrification of Cities?

October 24, 2023

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Expert Take

Colleges Are Already Unequal—Will Ending Affirmative Action Make It Worse?

June 29, 2023

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CAREER Awards

BU’s 5 NSF Grant Winners Are Changing Conversations in Robotics, Computing, Mass Incarceration, Neurology, and More

June 23, 2023

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Relationships

The Science of Attraction: Why Do We Fall for Certain People?

May 5, 2023

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Immigration

Why Is the Cuban Immigrant Story in the US So Different from Others

August 1, 2022

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Faculty

Prosecute Trump? What Motivated the Mob? What Will Voters Say in November?

July 22, 2022

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Refugees

America the Miserly: How Our Refugee System Fails Desperate People

June 27, 2022

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LGBTQ+ Bars

Where Are All the Lesbian Bars?

June 23, 2022

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Tributes

CAS’ Seymour M. “Mike” Miller Was an Influential Sociologist

April 25, 2022

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Mass Incarceration

Sociologist Jessica Simes’ New Book Explores the Toll of Mass Incarceration and Its Racial Disparities

February 1, 2022

Sociologist Jessica Simes’ New Book Explores the Toll of Mass Incarceration and Its Racial Disparities