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Science & Technology

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), with American families and members of the House Republican leadership, introducing tax reform legislation November 2. The legislation is a centerpiece the Trump legislative agenda

University News

BU, Higher Ed Peers Mobilize against Congressional Tax Bill

November 7, 2017

Larry Sulak, David M. Myers Distinguished Professor and College of Arts & Sciences chairman emeritus of physics at Boston University, and winner of the 2018 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in experimental particle physics

Physics

Larry Sulak Wins Top US Prize in Experimental Particle Physics

November 6, 2017

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Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

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Politics

POV: Trump’s Opioid Efforts Don’t Go Far Enough

November 2, 2017

Biology

Avrum Spira Leads “Stand Up to Cancer” Dream Team

November 1, 2017

Jodi Cranston, Professor of Renaissance art at Boston University and founder of historical art research website mappingpaintings.org

History

Hidden Stories behind Art Masterpieces

November 1, 2017

Greg Skomal and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy crew on a boat filming and tagging a Great White shark in Cape Cod

Science & Technology

Tracking Cape Cod Sharks

October 30, 2017

Mark Veyette

Space Sciences

Searching for Life around the Stars

October 24, 2017

Green-colored rendering of Boston skyline

Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017

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Politics

POV: Weighing Our Options for Dealing with North Korea

October 16, 2017

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Diversity

Is Science Too Straight?

October 11, 2017

Robert Reinhart, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University

Neuroscience

A “Turbo Charge” for Your Brain?

October 10, 2017

1) Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology and director of the African Studies Center, with Amadou Ndiaye, an Ajami and Arabic bookseller in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Photo courtesy of Ablaye Diakité

Science & Technology

Libraries and Archives Meet the Digital Age

October 5, 2017

Howard Eichenbaum Memorial to be held on campus Thursday

Mental Health

Remembering Howard Eichenbaum

October 4, 2017

Andrew Emili, director of Boston University wide Center for Network Systems Biology (CNSB)

Biology

Andrew Emili Heads New Center for Network Systems Biology

October 3, 2017

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz speaks to the media as she arrives at the temporary government center setup at the Roberto Clemente stadium in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on September 30, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Alumni

Dispute with Trump Puts San Juan Mayor, a BU Alum, in Spotlight

October 1, 2017

teaching with technology in the classroom

Digital Learning

Mastering Teaching with Technology

September 29, 2017

Hands holding open the How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses book by Deborah Kelemen and the Boston University Child Cognition Lab

Biology

New Book by BU Researchers Teaches Natural Selection to Children

September 29, 2017

According to McDaniel, small swarms of robotic boats like these might one day be used to patrol US harbors and coastlines, searching for small underwater threats.

Engineering

Robot Boats and Drug Subs

September 28, 2017

Ann McKee and Jonathan Cherry, researchers at the Boston Universtiy

CTE

BU Researchers ID Possible Biomarker for Diagnosing CTE during Life

September 26, 2017

BU Researchers ID Possible Biomarker for Diagnosing CTE during Life