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Science & Technology

Students Start Comedic Environmental Podcast during Spring Quarantine

September 1, 2020

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OPINION

POV: Modeling Shows Us What Can Happen. Our Choices Determine What Will Happen.

August 28, 2020

A learning and event technology specialist teaches faculty how to use new remote teaching and learning technology

Digital Learning & Innovation

Leading the Charge: The $7 Million Story of BU’s Hybrid Teaching Transition

August 26, 2020

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Center for Antiracist Research

Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million to BU Center for Antiracist Research

August 20, 2020

Photo of junior neuroscience major Shota Weaver (CAS’22) has been capturing footage of New England’s wildlife and creating short films. Here he holds camera gear and wears a backpack while standing in the woods.

Capturing Nature

Spiders, Squirrels, and Deer, Oh My: CAS Junior’s Wildlife Video Adventure

August 20, 2020

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COVID Testing

Robots, Nanobeads, and Data Modeling—The Science behind BU’s Coronavirus Testing Plan

August 4, 2020

Elijah Ercolino, director of the Facilties Engineering Group, inspects an HVAC air filter on the roof of 1047 Commonwealth Ave.

Campus & Facilities

BU Aims to Move More, and Cleaner, Air through Buildings

August 3, 2020

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NEIDL

BU NEIDL’s COVID-19 Work the Subject of a New Yorker Profile

July 24, 2020

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Social Justice

Five New Studies to Probe Pandemic’s Impact on Vulnerable Urban Populations

July 17, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

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Coronavirus

#WorldAfterCorona—Adil Najam’s Crash Course on the Future

July 1, 2020

The rocket carrying mini-sensors developed by BU students on the launch pad in New Zealand before liftoff

Space

University’s Student-Built Satellites Blast into Space after Years of Delays

June 17, 2020

Cristina Hernandez (from left) Professor Sarah Sherman-Stokes, Briana Cardwell, Luis Guerrero, and former MIT professor Elizabeth Leeds. Photo by Cydney Scott

Special Report: Immigration

One Immigrant’s Story Retold Through Pictures, Words, and Sounds

June 12, 2020

Courtroom illustration of United States asylum hearing.

Special Report: Immigration

Courtroom Drama: Tears, a Skeptical Judge, a Heart-Wrenching Decision

June 11, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Shows Us We Need Rapid Response Data Science Teams

June 10, 2020

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Special Report: Immigration

Could Three BU Law Students Win Asylum for a Brazilian Mother Fleeing for Her Life?

June 9, 2020

Photo of Bruno Rubio (GRS’96), a CAS master lecturer in chemistry, holding remote office hours for students in March. Rubio sits at a desk at the front of a lecture room and his hands working on a chemistry problem are seen on a projector screen behind him.

Technology

How Did That Remote Learning Work for You?

May 28, 2020

Joe Besser (QST’20) and Michelle Goltsman (COM’20) take a walk down a street near campus on May 16, 2020. The Citgo sign is seen on the left in distance, as well as the green line tracks.

Public Health

Hundreds of BU Volunteers Are Calling All Admitted Students to Say Welcome

May 22, 2020

A photo of Massachusetts State Representative Jon Santiago posing in front of a gate that reads "Boston Medical Center"

Politics of Covid-19

Jon Santiago, the Doctor in the House

May 20, 2020

Screenshots of the RideFair app demoed at BU Spark!'s demo day. Three phone screenshots demonstrate how users can use the app to get from Warren Towers to Boston Public Library.

Computational Science

BU Spark! Innovation Fellows and X-Lab Practicum Programs Name Best Idea, Tech, and Design Winners

May 18, 2020

BU Spark! Innovation Fellows and X-Lab Practicum Programs Name Best Idea, Tech, and Design Winners