Featured: Engineering Biology

Synthetic biology researcher Ahmad "Mo" Khalil, assistant professor of biological engineering at Boston University, and researcher at the Boston University Biological Design Center

Hacking Nature

Mo Khalil and collaborators at BU’s Biological Design Center look for synthetic-biology solutions to the world’s biggest problems

Calculating Thought

Pioneering neuroscientist explores how brain rhythms help us think

Neuroscience College of Arts & Sciences

A Lone Star Tick crawls on a human finger

Fighting Tick-Borne Disease with Computer Science

Michael Dietze uses predictive models to see how ecosystem change affects tick populations

Earth & Environment

Mapping Inequality

How Massachusetts is failing its smaller cities and towns

Social Sciences College of Arts & Sciences

Why Ikea Could Shake Up Economics

Retailer’s pricing strategy challenges theory of supply and demand

College of Arts & Sciences

People over 65 who sleep longer than nine hours each night may be showing early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to research by Sudha Seshadri, a MED professor of neurology.

Too Much Sleep Could Signal Dementia

More than nine hours a night might spell trouble for the elderly, say medical school researchers

BU Today

With “the Beast,” as Wesley Wildman calls his research team’s custom-made computer, questions in religion studies become testable via simulation.

What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

Theology researchers introduce high tech to a low-tech discipline

BU Today

Latest Grants Awarded

The molecular basis for skeletal patterning work awarded $700,000 in funds from NSF

Research on liver-derived protection during pneumonia and sepsis receives $1.2 million in funding from NIH

NIH funds work on functional characterization of the telomere repeat containing RNA, TERRA, in telomere maintenance

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation awards funding to project to assess opportunities for integrated urban water management in TX

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Featured Video & Interactive

Karen Allen, Boston University College of Arts & Sciences professor of chemistry, in her office

Office Artifacts: Karen Allen

This CAS scientist loves pop culture, especially Marvel comics

Andrea Digiorgio learning how to climb at the Cornell Tree Climbing Institute

Chasing Orangutans

Andrea DiGiorgio explores what big primates eat and why we should care

Video

Alex Sushkov, assistant professor of physics at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

What Is Dark Matter?

Physicist Alex Sushkov searches for the elusive axion

Video

Science vs. Religion

Faculty and students talk about faith in the sciences

Video BU Today

Mod Vaping E-Cigarette Device surrounded by vapor

E-Cigarettes: Good Idea? Bad Idea?

To vape or not to vape is subject of public health 2016 Bicknell Lecture

Researcher Voices

Photo by Flickr contributor U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

Policy, not personal actions, will have greatest impact

Public Health Public Health Post

Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty.

What Are Quantum Dots?

Allison Dennis uses the weirdness of the quantum world to advance our understanding of breast cancer

Nanotechnology

How to Live in a Divided Nation

In an age of disagreement, advice for getting along

Social Sciences College of Arts & Sciences

Faculty Accolades View All

Rheumatologist Receives International Award

Felson receives Carol Nachman Prize, most prestigious international award for research in rheumatology

Pnina Lahav Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

The Association for Israel Studies (AIS)–Israel Institute recognizes law professor's contribution to the field of Israeli Studies.

BU School of Law

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Elects Theology Professor

Pioneering world Christianity scholar Dana Robert named to class of 2017

Bostonia

Scammell Wins NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Health Science Award

Recognized for research into El Salvador’s kidney disease epidemic

BU School of Public Health

How Should Adults Explain Science to Children?

Kathleen Corriveau awarded $1 million NSF CAREER grant to explore how adults can best support the development of scientific inquiry in early childhood

BU School of Education

Distinguished Awards View All

? 7 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

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