Alumni + Big Shot Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox Video
On Campus + Bricks of Life Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life Video
Alumni 10 Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him. Video
Books + Exploring Endurance Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
June 18, 2019Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial IntelligenceData and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
June 12, 2019Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a ShotGreg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
June 10, 2019A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersDid noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
June 10, 2019Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
June 6, 2019Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-DayFounder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
June 4, 2019Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & SciencesAfter nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
June 18, 2019 Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
March 29, 2019 Netflix, Spotify, and How Data Is Shaping the Arts Data analytics isn’t merely framing the art we see or listen to. It’s becoming the art.
February 28, 2019 Historic, and Loud, Geothermal Drilling Gets Underway Testing begins for BU Data Sciences Center’s first three geothermal wells
January 17, 2019 Are Computer-Aided Decisions Actually Fair? BU researchers, MIT PhD candidates collaborating to overcome algorithmic bias
November 14, 2018 What If You Could Manage Information Overload? Groundbreaking collaboration among BU schools and researchers leads to $1 million NSF grant to address media overload
November 21, 2017 Mapping Mass Incarceration How Massachusetts is failing its smaller cities and towns
November 16, 2017 Avrum Spira Leads “Stand Up to Cancer” Dream Team Armed with $12 million, researchers aim for early detection of lung cancer
April 28, 2017 Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation A trio of BU start-ups among 102 cited as fruits of government research grants
April 5, 2017 BU Paves Way for Avi Spira’s $10M-Plus Partnership with Industry Major pharma company supports research into early diagnosis—and prevention—of COPD and lung cancer
December 19, 2016 Satellite Images Map Deforestation Scientists use remote sensing to watch forests change