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
May 9, 2019 Making the World a Lot Quieter BU engineers have developed an “acoustic metamaterial” that can cancel 94 percent of sounds
May 7, 2019 ENG Prof Named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD Siddharth Ramachandran explores optical phenomenon: light beams that swirl downward
March 5, 2019 Want to Run a Company? An Engineering Degree Is the New Key Understanding how to use data seen as big factor in shifting trend
February 27, 2019 Can Technology Eliminate Blind Spots? New digital-camera-based system shows it’s possible to “see” around corners
February 22, 2019 Innovate@BU Celebrates First Year of Nurturing Student Innovation, Creativity Projects range from an electric boat motor to overseas education to tunes in the BUild Lab
January 28, 2019 Crossing the Scientific Aisle to Advance Tissue Engineering Michael Albro’s lab is exploring novel ways to grow cartilage
December 3, 2018 Catapult Challenge: Ready, Aim, Release! ENG students go head-to-head in Tinker Lab’s third annual competition
November 13, 2018 Chen, Biomedical Engineer, Recognized with Pritzker Award Biomedical Engineering Society’s premier honor, given for outstanding achievements, leadership
October 9, 2018 Searching for a Better Battery ENG prof uses computational models to improve the capacity of lithium and metal batteries
May 30, 2018 The Woodworker National woodturning award-winner Justin Fiaschetti (ENG’21) says his engineering degree complements his art