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 7, 2019 ENG Prof Named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD Siddharth Ramachandran explores optical phenomenon: light beams that swirl downward
April 12, 2019 The First Black Hole Image Is Here Two BU astronomers, hundreds of collaborators, eight telescopes together get first glimpse of a supermassive black hole
March 22, 2018 Sloan Fellowships Go to BU Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician Program supports early-career scientists doing promising research
November 14, 2017 Larry Sulak Wins Top US Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Colleagues, students celebrate prof’s achievement, passion for science
October 11, 2017 BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center Goal is personalized heart tissue for clinical use
September 20, 2017 BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center Goal is personalized heart tissue for clinical use
June 22, 2017 How a Cancer-causing Pathogen Survives the Stomach Physicists uncover secrets of H. pylori bacteria
February 22, 2017 CAS Physicist Chosen for National Academy of Inventors Kenneth Rothschild’s inventions bridge physics and biology
December 15, 2016 Young Mathematician Wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship Jennifer Balakrishnan recognized for research in number theory and mentorship of women in STEM