Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars
Winners, recognized as “visionary scientists, scholars, writers, and artists,” will use honor to support work on artificial intelligence, space science, American history, and more.
Keeping Seeds Alive—in Case the World as We Know It Ends
A BU Arctic expert studies the remote Svalbard Global Seed Vault, where seeds are a symbol of scientific history and hope in a time of climate crisis.
10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
Highlights from a year of BU research, from an AI program that can predict Alzheimer’s disease to an ancient Egyptian treasure.
How a BU Researcher Found and Revived a Long-Lost Operatic Masterpiece
Cuban composer Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes’ opera El Caminante, rediscovered after more than a century, had its world (re)premiere at Boston University.
For BU Undergrad, Meal Leftovers Aren’t Trash– They’re Glimpses Into the Past
Student archaeologist Jessica Buckley pieces together human history by looking at old shellfish remains.
Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
This year’s recipients are rising stars in the study of Latin American literature, molecular and cellular processes, religious history, chemistry, and physics-inspired computing
What a Southern Plantation’s Paper Trail Can Reveal about the Lasting Legacies of Slavery
Historian Mary Snyder (GRS’29) spent her summer building the archives of the Whitney Plantation’s store
Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats
Michael Birenbaum Quintero explores how African rhythms have influenced the cultures in Colombia, Cuba, and the US
Addressing Gaps in the Histories of Enslaved People Written by Slavers
Andreana Cunningham combines bioarchaeology, African diaspora studies, and archival research to better understand the lives of enslaved people
What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future
Rising tides threaten Boston’s waterfront, but BU PhD candidate Genna Kane says the city has a history of adaptation and resilience