Boston University

Research

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, biology, Richard Primack, flowers bloom Walden Pond, climate change evidence

Earth

Early Spring Flowering Sets Record

January 25, 2013

Boston University BU, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, research political analysis impact of global warming climate change, sustainability

Ecology

New Pardee Center Director Named

January 24, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, director Kim Mueser, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, occupational therapy, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

psychiatry & psychology

Working for the Underdog

January 23, 2013

Boston University BU, school of medicine MED associate professor, chief of computational biomedicine, Avrum Spira, Rebecca Kusko, rise in lung cancer incidence nonsmokers

BUSM

Never Smoked. Lived Right. Died of Lung Cancer.

January 22, 2013

Corey R J Stephenson, assistant professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Science, Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry, leukemia cells, antibiotic resistant bacteria

Medicine

CAS Prof Wins Novartis Award

January 14, 2013

Boston University BU, Alistair Cooke, Masterpiece Theatre, Letter from America, manuscript archive BU’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center HGARC, BBC BU collaboration

Radio

Emmy-Winning Immigrant’s Take On America

January 14, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program, Jennifer Schlezinger, toxic contaminants research, 11 million dollar award

Public Health

SPH Superfund Program Secures $11 Million from NIH

January 11, 2013

Boston University BU, faculty associate professor Kimberly Howard, School of Education SED, literacy and language, career development.

Stress Reduction

When I Grow Up

January 7, 2013

LGB lesbian, gay, and bisexual cancer survivors in cancer clinical trials, Jennifer Jabson, Boston University BU School of Public Health SPH researcher

Research

LGB Cancer Survivors Make Good Use of Clinical Trials

December 17, 2012

mercury contaminated fish, Effects of eating fish while pregnant, Attention Defecit Disorder in children, Sharon Sagiv, Boston University School of Public Health, Susan Korrick, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Health & Medicine

Pros and Cons of Eating Fish While Pregnant

December 14, 2012

Willpath mobile smartphone app, healthy eating lifestyle, Daniel Imler, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

Nutrition

Wealth from Willpath

December 14, 2012

Boston University BU alumni Justin McClellan, School of Engineering ENG, Aurora Flight Sciences Research and Development Center Cambridge Mass, aerospace engineer, planet efficiency, global climate change precrisis control, National Geographic Channel special Earth Overhaul

Alumni

Reengineering the Atmosphere

December 11, 2012

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS professor Nathan Philips research, urban pipeline leaks, methan leaks Boston,

Science & Technology

Boston’s Street-Level Gas Leaks: 3,300-Plus

December 7, 2012

Curiosity rover on planet Mars, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Science & Technology

Safe Driving on Mars

December 5, 2012

Boston University BU, engineering, synthetic biology, James Collins, Doug Densmore, mechanical engineering, microbiotic robots, BU Center for Biodynamics, Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Science & Technology

Life Is Suite

December 3, 2012

Boston University BU, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy CTE, Largest study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, research maps dementia, Ann McKee School of Medicine

Science & Technology

BU-Led Research Maps the Route to Dementia

December 3, 2012

Boston University Synthetic Biology research and engineering, Professor James Collins, Collins Lab

Labs

In the Beginning, Man Created…

December 3, 2012

Science Works for US, Association of American Universities, Federal Funding for University Research

Labs

A Timely Reminder of What Research Is Good For

November 29, 2012

Julie Palmer, Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), Slone Epidemiology Center, Obesity in Black African American Women

Exercise

Exploring the Causes of Black Women’s Obesity

November 29, 2012

Boston University BU obesity research, brown fat, Boston Medical Center, BMC nutrition and weight management center, Caroline Apovian Megan Ruth research

Nutrition

The Cure for Obesity: Fat?

November 28, 2012

The Cure for Obesity: Fat?