Boston University

Science & Technology

A portrait of Xin Zhang

Labs

ENG’s Xin Zhang Is BU’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen

October 24, 2018

Osamu Shimomura receives his Nobel medal in 2008

Awards

Nobel Laureate Osamu Shimomura (Hon.’10) Dead at 90

October 23, 2018

Portrait of Mark Scatamachhia

Administration

New Industry Engagement Leader a Matchmaker for BU and Businesses

October 23, 2018

A pumpkin plummets to the ground during the annual pumpkin drop

Music

The Weekender: October 25 to 28

October 23, 2018

A director gives feedback at rehersal

Health & Medicine

CFA Presents Two-Part Pulitzer Winner Angels in America

October 18, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

BU biomedical engineers Ji-Xin Cheng (left) and Lu Lan (right) monitor a tablet that displays AcouStar breast cancer tumor lumpectomy guidance to surgeons.

Biomedical Engineering

Breast Cancer Beacon

October 16, 2018

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

Science & Technology

Ann McKee Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 15, 2018

A student hands out a resume at an All-Majors Career Fair

Career

One Minute to a Better Resume

October 15, 2018

Mechanical Engineer Ian Schon of Schon Horology examines the tiny hand of a wristwatch he is making with a spectacle.

Engineering

Taking His Time

October 15, 2018

Jason Chase, painter and artist-in-residence at NanoLabs, poses with a black dress painted with Singularity Black paint that will be on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Visual Arts

The New Black: the Least Reflective Paint Ever

October 10, 2018

An artistic portrait of the three BU alums who created scriptiation

Film

Scriptation Aims to Make Hollywood Paperless

October 4, 2018

a student celebrates after successfully registering to vote

Politics

How Do I Register to Vote in the 2018 Midterm Elections?

October 3, 2018

Lecture panel listen to questions from a Boston University School of Public Health Class about United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Public Health

SPH Sexual Violence Class Becomes Forum on Kavanaugh Hearings

October 3, 2018

Screenshots of the BU Mobile app

Technology

10 Essential Apps for Making Your Life Easier

October 2, 2018

Composite image showing actor Chris Evans speaking in Washington D.C., black and white portrait of Isaac Asimov, and rapper Kanye West performing on Saturday Night Live wearing a red Donald Trump Make America Great Again hat.

Science & Technology

Kanye West, Chris Evans, and Isaac Asimov

October 2, 2018

Television journalist Jacqueline Policastro

Alumni

Making News

October 2, 2018

American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 2018 Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from New York's 14th Congressional District, speaks to a crowd at Boston University on October 2, 2018.

Politics

Rising Democratic Star Ocasio-Cortez Urges Students to Become Activists

October 2, 2018

digital rendering of BU's new data sciences center showing a view of the building from the Kilachand Center

University News

BU Proposes to Build Data Sciences Center, Aiming to Become Leader in Booming Field

October 1, 2018

A diver reels in a line near a bleached colony of Boulder Star Coral at East Flower Garden Bank.

Marine Biology

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer

October 1, 2018

Inside the Search for a Coral Killer