Boston University

Science & Technology

Space shuttle

museums

Journey to Space at the Museum of Science

June 26, 2017

Mike Pratt

Engineering

New Leader for Technology Development Office

June 26, 2017

Hot sun burns behind electricity power lines

Climate Change

The High Cost of Summer Energy Price Spikes

June 16, 2017

Bob Hines portrait

Alumni

ENG Alum Bob Hines Is NASA Astronaut Candidate

June 13, 2017

Donald Trump makes and announcement in the White House Rose Garden that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord

Politics

The Fallout from Trump’s Paris Accord Withdrawal

June 7, 2017

Captiol Building

Politics

Congress Resists Research Cuts

June 6, 2017

With “the Beast,” as Wesley Wildman calls his research team’s custom-made computer, questions in religion studies become testable via simulation.

Religion

What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

June 1, 2017

Participants in the Storytelling with Data Workshops will learn methods for scraping from a web site and new data visualization techniques.

Computational Science

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone

May 30, 2017

Sam Sokolow with Genius star Geoffrey Rush at a premiere event for Genius in Palo Alto, Calif.

Film & TV

The Alum behind National Geographic’s Genius

May 30, 2017

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Public Policy

POV: Now Is Not the Time to Cut Funding for Public Broadcasting

May 17, 2017

Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winner, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego

Ecology

Nobel Winner Mario Molina Is Baccalaureate Speaker

May 17, 2017

David Boas, Director of Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Photonics

Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain

May 12, 2017

Peter Busher display runs from fur to fossils in his College of General Studies office

Earth

Office Artifacts: Peter Busher

May 10, 2017

Team 8’s Richard Nesbit (from left), Fritz Jolivain, and Brett Moretzky demonstrating the Groove Gloves.

Engineering

Engineering to the Rescue

May 10, 2017

Egg brooding by a female Cochranella granulosa on the Rio Frijoles in Panama.

Biology

(Some) Frogs Are Better Parents Than We Thought

May 9, 2017

Climate Change

Putting Cities on the Climate Map

May 4, 2017

Joseph Wippl, a Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and College of Arts & Sciences professor of the practice of international relations

Global

Election Meddling, by Russia and by US, Is an Old Game

May 3, 2017

Wall Street bull statue

Finance

POV: Trump’s Gutting Financial Regulation Misses Big Problem

May 2, 2017

Researchers identified a gene in mice associated with binge eating, and also found evidence that binge eating may alter myelin production brain.

Genetics

BU Researchers Find Gene Associated with Binge Eating in Mice

May 2, 2017

Miguel Fraga, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy

Pardee School of Global Studies

Time to Lift the Embargo, Cuban Diplomat Tells Pardee Audience

May 1, 2017

Time to Lift the Embargo, Cuban Diplomat Tells Pardee Audience