Boston University

Social Sciences

A photo of Cheryl Knott and her family

Anthropology

Up Close, and Up High, with Orangutans

February 24, 2020

Lev Paasche-Orlow (CAS’22) poses for a photo outside of planned parenthood

UROP

Undergrad’s UROP Project: Local Abortion Protesters Rely on Restraint, and Unexpected Help

December 16, 2019

Illustration of a carrot dangling on a string

Politics

We Say Quid Pro Quo a Lot. But What Does It Mean?

October 29, 2019

Portrait of Jade La Rochelle, Natalie Petrone, and Emily Briggs next to a brick wall.

Social Sciences

Occupational Justice

August 6, 2019

Social Sciences

What Makes Employees Happy?

June 28, 2019

Portrait of Adelaide Cromwell in her office.

Tributes

Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.’95), Founder of BU’s African American Studies Program, Dies at 99

June 20, 2019

Stack of books on a table in a prison

Law

Behind Bars. And Graduating from BU

May 15, 2019

Composite image showing several open browswer windows displaying news websites such as New York Times, CNN, and The Guardian

Computer Science

A Better Way to Predict Election Outcomes

November 6, 2018

Political scientists Maxwell Palmer (from left), David Glick, and Katherine Levine Einstein say big-city mayors shun higher office because of its hard-edged partisanship. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Social Sciences

Why Some Politicians Shun Promotions

August 1, 2018

Illustration of the lack of women's voices in media

Diversity

Extra! Extra! More Women Profs Will Be Quoted by Media!

July 20, 2018

Student researcher Elizabeth Hannigan working with archaeological artifacts found in the Maya city of Xultún

Science & Technology

Examining a Woman’s Role—1,300 Years Ago

July 5, 2018

Vivien Schmidt

Accolades

Pardee’s Vivien Schmidt Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

June 15, 2018

University News

Scholar of Religion Nancy Ammerman to Retire

April 25, 2018

Archaeology

Office Artifacts: John Marston

January 24, 2018

Yanomami women's leaders Floriza da Cruz Pinto and Maria de Jesus Lima, speak at BU Hillel about struggles over indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.

Earth

Yanomami Women Speak of Amazon Struggles

December 19, 2017

A cartoon depicting two females, one in a burka an one in a bikini, judging each other for the amount of skin that is covered or uncovered.

Faculty

Sexism in the Harvey Weinstein Era

November 27, 2017

Tommy Leung and Nathan Perkins (MED’18)

Data Science

Count Love Project Reveals Protest Patterns

November 15, 2017

massachusetts map

Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

1) Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology and director of the African Studies Center, with Amadou Ndiaye, an Ajami and Arabic bookseller in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Photo courtesy of Ablaye Diakité

Arts & Culture

Libraries and Archives Meet the Digital Age

October 5, 2017

Science & Technology

K-pop Star Kim Na Yoon Puts Career on Hold for BU

April 25, 2017

K-pop Star Kim Na Yoon Puts Career on Hold for BU