Boston University

Research

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

Politics

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

In the City

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

Health & Medicine

The Cure for Obesity: Fat?

November 28, 2012

Boston University BU, Daniel Miller research childhood obesity, socioeconomic contributors, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and Adolecense

Nutrition

Solving the Childhood Obesity Puzzle, One Piece at a Time

November 27, 2012

Susan K. Fried, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center, body shape fat distribution, apple shape, pear shape

Health & Medicine

Deciphering the Body’s Healthy Message

November 26, 2012

Boston University BU, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Kenyan Universities, Global Student Newsroom, College of Communication and the Center for Global Health & Development, health reporting grant research

Business & Law

BU, Kenyan Universities to Develop Global Student Newsroom

November 15, 2012

Boston University BU, president Robert Brown, research budget, plea to state congressional leaders, save research funding

Science & Technology

Brown Joins in Call to Save Research Funding

November 14, 2012

post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD in soldiers, U.S. Armed Forces, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines

Psychology

Reaching Vets Falling through the Cracks

November 12, 2012

iWalk BiOM prosthetic ankle, amputee walking

Research

Bionic Men

November 12, 2012

Boston University BU, American Association of Universities AAU

University News

BU Joins Association of American Universities

November 5, 2012

Boston University Student Satellite for Applications and Training BUSAT modular satellite delivery of scientific instrumentation into orbit, NASA Flight Opportunities Program Zero G parabolic microgravity testing

Science & Technology

Defying Gravity

October 25, 2012

free worldwide online scholarly articles, open access, research, scientific journals and publications

Science & Technology

Do Scholarly Articles Want to Be Free?

October 24, 2012

Science & Technology

Mushrooming Metropolises

October 19, 2012

Andrew R. Lack

Campaign

Lack Professorship Fueled by $2.5 Million Gift

October 4, 2012

Boston University BU psychology professor Donna Pincus, Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety, childhood anxiety stress and stress

Literature

When the World Is Scarier Than It Should Be

October 3, 2012

Boston University BU faculty, Peter Paul Awards: Cara Stepp, Kathleen Corriveau, James Uden, Valentina Perissi

Faculty

Four Young Scholars Named Peter Paul Professors

September 20, 2012

Boston University Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care FTCC, Point-of-Care Technologies Research Network POCTRN

Engineering

Doctors, Engineers Team Up to Fight Cancer

September 18, 2012

Helen Tager-Flusberg, Boston Universtiy BU School of Medicine BUSM, Autism Center of Excellence NIH grant

Mental Health

BU to Establish Autism Center of Excellence

September 5, 2012

The Kings’ Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth Goldsmith, College of Arts & Sciences CAS professor

Literature

17th-Century Sisters the Kardashians Might Admire

August 27, 2012

Archaeologist William Saturno, Younger Brother Obsidian 9th century A.D. painting at Maya city house, Xultun, Mexico

Archaeology

BU Archaeologists Discover Oldest Maya Calendars

August 9, 2012

BU Archaeologists Discover Oldest Maya Calendars