Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an exploration of views on economic systems, research on tobacco price minimums, and support for student research.
Is the United States in a Constitutional Crisis?
Yes, says BU LAW Professor Jessica Silbey, but it’s up to elected representatives and individual citizens—not the courts—to save democracy.
More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why
School of Public Health researcher coleads study that finds sharp increase in excess deaths largely due to drug overdoses, alcohol use, traffic accidents, and homicides.
Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers
White House’s presidential award recognizes BU researchers studying special education, lasers, and genes and DNA.
Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
Highlights from a year of BU research, from an AI program that can predict Alzheimer’s disease to an ancient Egyptian treasure.
Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
BU engineer Siddharth Ramachandran is developing a technology that could cut the power needed to transmit data—and maybe one day improve brain imaging.
Women Have Been Shut Out of Computer and Data Science. BU Is Opening the Door
The University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences has been uniquely successful in recruiting—and retaining—women in the field.
Dennis Jones, PhD, Named Cancer Moonshot Scholar
Dennis Jones, PhD, assistant professor of pathology & laboratory medicine has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award. Jones was one of 11 researchers nationally who will collectively receive more than $6 million in the first year of their research.
How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit
A deputy director from the President Biden–founded Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is visiting BU to discuss support for “high-risk, high-payoff” projects .
Seven-Month Strike Ends as BU Graduate Workers Union Ratifies Contract
Union calls deal “significant improvements in our wages and benefits”.