One of the main obstacles scientists face when dealing with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disorder likely caused by repeated head injuries, is diagnosing it in the first place.
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One in six Americans spend their days in a classroom, putting them at risk of breathing in air pollutants — which are two to five times higher indoors than outdoors, according to the American Lung Association. A team of Boston University students is working to fix that.
Senior Primah Muwanga and junior Ellen Zheng, along with recent graduate Celine Chen and faculty advisor Thomas Little, won the 2025 Janetos Climate Action Prize in May for designing sensors that test air quality differences between buildings across BU’s Charles River Campus.
By Brian Chan, Associate Science Editor
• June 6, 2025
At first sight, BU doesn’t appear to have much green space. The school’s campus stretches for two-miles along Commonwealth Avenue, one of Boston’s busiest streets, giving it limited space for rolling fields, trees and meadows.
Although green space appears sparse, students and professors have found a variety of urban sanctuaries both on and off campus.
Boston University senior Zane Mroue considers his music taste “very niche” compared to his friends. He tried to search for other users online who share his preferences, but he found them difficult to find using Spotify and other existing platforms.
Despite the rain, over 3,500 people gathered April 26 to clear trash and invasive plants from green spaces surrounding the Charles River and its tributaries.
The Earth Day Charles River Cleanup, hosted annually since 1999, is one of the largest river cleanups in the county.
As diseases spread faster across borders, a team of scientists, engineers and public health experts launched a first-of-its-kind, open-source global surveillance platform to detect emerging biothreats.
The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network, or BEACON, officially launched April 24 during an introductory conference at Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences. The platform is based at Boston University’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases and developed in partnership with the Hariri Institute for Computing and Data Sciences at BU and HealthMap at Boston Children’s Hospital.
For Boston University Sustainability, Earth Day is a year-round event.
BU Sustainability’s Earth Day 365, which runs for the entire month of April, is a series of events throughout the BU community that promote the preservation of the planet.
It can take Trisha Shenoy, a third year at Northeastern University, two to three hours on an MBTA Shuttle to visit her hometown in Lexington — only 14 miles away from Back Bay.
Despite last year’s Red Line shutdown, MBTA announced that it will be temporarily closing the line again to perform “critical track renewal work” and necessary repairs throughout April, according to its website.
When Kenneth Lutchen first received his PhD in biomedical engineering, the field was still emerging.
Lutchen, who is currently the senior advisor to President Gilliam, was recognized as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow for his achievement and advancement in respiratory mechanics.
As an urban university, Boston University can sometimes feel devoid of green space. A new 92-by-45-foot garden located east of the College of Fine Arts aims to change that.
However, the team behind the garden has a broader objective in mind— investigate the use of plants for artistic use, cultivate outdoor education and encourage sustainability at BU.
In our food, clothes and even bodies exists a threat that is invisible to the naked eye — microplastics. As research on these tiny plastic particles advances, its hazardous nature becomes more apparent.
Nelia Gross, a PhD candidate studying materials science and engineering, began her first year at Boston University in 2022 researching how environmental contaminants influence how our bodies fight off diseases.
The intersections between politics and health have become blurred between fact and political opinion. A new research lab at Boston University’s School of Public Health is exploring the relationship between the two.
The Politics and Health Lab, led by co-directors Timothy Callaghan and Matt Motta, officially went live Jan. 27, but planning began spring 2023.
