Boston University’s Center for Brain Research, which received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is spearheading a new project to develop tools that can reliably predict the outcomes of personalized treatment plans for patients with post-stroke aphasia.
Boston University Libraries are looking to change how students view the library and prove that they are not a purely academic space, Kristina Bush, BU’s library experience manager said. Supporting students’ wellbeing and curiosity entails facilitating access to research tools, scholarly experts and citation guides, Bush said. The libraries strive to create a “holistic student experience” that connects students’ academic life with recreational life, she said.
BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability hosted its first annual three-day CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference on Monday as part of a three-year $6.7 million grant funded by the National Institutes of Health for a climate-health research initiative led by the BU School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Women’s pain is commonly treated as a mental health condition rather than a physical illness. Physical health concerns must be addressed regardless of whether or not a medical professional believes the patient is experiencing what she says she is experiencing.
As colleges across the nation are shrouded in uncertainty over how to proceed in the Fall, BU is among those that have demonstrated a commitment to returning its students to campus.
While Boston University required most students to move out of on-campus housing by March 23 and have shut down many buildings, several BU departments are working to keep facilities sanitary for those that remain on-campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BU earned a top ten spot in the 2020 rankings of colleges and universities by the Consortium of Social Science Associations. BU came in ninth out of more than 500 institutions considered in the ranking, which allocates positions based on the funding gifted to research and development in the social sciences.
Faculty from across Boston University joined together in October 2018 to share their findings on urban climates as part of a new research program, called the Urban Climate Initiative.
People who possess the gene ApoE4 and have chronic low-grade inflammation have an elevated risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine.
The National Institutes of Health, a federal organization which provides grants to scientific researchers and university scholars, made national news last year after Trump’s 2017 budget proposal sanctioned significantly less money than years past to the government organization. College professors and students, even those from Boston University, feared the funding for their research would no longer be renewed. Others felt the proposal was an attack on scientific information and threatened the value of scientific experimentation.
