Backyard BBQ, the Healthy Way: Tips and Recipes from a BU Expert Whether it is a backyard barbecue with family and friends or a solo culinary endeavor, a blazing hot grill is most often the cooking choice of the summer.

Backyard BBQ, the Healthy Way: Tips and Recipes from a BU Expert

BU nutrition expert Joan Salge Blake explains how grilling affects food safety, offers tips to reduce harmful compounds, and shares healthy recipes.

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60 years of music. 60 years of magic. 🎶 This weekend, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute celebrates its 60th anniversary in Lenox, Mass., and the next generation of world-class musicians is ready to take the stage.

Strike Up the Band for Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s 60th Anniversary

Celebration this weekend will include concerts and a gala

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🤯 The NSF has awarded @bostonu.bsky.social $20 million to help create a national network of cloud labs, AI-infused research facilities that can remotely run science and engineering studies. Learn more about how this lab will enable researchers across the country: https://bit.ly/4yMXzoW

BU-Led Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Receives $31.5 Million Funding Renewal National Institute on Aging’s five-year grant will help researchers advance understanding of Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

BU-Led Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Receives $31.5 Million Funding Renewal

National Institute on Aging’s five-year grant will help researchers advance understanding of Alzheimer’s and related dementias

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The Hollywood Reporter named Boston University’s film and television program at the College of Communication among the world’s best in its annual rankings. Read on ➡️ www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-f...

BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s CRIT program marks 25 years of training physicians to lead in addiction care through hands-on education, mentorship, and community engagement.

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Marks 25th anniversary

Program helps new chief residents diagnose, treat, and teach about addiction

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NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network Automated, AI-driven labs can remotely run experiments for researchers across the country.

NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network

Automated, AI-driven labs can remotely run experiments for researchers across the country

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BU Schedules Informational Town Halls Regarding New Federal Cap on International Students’ Time in the US University focused on supporting community as it navigates new policy. Learn more ⬇️

BU Schedules Informational Town Halls Regarding New Federal Cap on International Students’ Time in the US

University focused on supporting community as it navigates new policy

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Three New College of Arts and Sciences Master’s Programs Will Take Students to the Cutting Edge School launches graduate degrees in quantum computing, data-driven economics, and artificial intelligence.

Three New College of Arts and Sciences Masters Programs Will Take Students to the Cutting Edge

School launches graduate degrees in quantum computing, data-driven economics, and artificial intelligence

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AI tells you what you want to hear. The question is: can you catch when it's wrong? That's what BU's online Master's in Data Science and Enterprise AI teach, not just tools, but understanding. Because confident answers aren't always correct ones.

Catching AI Errors: BU's Online Master's Degrees in AI | BU Virtual

AI can sound confident and still be wrong. See why Boston University's online master's in data science and enterprise AI teach foundations, not just tools.

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Dream of Being a Fulbright Scholar? Hear from Recent Awardees Twelve recipients will conduct research or teach English across 10 countries, including the Netherlands, Indonesia, and Italy.

Dream of Being a Fulbright Scholar? Hear from Recent Awardees

Eleven recipients will conduct research or teach English across 10 countries, including the Netherlands, Indonesia, and Italy

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As Cyclospora Cases Rise, a BU Expert Explains the Parasite Outbreak Boston University infectious diseases expert David Hamer on how cases started, how it spreads, and how to protect yourself.

As Cyclospora Cases Rise, a BU Expert Explains the Parasite Outbreak

Boston University infectious diseases expert David Hamer on how cases started, how it spreads, and how to protect yourself

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What if a living sensor could monitor a river for toxins before contamination reaches taps? Rabia Yazicigil, a BU Associate Professor, helps design cybersecure biological systems that combine microbes, microfluidic chips, and wireless electronics to sense and communicate in real time.

You Are Why | Creating a Network of Living Sensors

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Happy Fourth of July, Terriers! 🇺🇸

Looking for Places to Watch Fireworks This Fourth of July? BU Has You Covered Where to watch fireworks as America celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Looking for Places to Watch Fireworks This Fourth of July? BU Has You Covered

Where to watch fireworks as America celebrates its 250th anniversary

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BU Opens Cooling Stations on Charles River Campus as First Heat Wave of the Summer Arrives Soaring temps and oppressive humidity will blanket the region. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe.

BU Opens Cooling Stations on Charles River Campus as First Heat Wave of the Summer Arrives | BU Today | Boston University

As the first official heat wave of Summer 2026 arrives, Boston University will open cooling stations across the Charles River Campus Wednesday through Saturday. The heat index will make the temperature feel like it’s in the triple digits July 1 through July 5.

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With AI Visuals and Old-School Technique, Film Student Tells American Immigration Story for 250th Anniversary.

With AI visuals and old-school technique, film student tells American immigration story for 250th anniversary

Owen Logan had completed his advanced filmmaking classes, and graduation from the College of Communication and Kilachand Honors College with…

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Benny’s journey reminds us that every milestone, no matter how small, matters. Thanks to innovative support like the Puma Harness, developed by experts at BU’s Sargent College, babies with Down syndrome are given the tools to grow, learn, and discover their potential. Watch ⬇️

BU Research Helping Babies with Down Syndrome Move and Explore | You Are Why

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Check out this cool short-form video about our cookie #research in PNAS that @bostonu.bsky.social released! www.youtube.com/shorts/6ZKdp...

Photo Gallery Offers a Look Back at Spring 2026 Highlights on Campus Images capture the arrival of spring, Earth Day, and a picture-perfect Commencement.

Photo Gallery Offers a Look Back at Spring 2026 Highlights on Campus

Images capture the arrival of spring, Earth Day, and a picture-perfect Commencement

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Common Read Returns with Inciting Joy The initiative invites first-year and transfer students to read the same book in an effort to build community and spark ongoing discussion across campus.

Common Read Returns with "Inciting Joy"

Initiative invites first-year and transfer students to read the same book in an effort to build community and spark ongoing discussion across campus

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Can Vaccine Hesitancy Be Understood as Religious Expression? Kira Ganga Kieffer (GRS’23) argues that vaccine hesitancy in the US should be understood not merely as ignorance, misinformation, or anti-science—but religious expression.

Can Vaccine Hesitancy Be Understood as Religious Expression? | Arts & Sciences

By Steve Holt One of the biggest modern American medical stories has been the rise of vaccine hesitancy. From the decline in childhood vaccinations for measles to apprehension about the COVID-19 vaccines, this trend has real consequences-including lives lost. Consider measles, the highly contagious childhood disease health officials declared eradicated in 2000 thanks to widespread vaccination.

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Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions includes MIT, Harvard, and other leading local universities.

Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI

AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions includes MIT, Harvard, and other leading local universities

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BU alum Tyler Murray is broadcasting the NBA Finals for the Knicks on MSG Network. His path? Unpaid intern → minor league baseball → the NBA. That's what hustle and determination looks like. 🏀 Read on ➡️ spr.ly/63326B8CWjI

Round of Applause: Stephen Ellis of BU Campus Planning & Operations Wins Sustainability Award Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education honors his decade of leadership.

Round of Applause: Stephen Ellis of BU Campus Planning & Operations Wins Sustainability Award

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education honors his decade of leadership

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@bostonu.bsky.social Professors Mark Howe and Venkatesh Saligrama are building a Neuro-AI community around multi-scale striatal learning by integrating neuromodulator recordings, voltage imaging, machine learning, and reinforcement-learning theory in their FRP. spr.ly/63325B8lKmJ

TV Viewership Is Down. The Oscars Are YouTube-Bound. Is TV Dying? Not so fast, says Boston University media historian Charlotte Howell ⬇️

TV Viewership Is Down. The Oscars Are YouTube-Bound. Is TV Dying?

Not so fast, says Boston University media historian Charlotte Howell

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Do you always click “reject all” when a website asks about cookies? That might have bigger consequences than many people realize. Researchers found that removing cookies significantly reduces revenue for publishers and content creators More here ⬇️

Should You Accept Internet Cookies? BU Researchers Say the Open Web Could Suffer Without Them

New study finds ad revenue that supports digital publishers and content creators tumbles when cookies are removed

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In the latest episode of Leaders Among Us, BU President Melissa Gilliam interviews award-winning news anchor Glenda Chong (COM’97). Based in Singapore, Chong has reported on significant events like the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Video: Leaders Among Us—President Gilliam in Conversation with Glenda Chong (COM’97)

Award-winning journalist talks about how she found her voice at BU, building trust, and what defines good leadership

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The CELT Initiative unifies public resources and academic research expertise for climate resilience and workforce development. Read all about the interdisciplinary team advancing equitable clean energy in MA ⬇️

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Boston University Researchers Team Up with Massachusetts to Launch New Clean Energy Tools Collaboration with the state produces online data tools that aim to help cities and towns implement greener energy programs.