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Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering, where the Center for Systems Neuroscience is located. CSN is open to multidisciplinary faculty research on a wide range of topics such as Alzheimer’s disease, the brain’s role in memory function and the connection between animal and robotic navigation. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Center for Systems Neuroscience fosters interdisciplinary collaboration

Sara Creato December 8, 2023
Michael Hasselmo, who leads a laboratory at Boston University’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, helped establish the center in 2014.
The Boston University HUB office

New BU Hub cocurricular focused on wellbeing set to debut Summer 2023

Yufei Lu March 13, 2023
The cocurricular, called Thriving Together: Student Wellbeing at BU, will be a collaborative experience available to all BU undergraduate students.
Gulf of Maine

Warming of Gulf of Maine discussion panel by Museum of Science aims to educate

Lian Niu October 27, 2022
A discussion about climate change and rising temperature of water in the Gulf of Maine focused on Black Sea Bass and wind turbines
Boston University School of Medicine. Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson's brain was donated to the Center after he was found dead Monday. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson’s brain to be donated to BU CTE center

Charles Moore February 19, 2021
NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson died on Monday, Feb. 15. His brain will be donated to the Boston University chronic traumatic encephalopathy center.

Beth Israel uses Google Glass for emergency care

Daily Free Press Admin April 13, 2014

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced Wednesday the expanded use of Google Glass to its entire emergency department, becoming the first hospital in the United States to do so. Dr. Steven Horng,...

BU trustees sue Apple, Inc. for patent infringement

Daily Free Press Admin July 3, 2013

Boston University officials are suing Apple, Inc. and several other smaller technological companies for patent infringement, BU spokesman Colin Riley confirmed. The Trustees of BU will serve as the...

Ultraviolet rays may cause premature skin aging, BUSM research finds

Daily Free Press Admin April 29, 2013

Whether naturally or artificially, tanning in ultraviolet rays has been proven by research to be a cause of premature skin aging, according to a new study by the Boston University School of Medicine. Despite...

Protesters oppose biolab as court proceedings continue

Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2013

Several protesters stood outside the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse Thursday as proceedings continued in a case challenging the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University,...

IBM officials partner with Boston, BU to grow ‘smarter city’

Daily Free Press Admin March 19, 2013

Boston University officials are partnering with executives from IBM and the city of Boston to promote better technologies for urban energy efficiency. Officials hosted a series of panels on Wednesday...

BUSM researchers address diabetic neuropathies with therapy

Daily Free Press Admin March 6, 2013

Boston University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a way to relieve those who suffer from diabetic neuropathies from associated pain, according to a BUSM press release. The researchers,...

Online courses may lead to lower grades than traditional courses, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin February 28, 2013

As Boston University’s new Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation looks to increase BU’s education technology options, students taking online courses are more likely to achieve...

Mass. recieves $960,000 from ineffective drug manufacturers

Daily Free Press Admin February 27, 2013

Massachusetts will receive about $1 million in settlement payments to resolve illegal drug marketing allegations against a Texas-based pharmaceutical company. The settlement, reached in December, is a...

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