BU Robotics & Ambient Intelligence Labs, a newly formed undergraduate robotics research group, qualified to participate in ANA Avatar XPRIZE, a global competition with a $10 million prize to develop a robot that can see, hear and interact.
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced a proposal Friday to fund $1 billion of renewable energy and climate resiliency development in the Commonwealth over the next 10 years.
Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts decreased by 4 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to a Feb. 13 report by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu and Matt O'Malley are pushing to strengthen protections for local wetlands, with the hope of improving Boston's ability to fight climate change via an ordinance filed at the end of January.
Employees at WBUR, an NPR-affiliated radio station that is owned by Boston University, announced a plan to unionize Tuesday. More than 80 percent of the station’s staff signed a petition for union recognition.
Boston University College of General Studies freshmen arrive on campus in January, and some face challenges starting a semester after other BU freshmen.
