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Boston University is no small operation: it has over 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 140 countries, 10,000 faculty and staff, 16 schools and colleges, and 250 fields of study. BU was founded in 1839.

Boston University offers bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through eighteen schools and colleges on two urban campuses. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston’s Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical Campus is in Boston’s South End neighborhood. BU also operates 75 study abroad programs in more than 33 cities in over twenty countries and has internship opportunities in ten different countries (including the United States).

The university counts seven Nobel Laureates including Martin Luther King, Jr. (PhD ‘55) and Elie Wiesel, 35 Pulitzer Prize winners, nine Academy Award winners, Emmy and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. BU also has MacArthur, Sloan, and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty.

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It can take a lot of effort to understand the many different Medicare choices. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images

Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: sales pitches are often from biased sources, the choices can be overwhelming and impartial help is not equally available to all

Grace McCormack, University of Southern California and Melissa Garrido, Boston University

Signing up for a Medicare plan when you turn 65 − or making changes in subsequent years – means wading through a thicket of consequential choices that can’t always be undone.
Abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 24, 2024, protesting a near total ban that Arizona briefly had in place. Frederic J. Brown via Getty Images

While Republicans are downplaying abortion ahead of November, Democrats are leaning in on the issue

Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University

While the Republican Party platform has typically included anti-abortion language, this year’s platform is curiously silent on the issue.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz thanks supporters after serving ice cream at the Minnesota State Fair on Sept. 1, 2024. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

Who is Tim Walz? Understanding the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party can help make sense of the VP candidate

Gabriel Paxton, Boston University

Walz, who is set to debate JD Vance on Oct. 1, comes from a particular kind of progressive politics in the Midwest, united under the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
Many African countries are spending too much money on repaying debt at the expense of health and education. Children in southern Kenya attend classes under an acacia tree. Getty Images

Easing Africa’s debt burdens: a fresh approach, based on an old idea

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria; Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University, and Marina Zucker-Marques, Boston University

A two-part new approach to helping countries manage their debt would improve the situation for governments as well as their creditors.
Breast density raises the risk of breast cancer and can also make it more difficult for breast cancer to be detected. picture alliance/Getty Images

Breast density and mammograms: New FDA rule will ensure all women have more information after cancer screenings

Nancy Kressin, Boston University; Christine M. Gunn, Dartmouth College; Priscilla J. Slanetz, Boston University, and Tracy A. Battaglia, Yale University

The FDA’s rule change requires that all women in the US be informed about breast density and options for supplemental screening.
An experimental aircraft like this solar-powered airship could someday play a role in providing internet access to rural areas or disaster zones. Thales Alenia Space via Wikimedia Commons

A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that

Mohamed-Slim Alouini, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Mariette DiChristina, Boston University

Network equipment riding on balloons, airships, gliders and planes could boost internet access, including in disaster zones, and improve scientific monitoring.
Um data center em Ashburn, Virgínia, o coração da região dos EUA conhecida como “Alameda dos Data Centers”: aumento no uso da IA também fez explodir a demanda por energia do setor de tecnologia. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

IA sobrecarrega o uso de energia dos data centers, prejudicando os esforços de sustentabilidade

Ayse Coskun, Boston University

A IA está em toda parte, o que significa mais data centers consumindo mais eletricidade. Não há uma solução fácil, mas uma combinação de eficiência, flexibilidade e novas tecnologias poderia aliviar a carga
Tofu Masala Curry from the plant-based cookbook created by the Guelph Family Health Study in collaboration with George Brown College’s Food Innovation and Research Studio. (Amar Laila)

4 practical tips for eating more sustainably

Amar Laila, University of Guelph; Alicia Martin, University of Guelph; Cristina Gago, Boston University, and Katherine Eckert, University of Guelph

Eating sustainably is more feasible than most realize. These four tips can help reduce the footprint of your kitchen while also helping you live a more healthy life.

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