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BU Researchers Are Teaching Robots to Salsa Dance
Here’s your daily dose of cool stuff coming out of area universities: Boston University’s Intelligent Mechatronics Lab is teaching robots that look a bit like the Roomba […]
Mess, Addressed: Hoarding Gets Its Own Diagnosis
Boston researchers are studying hoarding disorder, looking for ways to prevent the disease and treat young adults before hoarding behaviors become a habit.
Boston University Grad Appears in Target Commercial With Justin Timberlake
There’s no doubt that 2013 is the year of Justin Timberlake. Besides his fifth appearance on Saturday Night Live as a host, Timberlake was recently […]
Boston University, Mayor’s Office Roll Out Improved Bike-Safety Measures
Following a series of bike-related accidents that claimed the lives of two Boston University students in the last year, city officials, in conjunction with […]
Jack Parker Retires from Boston University
Illustration by Josue Evilla for “Skate Free“ After 40 years, Boston University hockey coach Jack Parker is calling it quits. ESPN broke the news […]
Why REM Sleep is (Even More) Important Than You Think
Man sleeping photo via Shutterstock As if you needed another reason to get to bed earlier, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) discovered that […]
Every College Student in Boston Spent the Storm Making the Same YouTube Video
Boston’s multitudes of college kids had a lot of time on their hands while snowed in by last weekend’s blizzard, and according to our calculations, […]
Brown Fat Could Lead to Cold Weather Weight Loss
Dropping temperatures could mean shrinking waistlines. Photo via Shutterstock If your idea of the perfect snow day involves a whole lot of couch surfing and […]
The Best College Gyms in Boston
Think college campuses are just about the classrooms? Think again. We visited some of Boston’s best campus gyms, and what we found—juice bars, lazy rivers, climbing […]
Junior Seau Had Brain Disease Prior to Suicide
Brain image via Shutterstock The Associated Press (AP) reported today that Junior Seau, the celebrated NFL player and former Patriots linebacker who committed suicide last […]
Universities Helping Students De-Stress for Finals
Final exams can be the most stressful time in a student’s life. Boston-area schools are clearly aware of this, because they offer some of the […]
BU Has the Highest Paid University President in Massachusetts
MIT’s Susan Hockfield is the third highest paid university president in Massachusetts. (Photo: World Economic Forum via Flickr) Boston University’s Robert Brown was the highest […]
Learning About the BU Student Cyclist Killed in a Crash
We're learning a bit about Christopher Weigl, the Boston University photojournalism grad student who died when his bike collided with a 16-wheel tractor trailer on […]
Deceased NFL Players Brains Studied at Boston University
Brain illustration via Shutterstock Boston University published the largest study of its kind today in the journal, Brain, which describes for the first time the four progressive […]
BU Hockey Coach Jack Parker Goes Skate-Free
Last season, sexual assault accusations exposed the BU hockey team’s depraved culture of entitlement. So why does coach Jack Parker still have a job?