Skip to Main Content
  • Financials
Boston University Annual Report 2025

  • Contents
Search
  • Boston University Annual Report 2025
  • Scientific Progress Never Stops
    • “This Device Means Rory Can Live Like Any Other Kid”
    • Society-Shaping Grants
    • Diagnosing CTE During Life
    • A Global Hub to Help Keep Us Safe from Outbreaks
    • Combating Language Loss
    • Study Creates a Steady Stream of New Health Discoveries
    • Breaking Ground—on the Moon
    • Unmatched Faculty
  • Community Comes First
    • Lifting Up Boston’s Young Leaders
    • More Than the Sum of Our Parts
    • Volunteers Feeding the Community
    • When the College Experience Changes a Family’s Trajectory
    • Investing in Greater Impact
    • Crafting Comfort in the Face of Cancer
    • Learning Leadership Locally
    • High-Achieving Undergraduates
  • Generosity Creates a Better World
    • “BU’s Support Means More Pediatricians. And That Means Healthier Children.”
    • Donors Lift BU to New Heights
    • Next-Gen Researchers
    • Generational Generosity
    • BU Athletics Superfan Gave from the Heart
    • A Legacy of Excellence
Two students working with a pipette in a laboratory setting

Scientific Progress Never Stops

Pioneering discoveries that serve society, from robotic medical cures to cracking the code for brain disease.

Scientific Progress Never Stops

Rory Mansfield and his mother, Betsey Monaco, sit in chairs across from Ed Damiano, research professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, who coinvented the iLet Bionic Pancreas, an automated insulin delivery device.

“This Device Means Rory Can Live Like Any Other Kid”

—Betsey Monaco

Learn More
Gloved hands pointing to a spot on a dissected brain

Diagnosing CTE

A new study at BU's CTE Center looks for biological markers that indicate brain disease resulting from head trauma.

Learn more
Blue Globe viewed from space at night with connections between cities

A Global Hub for Pandemic Prevention

BU researchers collaborate to create the first infectious disease surveillance system combining the power of AI with human experts.

Learn more
Hands placing down some cards depicting a collage of images that are used as a tool for those affected by aphasia

Combating Neurological Language Loss

Bu neuroscientist Swathi Kiran helps blend cutting-edge science, therapy, and community in the fight against aphasia.

Learn more
An arm with a floral tattoo getting a blood pressure reading from staff at Boston University's Student Health Services

The Framingham Heart Study: A Foundation for Discovery

BU's partnership in the Framingham Heart Study continues to yield new insights—decades after it began.

Learn more
Image of Earth taken from the surface of the moon with the LEXI telescope in the foreground

Breaking Ground—on the Moon

In a historic first for the University, the LEXI telescope imaged Earth’s magnetic shield from the lunar surface.

Read More

Grants & Awards: Fueling Discovery

Every day, Boston University researchers are powered by major grants that translate their ideas into practical applications.

Learn more

Faculty Recognition: Giants in their Fields

From Guggenheim fellows studying space to early-career award winners aiming for equitable special education access, our faculty are one of a kind.

Learn more
Boston University

Boston University’s policies provide for equal opportunity in employment and admission to all programs of the University.

© 2025 Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement Accessibility

© 2025 Boston University. All rights reserved. www.bu.edu