BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Actor Emily Deschanel (CFA'98) Announced as BU's 2025 Commencement Speaker President Melissa Gilliam leads her first official Senior Breakfast By Amy Laskowski Actor, animal rights activist, and alum Emily Deschanel, best known for her role as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan on the long-running, massively popular TV crime hit Bones, will deliver the main address at Boston University's 152nd Commencement cerem  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Losing a Parent May Increase Children's Risk of Being Bullied A new study found that female children, older children, and children in rural areas grieving parental loss were all more likely to be victims of school bullying. By Jillian McKoy Losing a parent or caregiver at any age is a traumatic and emotional experience, but when a child loses a parent, it can profoundly affect their   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Novel AI model inspired by neural dynamics from the brain Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a novel artificial intelligence model inspired by neural oscillations in the brain, with the goal of significantly advancing how machine learning algorithms handle long sequences of data. AI often struggles with analyzing com  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Radar and communications system extends signal range at millimeter-wave frequencies A team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory has built and demonstrated the wideband selective propagation radar (WiSPR), a system capable of seeing out various distances at millimeter-wave (mmWave or MMW) frequencies. Typically, these high frequencies, which range from 30 to 300 gigahertz (GHz), are employed fo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * TeleAbsence: Poetic encounters with the past In the dim light of the lab, friends, family, and strangers watched the image of a pianist playing for them, the pianist's fingers projected onto the moving keys of a real grand piano that filled the space with music. Watching the ghostly musicians, faces and bodies blurred at their edges, several listeners shared one strong but strange c  more