Turns out the Steve Martin / Martin Short Netflix special is, as Sherlock says when he drinks tea with a human eyeball in it, surprisingly okay.

It’s perhaps the biggest experiment in higher education in modern times. — Watch as BU Arts & Sciences lecturer Binyomin Abrams teaches his first class remotely, and talks about the challenges and rewards of remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full video ➡️spr.ly/60181QPX2

Thanks Karen Weintraub!

Today! Speaking on a Harvard Ash Center panel about BLACK PROTEST, BLACK LIVES, policing, and democracy! #blacklivesmatter 12pm Free and open to the public ✅Megan Ming Francis ✅ Kat ✨ ✅Rhea Boyd MD, MPH ✅@leahrigueur ash.harvard.edu/event/discussi… youtu.be/Cj-gnbzplo0

I interviewed four Boston restaurant owners about the impact the coronavirus has had on their businesses, and what they think the lasting effects of the pandemic will be on the restaurant industry as a whole: bu.edu/articles/2020/…

What does it look like for a major university to bring students back to campus during the pandemic (and teach them)? Spoiler alert: it looks weird. For everyone. bu.edu/articles/2020/…

2020 = youtube.com/watch?v=VmW-Sc…

Unsubscribe.

In case you're curious how COVID-19 contact tracing works at a major university that's continuing to hold in-person classes (e.g. Boston University), I made a video about it. bu.edu/articles/2020/…

New video: I talked to Boston University prof Andy Andres about the science behind MLB's sticky pitching debacle. youtu.be/PPqdct2pvE8

Attention all ice nerds! Check out this new video about the history of ice harvesting in New England: youtu.be/6QjX50ofbrM

These are the people we’ve trusted #Wordle to?

All right STOP ✋ 🛑! Collaborate and listen👂...as BU Arts & Sciences historian Andrew Robichaud explains the history of ice, how it became a cash harvest, and why the industry eventually went extinct. Watch 🎥👀⬇️

Thanks to the Boston University NEIDL insectary staff for their hospitality while I asked them to manipulate hundreds of tiny blood-sucking monsters for this video. youtube.com/watch?v=dqqDab…

It’s my aspiration to never not be covered in croissant flakes.

Really miss / do not miss: Sitting on my laptop in a busy Cambridge coffee shop / Jockeying for a seat in a busy Cambridge coffee shop…

Scientists at Boston University and Harvard University develop portable sensors to measure carbon levels in coastal wetlands that are critical to fighting climate change. aau.edu/research-schol…

Finally, an accurate headline by Fox News. Now, the actual article. . .what a jagged summation of my recent essay The Atlantic. Read the original here. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

According to a report issued by U.S. National Science Foundation, black and Hispanic scientists are still underrepresented as degree recipients - but these profiles by Boston University highlight the importance expanding diversity in #STEM fields bu.edu/today/2018/div…

Read and hear the unique perspectives of underrepresented voices in #science in this fantastic piece from Boston University: bu.edu/today/2018/div…