Lab news



Past & upcoming talks

Kate Nussenbaum
25 February 2026

Last week, Kate gave departmental colloquia here at BU and at the University of New Hampshire.

Coming up: Kate will be speaking in the workshop, “Algorithms from Learning from Scratch”, at COSYNE in Cascais, Portugal and the workshop, “Towards a unified account of motivation in development” at the Cognitive Development Society in Montreal. Come say hi!

Cascais, Portugal


Concord Academy visit

Kate Nussenbaum
09 February 2026

Kate visits two neuroscience classes at her alma mater, Concord Academy, to talk about value-guided learning in the brain.

Concord Academy's main academic building


Congrats, Jennifer!

Kate Nussenbaum
22 January 2026

Congratulations to our undergraduate RA Jennifer, who won a UROP award to support her research in the lab this spring!


The lab is built!

Kate Nussenbaum
10 December 2025

Our new lab space is finished! We celebrated the end of the semester with a lab-warming / holiday gathering and enjoyed our new coffee machine.

The door to the lab with our name Us holding our new lab mugs The inside of the lab


Congrats, Kate!

Ipek Obek
01 December 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Kate Nussenbaum, who has been awarded a Jacobs CIFAR Research Fellowship!

This prestigious fellowship supports innovative research on learning and development. Learn more about the program here: Jacobs Foundation Research Fellows