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Alex & Leo at the Boston University School of Public Health convocation in 2019.

Health & Medicine

Alex and Leo, a Story of Love, Healing—and Graduating

May 28, 2019

Jose Guadarrama-Lopez

Exercise

Could You Average 57,000 Steps a Day?

May 24, 2019

Mona Hanna-Attisha addressing SPHC graduates

Health & Medicine

Researcher Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis to SPH Grads: “Stand Up for What Is Right”

May 23, 2019

Ann McKee speaks at the MED Convocation

Medicine

Ann McKee Urges MED Graduates to Speak Up for the Voiceless

May 21, 2019

John Howe delivers his Baccalaureate address

Commencement

In Baccalaureate Address, John Howe (MED’69, Hon.’19) Puts Names to “Making a Difference”

May 19, 2019

Sandro Galea, dean of the BU School of Public Health

Books

Sandro Galea Aims to Change the Conversation around Health with New Book

May 3, 2019

close up of George Annas teaching

Health & Medicine

Did Researchers Bring Dead Pigs Back to Life? And Would That Be OK?

April 29, 2019

In this microscopic image of precancerous lung tissue, the hot pink cells are dividing faster than in normal lung tissue. Credit: Beane, et al., Nature Communications

Medicine

What If We Could Stop Lung Cancer Before It Starts?

April 23, 2019

Public Safety

Why You Should Keep a Tourniquet in Your Beach Bag

April 20, 2019

fast food visual

Nutrition

Fast Food Restaurants Have Expanded More Than Their Menus

April 16, 2019

police officers patrolling at kenmore square near the finish line of the boston marathon

Health & Medicine

Boston Marathon Security: No Backpacks, Drones, Rooftop/Porch Gatherings

April 12, 2019

Students sit underneath a blossoming tree on the COM lawn during the last day of spring semester classes

Education

BU Teams with Other Universities to Shut Down Gender-Based Harassment

April 11, 2019

boston marathon onlookers poking their heads out of windows

University News

FAQs about Hosting a Safe Marathon Party

April 10, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

Neuroscience

As Memories Fade, Can We Supercharge Them Back to Life?

April 9, 2019

the sidewalk, with I WILL WALK WITH YOU and footprints painted on it in blue

Arts on Campus

I Will Walk with You Seeks to Raise Awareness about Sexual Violence

April 8, 2019

Flat stock photo of an IUD implant (mirena)

Public Policy

Why IUDs and Birth Control Implants Are on the Rise

April 8, 2019

Hispanic Man Sitting At Dining Room Table Reaches For His Prescription Medications

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Need a Health New Deal Now

April 2, 2019

School of Social Work graduate student Jessica Lareau

Medicine

Don’t Call Jessica Lareau an Alcoholic. To Her, Words Matter

April 2, 2019

Cara Guenther and Otis visit Darinta Larios in BMC's Pediatric Inpatient Unit

Therapy

MED Student’s Bernese Mountain Dog Captivates, Comforts BMC Patients

April 1, 2019

MED Student’s Bernese Mountain Dog Captivates, Comforts BMC Patients