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Health & Medicine

3 portraits who are experts on attraction

Literature

Why We’re Attracted to the People We’re Attracted To

February 7, 2019

Mattio looks at plants at a Dispensary in Seattle

Business & Law

Jobs in the Emerging Cannabis Industry: Life on a New Frontier

February 5, 2019

A City of Boston volunteer hugs a homeless person during the annual Boston Homeless Census.

Volunteer

Medical Campus Volunteers Brave Polar Vortex to Help Boston’s Homeless

February 4, 2019

A hand pulls back on a rubber band getting ready to "shoot" it from a lab machine as part of an experiment researching physics of shooting rubber bands and plucking guitar strings

Physics

Slingshot Surprise

January 31, 2019

Double Exposure image of a man wearing Oculus Rift virutal reality goggles with nightmarish visions of a dark figure walking towards him out of a fiery forest background inside his head

Psychiatry & Psychology

How Virtual Reality Might Help Fight Recurring Nightmares

January 30, 2019

A portrait of Nicole Prudent

Healthcare

After Nearly Three Decades, MED Pediatrician Nicole Prudent to Retire

January 28, 2019

microscopic image of ebola virus

Ebola

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

January 28, 2019

Concept photo of a United States shaped pill box holding a lot of pills resting on an American flag, symbolizing the opioid crisi in America

Marketing

In America’s Opioid Crisis, Drug Marketing Is a Matter of Life or Death

January 23, 2019

A person celebrates new years eve wearing 2019 glasses

Politics

Predictions for 2019 from BU Experts

January 22, 2019

BU Student Health Services nurse Helen Lynch gives a flu shot to a student

Wellness

With Flu Widespread around the State, BU Holds Student Vaccination Clinic Friday

January 18, 2019

a man uses a vape

Drugs

Vaping Slows Wound Healing Just as Much as Smoking

January 17, 2019

Deepak Kumar uses a 3-D motion capture system

Arthritis

Mindful Walking

January 15, 2019

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

Biology

How Bad Drugs Turn Treatable Diseases Deadly

January 14, 2019

female feet on digital scale surrounded by christmas food and decorations

Health & Medicine

7 Apps to Help You Beat Holiday Weight Gain

December 19, 2018

Photo by : Evan Siegle, Green Bay Packers

Football

Eat and Run

December 14, 2018

Black handgun lying on a black background

Public Health

Gun-Related Deaths Have Decreased Overall American Life Expectancy

December 12, 2018

Ann Zumwalt in her office

University News

Office Artifacts: Ann Zumwalt

December 10, 2018

A student meditates on a table while school papers fly around her.

Wellness

Stressed Out over Finals? Try These Mindfulness Exercises

December 6, 2018

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

female traveler standing underneath the list of departures and arrivals in an airport

Public Health

SPH Report: Many Study Abroad Students Return with Preventable Diseases

December 3, 2018

SPH Report: Many Study Abroad Students Return with Preventable Diseases