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Health & Medicine

A child watches as students get on a yellow school bus

Psychology

BU Spearheads Largest-Ever Study of Child Anxiety

September 25, 2018

Firefighters battle flames leaping from a home after a series of gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass.

In the City

Recent Massachusetts Explosions Can Happen in Any Gas System

September 25, 2018

Students gather at a table with food

Food & Dining

Dining Services Rolls Out New Website

September 24, 2018

A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette next to flavored pods

Drugs

Will the Government Ban E-Cigarettes?

September 17, 2018

A student rolling a joint

BUPD

Marijuana: 10 Things You Need to Know

September 11, 2018

Parents of the Class of 2022 bid their freshmen an emotional farewell.

Relationships

A Ritual That Never Gets Easier

September 6, 2018

Two guys drink beer at a college party

Safety

2017–2018 Medical Alcohol Transports Down from Previous Year

September 6, 2018

Klapperich and colleague in a lab

Research

How Point-of-Care Testing Will Transform Healthcare

August 30, 2018

a man holds a 3D printed gun model called The Liberator

Public Health

POV: When It Comes to Firearms, 3D-Printed Guns Aren’t the Biggest Threat

August 9, 2018

Two women take a selfie with an iphone

Social Media

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

August 7, 2018

A crowd of students walk along Commonwealth Ave. on the Boston University Charles River Campus.

University News

Deadline Nears for Students to Complete Sexual Misconduct Training

August 6, 2018

Infectious disease researchers Elke Mühlberger (left) and Adam Hume conduct BSL-4 research at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL).

Global Health

Ebola Research Begins at NEIDL

August 2, 2018

Two men wearing helmets boxing with one punching the other in a ring.

Neuroscience

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

July 31, 2018

Amyloid plaques

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Alzheimer’s Drug Has MED Prof Cautiously Optimistic

July 30, 2018

Fatima Dainkeh

Diversity

Black Moms, in Their Own Words

July 27, 2018

Water Squad volunteer hands water out to a passerby.

Public Health

SPH Water Squad Helps the Vulnerable Combat Summer Heat

July 23, 2018

An engorged tick

Infectious Diseases

Tick Season Tips

July 23, 2018

Zumba class on the Esplanade

Fitness

If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Zumba

July 17, 2018

Research

Go Ahead, Test Him

July 16, 2018

A student with a backpack walks through a library

Medicine

BU Researchers Find a Potential Biomarker for Long-lasting Learning

July 16, 2018

BU Researchers Find a Potential Biomarker for Long-lasting Learning