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Public Health

A panel of BU community experts will offer advice and information at the Wellness and Prevention Services annual Sex in the Dark event tonight. Students can submit their questions in advance anonymously. Photo by Frank Curran

Public Safety

Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask

October 30, 2017

Green-colored rendering of Boston skyline

Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017

Farm manager Lindsay Allen (above) says the University’s affiliated teaching hospital started the farm atop BMC’s power plant “to provide superlocal, organic produce” for patients and staff and to reduce the environmental costs of procuring food.

Sustainability

A Farm in the Sky

October 17, 2017

BU School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea speaks at the Building Healthy Cities event

Faculty

Promoting Health for All Populations

September 25, 2017

Illustration of cardiac patch

Engineering

BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center

September 12, 2017

The SPH professors hosting the Free Associations podcast: are Donald Thea (from left), Matthew Fox, and Chris Gill. Photos by Nick Gooler, School of Public Health

Science & Technology

SPH Podcast on Health Studies Helps You Lose Weight (Not Really)

September 11, 2017

Johnson, Morrison, Ryan, and Rosenbloom in group photo

Healthcare

911 Call on the Opioid Crisis

July 28, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

University News

Former Boston TV Anchor Highlights SPH Convocation

May 24, 2017

Mario J. Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winner, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego

Public Health

Nobel Winner Mario Molina Is Baccalaureate Speaker

May 17, 2017

Sophie Godley, winner of one of this year’s Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Health & Medicine

SPH’s Sophie Godley to Receive a 2017 Metcalf Award

May 15, 2017

Doctoral student Chelsey Bowman was awarded an NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant to survey college athletes about their attitudes regarding sexual violence on campus. Her research may lead to bystander training programs that teach athletes how to prevent sexual violence.

Education

Bystander Intervention: Can College Athletes Prevent Assault?

May 12, 2017

Alumni

What’s Really Driving America’s Ongoing Immigration Debate?

May 9, 2017

The AAU Campus Activities Report: Combating Sexual Assault and Misconduct includes several specific actions and programs that BU has undertaken to prevent and address sexual assault and sexual misconduct on campus.

Health & Medicine

How Are AAU Schools Dealing with Sexual Assault?

April 27, 2017

Black Woman Health Disparities illustration

CAMED

Too Many Black Women Die from Breast Cancer. Why?

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing breast cancer research using zebrafish

Natural Sciences

Zebrafish Cancer Genetics Illuminate Human Breast Cancers

April 24, 2017

Illustration of hands holding the body of a woman symbolizing the help of patient navigators for underserved women with breast cancer

Healthcare

Patient Navigators Improve Delivery of Care for Breast Cancer Patients

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing noninvasive biomedical imaging of breast tumors

Health & Medicine

Wearable Windows into Breast Tumors

April 24, 2017

Sally Bachman

Schools and Colleges

Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health Director Named

April 18, 2017

Sue Siegel (from left), CEO of GE Ventures and healthymagination, Sandro Galea, Robert A. Knox Professor and SPH dean, and Monica Valdes Lupi (SPH’99), executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, at the SPH Dean’s Symposium Building Healthy Cities: Boston and Beyond, on April 5.

Health & Medicine

New Approaches for Building Healthier Cities

April 10, 2017

New Approaches for Building Healthier Cities