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Video: Leaders Among Us—President Gilliam in Conversation with Maisha Kazi (CAS’26)

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Alexander Graham Bell: The BU Years

Photo: BU researchers simulated a childhood medical emergency, and how technology might improve care, with New Haven, Conn. responders (l-r) Stephine Jones, Jacob Strickland, Aaron West, and Yale pediatrics professor Mark Cicero. Photo courtesy of Tehnaz Boyle/Yale University/American Medical Response
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Can Artificial Intelligence Help Emergency Responders Save Children?