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Health & Medicine

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SPECIAL ISSUE: BU RESEARCH

The Line Between Biology and Technology Has Blurred—There’s No Going Back

May 16, 2022

Collage of 5 photos of various women BU alums. Photos from left to right of: Bonnie Hammer, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lucy Wheelock, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Women’s History Month

11 History-Making, History-Shaping Women from Boston University

March 2, 2022

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Healthcare

Community Builder

January 5, 2022

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Entrepreneurship

My Big Idea: Shaun Chavis

November 22, 2021

Black and white portrait of Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87), smiling, in a black suit. A background with blue, purple, yellow and orange gradient coronavirus molecules are seen behind him.

Healthcare Technologies

How Scientists Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87) and Katalin Karikó Developed the Revolutionary mRNA Technology inside COVID Vaccines

November 18, 2021

Veterans

Helping Veterans and First Responders Heal Holistically

November 11, 2021

Photo of Roseann Bongiovanni (CAS’99, SPH’01), wearing a yellow sundress and leaning against a short wall outside of a building, holding her face mask in her hand, and smiling. Behind her, a person is seen carrying bags down the street.

Public Health

Alum Roseann Bongiovanni Is Helping One of the Hardest-Hit COVID Cities Get Vaccinated

August 30, 2021

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Child Health & Development

The Toll on Children’s Health during COVID-19

July 28, 2021

Photo of the headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED'1864), reading "the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US." and her husband Arthuer Crumpler. The headstones are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. Bright green grass grows around the headstones.

Historic Alum

New York Times Honors BU Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler with Obituary—126 Years after Her Death

July 20, 2021

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Public Health

Alcohol Consumption Has Spiked during the Pandemic. Could the Consequences Outlast the Coronavirus?

March 25, 2021

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission

February 9, 2021

Black and white photo of Marcelle Willock, a pioneering Physician and BU Medical School Leader. She stands with her hand on a railing and smiles.

Health & Medicine

Marcelle Willock, Pioneering Physician and BU Medical School Leader

October 7, 2020

Photo of Flagg (left) and her boyfriend, Aaron Bourget, picking up a donation from Bagelsaurus in Cambridge during a volunteer shift for Rescuing Leftover Cuisine in August. Both wear masks, Lizy carries a tub with brown bags.

Food Rescue

2020 ENG Grad Fighting Waste and Food Insecurity

September 15, 2020

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Books

A Zombie’s Guide to Healthy Eating: New Picture Book Makes Family Dinnertime Fun

February 18, 2020

Senior advisor at the US Department of State, Jane Sigmon poses for a photo on a set of stairs

Public Health

Hidden in Plain Sight

January 17, 2020

Science & Technology

The Transformers

September 20, 2019

Life Sciences

Trailblazing MED Alum to Lead Vertex Pharmaceuticals

July 31, 2019

Composite image of a soundwave presented as a timeline with images of pioneering neuroscientist Rahul Desikan from the time he was a baby to current day.

Neuroscience

Rahul Desikan’s Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death

June 19, 2019

Alumni

Visionary for Your Vision

March 12, 2019

Education

Go Ahead, Test Him

July 16, 2018

Go Ahead, Test Him