Boston University

Public Health

massachusetts map

Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

man carrying a concealed firearm

Public Policy

SPH Study: Higher Homicide Rates Tied to More Permissive Laws

October 20, 2017

Green-colored rendering of Boston skyline

Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017

Illustration of cardiac patch

Engineering

BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center

September 12, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

Sunrise Yoga class at Boston University Student Village 2 dorm

Medicine

Yoga as Good as PT for Chronic Low Back Pain

July 18, 2017

A Lone Star Tick crawls on a human finger

Earth & Environment

Fighting Tick-Borne Disease with Computer Science

July 6, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Researcher Receives Entrepreneur Award from American Thoracic Society

June 26, 2017

Megan Sandel, associate professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health and associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Professor Wins Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award

June 21, 2017

Man shucks an ear of corn in a corn field. USDA photo by Christina Reed.

Climate Change

What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017

Illustration about innovative breast tumor imaging research

Cancer

Breast Cancer Research

June 16, 2017

Global Health

Just Don’t Call It Edutainment

May 30, 2017

Medical cannabis

Public Health

Is Legal Pot a Public Health Problem?

May 22, 2017

african american child eating an orange slice

Public Health

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017

David Felson, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health

Medicine

Rheumatologist Receives International Award

May 18, 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

Egg brooding by a female Cochranella granulosa on the Rio Frijoles in Panama.

Biology

(Some) Frogs Are Better Parents Than We Thought

May 9, 2017

The number of centenarians—people age 100 or older—is growing much faster than the total population.

Genetics

New Genetic Variants Associated with Extreme Old Age

May 8, 2017

People over 65 who sleep longer than nine hours each night may be showing early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to research by Sudha Seshadri, a MED professor of neurology.

Neurology

MED Researchers: Too Much Sleep Could Signal Dementia

May 8, 2017

MED Researchers: Too Much Sleep Could Signal Dementia