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Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017
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SPH Study: Higher Homicide Rates Tied to More Permissive Laws

October 20, 2017
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Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017
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BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center

September 12, 2017
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Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017
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CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017
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Yoga as Good as PT for Chronic Low Back Pain

July 18, 2017
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Fighting Tick-Borne Disease with Computer Science

July 6, 2017
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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
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Professor Wins Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award

June 21, 2017
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What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017
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June 16, 2017
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Just Don’t Call It Edutainment

May 30, 2017
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Is Legal Pot a Public Health Problem?

May 22, 2017
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The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017
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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.
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Bystander Intervention: Can College Athletes Prevent Assault?

May 12, 2017
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(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.
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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

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