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Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders convey wishes of patients not to receive CPR during cardiac arrest.

Medicine

Hospitals Vary Widely in Carrying Out DNR Orders

March 7, 2017

Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research at Boston University, speaks during a meeting of the Boston Biosafety Committee to consider a request by Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) for permission to conduct Biosafety Level 4 research at the facility

NEIDL

NEIDL Researchers Present Case for Next-Level Research

March 7, 2017

Previous research indicates that about 10 percent of adolescents report experiencing physical dating violence.

Public Health

Adolescent Dating Violence Fuels Re-Victimization in Adulthood

March 7, 2017

Economics professor and numismatist Pankaj Tandon holds a coin from ancient India under a magnifying glass

History

Economics Professor—and Noted Numismatist

March 6, 2017

a mother holding a newborn's hand

HIV-AIDS

New Concerns about Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers

March 6, 2017

deaf children participate in a American Sign Language class

Linguistics & Language Sciences

Getting the Word In

March 6, 2017

Boston University School of Medicine Professor Kermit Anthony Crawford named CDC Advisor

Accolades

School of Medicine Professor Named CDC Advisor

March 2, 2017

Human tissue under microscope

Engineering Biology

BU Joins Federal Effort to Engineer Human Tissue

March 2, 2017

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

Biology

Finding Lung Cancer in the Nose

February 28, 2017

Dr. Nathan Jones

Education

Nathan Jones Receives $1.6 million IES Grant

February 27, 2017

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Archaeology

Arctic Squirrels: Invasive or Native Species?

February 22, 2017

Brenda Heaton, assistant professor of health policy and health services research at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Urban Health

Mapping a Path to Better Oral Health

February 19, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

Davidson Hamer, professor at Boston University Center for Global Health & Development

Global Health

Understanding Zika’s Spread

February 15, 2017

Postdoctoral Affairs

Is a Postdoc Bad for Your Career?

February 15, 2017

Ashley Farmer, assistant professor of history and African American studies at the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

History

Female Activists Behind the Black Power Movement

February 13, 2017

insulin pen for diabetes treatment

Diabetes

US Deaths from Diabetes Significantly Underestimated

February 10, 2017

Newborn

Public Health

C-Section Rates Level Off After Sharp Increases

February 9, 2017

hunting

Humanities

Is Hunting Moral?

February 9, 2017

Edward Damiano holds a prototype of the iLet bionic pancreas he developed during an acceptance speech for the Boston University Innovator of the Year Award

Diabetes

Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle

February 7, 2017

Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle