Is The True U.S. Pandemic Death Toll Higher than 200,000?

Photograph of Constance Duncan, who died of COVID-19RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Is The True U.S. Pandemic Death Toll Higher than 200,000?

An analysis from the BU School of Pubic Health finds that the number of pandemic-related deaths is actually 36 percent higher than reported, with disadvantaged communities hit even harder than previously thought.  Read their findings

 

Carlton Myers (COM'94) from NBA EntertainmentNOTABLE ALUMNI
Bringing NBA “Bubble Games” To Life

Carlton Myers (COM ’94), vice president of live production and entertainment at NBA Entertainment, is the person behind professional basketball’s high-tech cheers, chants, and chatter.  It’s a slam dunk

 

Joshua Pei (CAS’21)STUDENT LIFE
What is Campus Social Life Looking Like This Semester?

BU student Joshua Pei documents how he is interacting with friends and participating in campus activities during the COVID-19 pandemic on his vlog.  Watch his experience

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

Join the BU Global Development Policy Center for a conversation with Joseph Stiglitz on the IMF’s COVID-19 response on October 15… Read about the Boston Public School graduates who receive scholarships to BU…  Jonathan Levy of the BU School of Public Health offers five environmental policy questions to ask at the presidential debates in The Hill Saida Grundy of the BU College of Arts & Sciences explains Cam Newton’s impact as the first Black quarterback for the New England Patriots in The New York TimesJoshua Goodman of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development discusses his research on how hotter days are impeding student success and compounding educational inequities in Scientific American.