Youth Mental Health, Climate & Health, Climate Misinformation
YOU’RE INVITED
Promoting Public Health Among Children and Youth
Join the BU School of Public Health online today at 11:30 a.m. for a conversation with U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy about youth mental health.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Human Health Is Suffering Because of Climate Change
BU and Harvard public health researchers received a $6.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to diversify and expand the global network of climate and health scientists to reach better solutions.
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
Tweets, Ads, and Lies: Researchers Are Fighting against Climate Misinformation
BU scholars recently shared their research findings on how climate misinformation permeates social media platforms and how misleading advertising in mainstream media spreads climate lies.
Learn how to separate climate fact from fiction
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine each imparted words of wisdom for graduates attending BU’s 2023 Commencement ceremonies… Kate Saenko of the BU College of Arts & Sciences discusses the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT in The Conversation… Cutler Cleveland of the BU College of Arts & Sciences asks whether the U.S. Department of Energy’s spending is aligned with the nation’s needs… Bloomberg reports on research from the BU Global Development Policy Center indicating that a debt crisis may be looming for poorer nations most vulnerable to climate change.