Dying Young, Star Scientists, Liberty Mutual’s Doug
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
More Americans Aged 25 to 44 Are Dying Younger. BU Research Helps Explain Why.
BU researcher Andrew Stokes co-leads a study supported by the National Institutes of Health that finds a sharp increase in excess deaths is largely due to drug overdoses, alcohol use, traffic accidents, and homicides.
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers
Elizabeth Bettini, Michelle Sander, and Zeba Wunderlich were honored by former President Joe Biden for work spanning special education, lasers, and genes and DNA.
NOTABLE ALUMNI
A Commercial Star Is Born
As Liberty Mutual’s Doug, comedic actor David Hoffman (CFA ’99) cuts up opposite an emu in a now-iconic ad campaign.
THOUGHT LEADERS
In Case You Missed It…
You’re invited to BU in DC: An Evening with President Melissa Gilliam on Capitol Hill on February 26th… BU School of Public Health Professor David Jernigan discusses the need for warning labels on alcohol products to reflect cancer risks… BU Medicaid Policy Lab Co-Directors Megan Cole Brahim and Paul Shafer raise the alarm on Medicaid cuts… Director of the BU Communication Research Center Michelle Amazeen shares strategies for stopping misinformation in food marketing from going viral in The Wall Street Journal… A study from researchers at the BU Global Development Policy Center finds that gold reserves might help pay for climate disaster recovery.