Shaping the Story of Guns in America

NOTABLE ALUMNI
Shaping the Story of Guns in America

Two alumni, two stories: Catherine Mortensen (COM ’90,CAS ’90) of the National Rifle Association and Josh Sugarmann (COM ’82) of the Violence Policy Center lead divergent missions in the gun control debate.  See both sides

 

STUDENT LIFE
Black Moms, in Their Own Words

BU School of Public Health student Fatima Dainkeh’s short film asks three Boston mothers about the ways race, class, and gender have shaped their feelings—and fears—about motherhood and the healthcare system.  Hear from them

 

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Ebola Research Begins at the NEIDL

BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories has begun work with its first Biosafety Level 4 pathogen, answering key questions about the Ebola virus.  Find out how they do it

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

The U.S. Senate confirmed BU School of Law alumnus Elad Roisman (’06) to join the Securities and Exchange CommissionIt is possible to share student data while preserving privacy, Azer Bestavros of the BU Hariri Institute for Computing argues in The Washington PostThe Boston Globe featured BU research that explores how the NIMBY factor drives community planning decisionsAnn McKee of the BU School of Medicine explains how she is unlocking the mysteries of the brain disease linked to concussions in USA TodayEugene Declercq of the BU School of Public Health says maternal deaths are the canary in the coal mine for women’s health in STAT.