Making a Better World, from Neuroscience to Sandwiches
Social goals drive alums on Forbes 30-Under-30 list Christine Baugh (SPH’12) was recognized by Forbes for her work on chronic traumatic encephalopathy and its link to concussions in sports. Photo by Cydney Scott. Christine Baugh joined the School of Medicine Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center as a research coordinator in 2010, when it was just a handful […]
BU Alumni Association Events in October 2015
The BU Alumni Association held two Washington events in October: A Conversation with Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet (CAS ’79) on October 26 and a discussion of Mobile Money and Migrant Remittances on October 29.
Rep. Lois Frankel: From “Majoring in Protest” to the US House
In “dysfunctional” times, alum remains optimistic about democracy A few months into her second term as a US congresswoman, longtime liberal Lois Frankel (CAS’70) is crossing party lines in ways she never expected. She’s also having the time of her life. Photos by Malek Naz. In West Palm Beach, they still call her the mayor. […]
Remembering a Pioneering Politician
Alum Edward Brooke, first black US senator since Reconstruction, has died BU alumnus Edward Brooke, who died January 3, poses as Massachusetts’s attorney general in 1963. Photo by BU Photography. “I never studied much at Howard [University], but at Boston University, I didn’t do much else but study.” Far from resenting BU’s School of Law […]
National AIDS Policy Director Urges Collaboration on HIV/AIDS
SSW alum keynote speaker at addiction conference in Boston Douglas Brooks (SSW’99) encouraged attendees at last week’s Addiction Health Services Research Conference, sponsored by Boston University, to think of new ways to identify, screen, and attain care for people living with HIV. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Lena Lundgren felt like a “proud mama,” she said […]