Human Health Is Suffering Because of Climate Change
Public health experts at BU and Harvard are teaming up to diversify and expand the global network of climate and health researchers to reach better solutions.
CDC’s Rochelle Walensky Visits BU’s School of Public Health
Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reflects on agency’s pandemic mistakes and successes.
Climate Change Is Threatening the Mystic River Watershed — Can It Be Saved?
Researchers at BU’s School of Public Health use geospatial data and mapping tools to support community climate resilience efforts.
Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference
From social work to astronomy to the law, these leaders are pushing scientific and scholarly boundaries—and lifting up the next generation of Latinx academics.
“This Is My Stepping-stone.” 553 BU First-Generation Students Welcomed into Honor Society
BU Newbury Center ceremony celebrates inaugural members, their determination, contributions blazing new trails Meet six first-generation college students at Boston University and hear their stories. They were among 553 students, faculty, and staff inducted April 26 as the inaugural members of BU’s Alpha Alpha Alpha honor society for first-gen students. They didn’t grow up assuming […]
How Politics Shapes Our Understanding of, and Response to, COVID-19
SPH seminar panelists discuss a “crisis within a crisis”—a pandemic that has exacerbated the nation’s health inequities
SPH Dean to Chair Statewide Emergency Task Force on Coronavirus & Equity
Goal is to mitigate impact on vulnerable populations such as low-income people and immigrants
SPH’s Michael Siegel Testifies Before Congress on Legislation to Curb Youth Vaping
A flavor ban won’t address black market e-liquids behind epidemic of vaping-related injuries and deaths, he says Michael Siegel, an SPH professor of community health sciences and a physician, testified before Congress Wednesday about proposed legislation to curb the rise of adolescent vaping. Photo by Dave Scavone. As of October 11, 2019, 1,299 cases of […]
School of Public Health Alumni Reception – Think. Teach. Do. Washington, DC
Reception for SPH alumni and friends in Washington, DC was held on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in conjunction with the ASPPH Annual Meeting. #thinkteachdo Speaker: Wendy Mariner, Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health Professor Mariner is the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health […]
SPH Forum: Commonwealth Leaders, Advocates Tackle Gun Violence
Success of bipartisan gun safety legislation, policy changes needed to create safer communities discussed Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Attorney General Maura Healey, two speakers at the SPH Dean’s Forum Tackling Gun Violence on March 11 at WBUR’s CitySpace. Photos by Cydney Scott. The data are clear: gun violence remains a uniquely American epidemic. […]