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.
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.
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. […]
BU Advances in US News Best Graduate School Rankings
SPH, ENG, and Wheelock post gains Graduate schools on BU’s three campuses advanced in the most recent US News rankings. Photo by Cydney Scott. Several BU schools and programs moved up in US News & World Report’s just-released 2020 rankings of the country’s best graduate schools. The School of Public Health jumped two notches from […]
Kenneth Elmore Named a Pillar of Higher Education
Associate provost and dean of students honored by national education group Kenneth Elmore and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz (CAS’84, Hon.’18) visiting the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground May 18, 2018, Commencement weekend. The associate provost and dean of students has received an award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, nominated […]
Advancing Discovery Science for Public Health Impact
NHLBI Director Gary Gibbons Visits BU on February 27, 2019 Video (above) from Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Keefer Auditorium – School of Medicine Boston University Medical Campus 72 East Concord Street Boston, MA 02118 For seven decades, research supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has led to broad-based interventions that have […]