{"id":11897,"date":"2020-07-27T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=11897"},"modified":"2020-07-27T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:04:59","slug":"experiencing-racism-may-damage-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2020\/07\/27\/experiencing-racism-may-damage-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Racism_Damage_Memory-Resize-iStock-157505431-1498x1000-1-636x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11898\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Racism_Damage_Memory-Resize-iStock-157505431-1498x1000-1-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Racism_Damage_Memory-Resize-iStock-157505431-1498x1000-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Racism_Damage_Memory-Resize-iStock-157505431-1498x1000-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Racism_Damage_Memory-Resize-iStock-157505431-1498x1000-1.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT<br \/>\nExperiencing Racism May Damage Memory<\/h4>\n<p>Data from the Black Women\u2019s Health Study at BU, funded by the National Institutes of Health, shows that experiences of racism are linked with decreased memory and cognition later in life. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2020\/experiencing-racism-may-damage-memory-cognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>See for yourself<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Groopman-CovidLab-636x407.jpg\" alt=\"COVID19 Labwork microscopic view\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11900\" width=\"225\" height=\"144\" \/>FACULTY EXPERTS<br \/>\nThe Long Game of Coronavirus Research<\/h4>\n<p><em>The New Yorker<\/em> featured the remarkable scientists at the BU National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), people who spend their days keeping us safe from biological threats. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=1a2f1aadbc&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read their stories<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Resize-20-1305-BANBOX-080-1600x1000-636x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11882\" width=\"225\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Resize-20-1305-BANBOX-080-1600x1000-636x398.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Resize-20-1305-BANBOX-080-1600x1000-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Resize-20-1305-BANBOX-080-1600x1000-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2020\/07\/Resize-20-1305-BANBOX-080-1600x1000.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>ON THE CHARLES RIVER<br \/>\n&#8220;Banning the Box&#8221; for More Equitable Admissions<\/h4>\n<p>BU graduate programs will no longer request that applicants disclose a criminal history, joining a national movement to improve fairness in admissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=8fab72bd83&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why we did it<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><strong>BU Provost Jean Morrison<\/strong> was relieved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s decision to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=5d34788a9b&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reverse course on a policy restricting international students from studying in the U.S.<\/a><\/strong>&#8230; RSVP today for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=5ed0319201&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, part of an ongoing series hosted by the<strong> BU Initiative on Cities, BU Office of Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/strong>, and <strong>WBUR CitySpace<\/strong>&#8230; BU trustee <strong>Kevin Merida<\/strong> (COM &#8217;79) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=d448305774&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>pays tribute to the late Congressman John Lewis<\/strong> <\/a>(D-GA) in <em>The Undefeated<\/em>&#8230; <em>The Boston Globe<\/em> reported on the dedication of a new gravestone for BU School of Medicine alumna <strong>Rebecca Lee Crumpler<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=b6471f50cc&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>the first Black female doctor in the United States<\/strong>.<\/a>&#8230; BU sociologist <strong>Heather Schoenfeld <\/strong>decries<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/people-are-dying-in-us-prisons-and-not-just-from-covid-19-141358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the plight of prisoners dying by homicide or accidents<\/a> <\/strong>in <em>The Conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory Data from the Black Women\u2019s Health Study at BU, funded by the National Institutes of Health, shows that experiences of racism are linked with decreased memory and cognition later in life. \u00a0See for yourself &nbsp; 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