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\nPOLICY RESOURCE
\nBU Launches Racial Data Lab<\/h4>\n
The University’s Center for Antiracist Research and Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences are bringing antiracist researchers together with data scientists to expose and eliminate racial inequities. \u00a0Find out more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n BU healthcare experts Paul Schafer and Nicole Huberfeld outline the tools the new Administration has at its disposal to quickly improve coverage during the current crisis and beyond. See what they recommend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n BU researcher Jessica Stern, an expert on far-right violence and white supremacists, discusses the attackers’ motivations and what can be done to prevent further violence. Read her insights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Join the BU Institute for Sustainable Energy<\/strong> for a discussion with Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)<\/a> on climate policy on January 29th… BU economist Ray Fisman<\/strong> makes the case for higher wages in hard times<\/a> in The Wall Street Journal<\/em>… BU School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea<\/strong> urges reparations for Black Americans<\/a> in Politico<\/em>… BU Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Adil Najam<\/strong>spoke with 99 global thought leaders on what the post-COVID-19 world will look like<\/a>… John Connor <\/strong>of the <\/strong>BU School of Medicine explains where COVID-19 came from<\/a> to USA Today<\/em>…Taylor Boas <\/strong>of the BU College of Arts & Sciences discusses the impact of Argentina legalizing abortion<\/a> in The Washington Post… <\/em> BU alumnus Reverend Silvester Beaman<\/strong> (STH\u201985) gave the benediction address at President Biden’s inauguration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POLICY RESOURCE BU Launches Racial Data Lab The University’s Center for Antiracist Research and Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences are bringing antiracist researchers together with data scientists to expose and eliminate racial inequities. \u00a0Find out more RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT How the Biden Administration Can Expand Healthcare Access in Its First 100 Days BU healthcare experts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12456"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12467,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456\/revisions\/12467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nRESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
\nHow the Biden Administration Can Expand Healthcare Access in Its First 100 Days<\/h4>\n
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