SPH Snapshot: Oct-Nov 2025.
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Photos of the SPH community from recent events on the BU Medical Campus and beyond.
Student Leadership Dinner with the Dean
Executive board members of SPH’s student organizations enjoyed a meal with Dean Hyder on October 22.
Student leaders fill out name tags before attending a dinner in their honor on October 22. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Dean Hyder poses with a group of student leaders. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Lisa Sullivan, associate dean for education, addresses the audience of student leaders, faculty, and staff. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Danielle Haley, assistant professor of community health sciences, in conversation with a student. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Dean Hyder in conversation with a student. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Members of the Graduate Student Life team and Career and Practicum Office pose for a selfie with a student. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Professor Delivers Lecture to Boston Public School Students
Danielle Haley, assistant professor of community health sciences, delivered a presentation titled “Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States” to Boston Public Schools students in the John D. O’Bryant School of Math & Science’s Biomedicine Pathway Program.
PHOTO: FERNANDO FORTIN
PHOTO: FERNANDO FORTIN
PHOTO: FERNANDO FORTIN
Communicating Climate Summit
Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health, and Barbara Espinosa Barrera (SPH’23), environmental justice & health equity organizer at the local nonprofit GreenRoots, participated in a panel on local action to combat climate misinformation during the inaugural Media Innovation & Social Impact Summit on November 7. The summit, which focused on communicating climate, marked the official launch of BU’s Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact, a new hub at BU’s College of Communication for applied research at the intersection of media, democracy, and civic trust.
An audience of journalists, communications professionals, climate scientists, government officials, academics, and students look on during the summit panel “Ground Truth: Local Action and the Fight Against Climate Misinformation.” PHOTO: DEREK PALMER
The summit was held on the 17th floor of BU’s Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
Patricia Fabian, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health at SPH and associate director of the BU Institute for Global Sustainability, speaks during the inaugural Media Innovation & Social Impact Summit on communicating climate. PHOTO: DEREK PALMER
The summit panel “Ground Truth: Local Action and the Fight Against Climate Misinformation.” From left to right: Kannan Thiruvengadam, director of Eastie Farm, co-director of the Community Impact Fellowship at BU, and panel moderator; Barbara Espinosa Barrera (SPH’23), environmental justice & health equity organizer at GreenRoots; Kenneth Bailey, cofounder of the Design Studio for Social Intervention; and Patricia Fabian, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health at SPH and associate director of the BU Institute for Global Sustainability. PHOTO: DEREK PALMER
Barbara Espinosa Barrera (SPH’23), environmental justice & health equity organizer at the local nonprofit GreenRoots speaks during the inaugural Media Innovation & Social Impact Summit on communicating climate. PHOTO: DEREK PALMER
Throughout the summit, the Massachusetts nonprofit Bow Seat: Creative Action for Conservation displayed art created by teens from around the world as part of an educational initiative called the Ocean Awareness Contest. Launched in 2012, it is the world’s largest environmental youth program for the creative arts. PHOTO: DEREK PALMER
“A Glimmer of Hope” by Orion Yang (age 14) Vancouver, Canada.
Circus artists led a workshop on communicating climate risk, using simple counterweight exercises as a metaphor for the interdependence needed to respond to complex challenges. PHOTO: DEREK PALMER
Graduate Student Life (GSL) Activities
In celebration of Halloween, students enjoyed lattes and made paper lanterns with GSL on October 30. Students then came together to bead bracelets with GSL on November 13.
A student holding a jack o’lantern. Photo courtesy of GSL.
A student holding a bat-themed lantern. Photo courtesy of GSL.
A student adds a bead to a thread. Photo courtesy of GSL.
Students sit around a conference table in the Founders Room beading. Photo courtesy of GSL.
Campus in Color
PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
PHOTO: MEGAN JONES
