{"id":257168,"date":"2025-09-04T13:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=257168"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:45:54","slug":"fall-2025-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2025\/fall-2025-snapshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 Snapshot"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Featured<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSPH Snapshot: Fall 2025 Orientation\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Campus buzzed with energy during Orientation Week, as faculty, staff, and alums converged to welcome new students to the SPH community.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 4, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/authors\/megan-jones\/\">Megan Jones<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-57-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">A student descends the stairs in front of the Talbot Building.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-campus-13-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students chat with one another as they cross Talbot Green.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The School of Public Health welcomed new students to campus for a multi-day orientation experience organized to introduce them to various facets of graduate student life. On the agenda were campus tours, department open houses, community meals, seminars on academic resources, a scavenger hunt, and various other activities designed to connect the new arrivals with faculty, staff, and one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-full-f\">\n<div class=\"photo-f\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-73-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students gather to chat between sessions during orientation.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-636x398.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-755x472.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-900x563.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174-1200x750.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2174.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Student-led tours are a great way to learn about the campus.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-636x398.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-755x472.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-900x563.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192-1200x750.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2192.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-1-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-398x636.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-755x1208.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-625x1000.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282-563x900.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2282.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Dean Adnan Hyder addresses students during the orientation keynote.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/snapshot-9Q1A2215-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257342\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Student Experience Fair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Student organizations and student-facing offices tabled under a tent on Talbot Green, offering new students the opportunity to learn more about membership and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-2-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-177-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257173\"\/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">A new student tries on a BUSPH sweatshirt.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-146-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Bean, BU&#8217;s community resource dog, stands with her paws on a table, presumably inquiring about joining a student organization.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-full-f\">\n<div class=\"photo-f\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-225e-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257210\"\/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Current members of SPH student organizations (left) share information with new students (right) from across a row of tables.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-231-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students discuss the SPH Student Senate.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-157-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students pick up copies of the 2025 SPH Reads book &#8220;Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta: Charting the Health Equity Policy Agenda&#8221; by David Jones.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-s-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-203-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">The Latino Caucus for Public Health table.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-130-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students crowd around a table.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-236-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">The Healthcare Management Student Association table.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-thirds-2-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-201-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students get more information about Public Health Post, the School&#8217;s digital health magazine.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-213-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">A student purchases a BUSPH sweatshirt.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-full-f\">\n<div class=\"photo-f\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-181-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">A student poses in a BUSPH sweatshirt.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Academic Toolkit Speaker Series<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Deans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/yvette-cozier\/\">Yvette Cozier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/craig-andrade\/\">Craig Andrade<\/a> familiarized new students with SPH&#8217;s mission and facilitated thoughtful conversations about who the &#8220;public&#8221; in public health refers to and what the &#8220;for the health of all&#8221; in the school&#8217;s purpose statement means. Dean Cozier presented data on mortality from the sinking of the Titanic to illuminate how systems effect health outcomes, such as the influence of socioeconomic status on a passenger&#8217;s likelihood of survival. Dean Andrade asked students to reflect on the school&#8217;s proximity to Mass and Cass, the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard and the epicenter of Boston&#8217;s homelessness and substance use crises. The students impressed Dean Andrade with their nuanced understanding of the issue before having begun their courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other sessions sought to bolster the students&#8217; resilience for the semester ahead with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/megan-healey\/\">Megan Healey<\/a>, clinical associate professor of epidemiology, sharing smart study habits and tips for managing a graduate workload; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/sarah-lipson\/\">Sarah Lipson<\/a>, associate professor of health law, policy and management, exploring the often overlooked but important role of rejection and &#8220;failure&#8221; in academia; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentwellbeing\/about-student-wellbeing\/meet-the-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beverly Chen<\/a>, director of BU&#8217;s Student Wellbeing, sharing a variety of strategies for bolstering different aspects of wellbeing from the physical and emotional to the spiritual and interpersonal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-636x454.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-755x539.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-1401x1000.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-62e.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">&#8220;Understanding Our Mission: For the Health of All&#8221; with Dean Yvette Cozier.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-636x454.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-755x539.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-1401x1000.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-59e.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">&#8220;Master Your Time &amp; Boost Your Resilience&#8221; with Beverly Chen, Director at Student Wellbeing.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-2-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-13e-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257219\"\/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">&#8220;The Art of Failure: Normalizing Rejections and Setbacks in Academia&#8221; with Sarah Lipson, associate professor of health law, policy &amp; management.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-636x455.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-755x540.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-1399x1000.jpg 1399w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e-1200x858.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-22e.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Newly matriculated students discuss their own past experiences of rejection or &#8220;failure&#8221; and their mindsets going into their graduate studies.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Alumni Dinner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New students gathered in Hiebert Lounge for a lively dinner and Q&amp;A with a panel of SPH alumni. The recent graduates shared background on their own experiences at the school and their advice for smoothly navigating graduate studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-36-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Cam Haufpauir (SPH&#8217;23) discusses his current role as shared services manager for the Town of Brookline and his experience as an MPH student at SPH in the health law, policy and management (HLPM) and community assessment, program design, implementation, and evaluation (CAPDIE) certificates.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-37-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-37-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-37-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-37-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Fall-SPH-Student-Orientation-37-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, 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her experience as an MPH student at SPH in the epidemiology and biostatistics certificate.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Center for Health Data Science Poster Session<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/healthdatascience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Health Data Science<\/a> hosted the annual Health Data Science Poster Session, showcasing innovative scholarship from across the university. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/debbie-cheng\/\">Debbie Cheng<\/a>, professor of biostatistics and center director, introduced the event to a diverse audience of attendees, including students, researchers, and industry professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-1-1-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-57-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Debbie Cheng, assistant dean of data science and the founding executive director of the Center for Health Data Science, introduces the poster session.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-83-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-83-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, 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https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-83-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Patricia Fabian, associate professor of environmental health and associate director at the Institute for Global Sustainability, smiles during a discussion with other poster session attendees.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-72-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Center for Health Data Science pilot funding awardees 2024-2025.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay sphnews-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-1-2-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-13-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">An attendee views a research poster.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-755x503.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-CHDS-poster-session-26-450x300.jpeg 450w, 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