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Photo: Protesters of Kentucky Senate bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers during a rally on the lawn of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. A group of young people yell and hold signs of the light blue, pink, and white striped transgender flag. The signs read "Protect trans kids"

Voices & Opinion

POV: Gender-Affirming Care is Under Siege

April 21, 2023

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Racism

Experiencing Racism Increases Black Women’s Heart Disease Risk, BU Research Finds

March 1, 2023

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

11 Books to Read in Celebration of Women’s History Month

February 28, 2023

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

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Arts & Culture

Opening Doors: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados (CFA’20)

November 18, 2022

Lydia Moland (UNI’97,’97, GRS’02) says abolitionist Lydia Maria Child was “a devastatingly good arguer…. She was a very, very powerful thinker and writer.” Photo by James Johnson

Alumni

Profiling a 19th-Century Woman’s “Radical American Life”

November 14, 2022

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Optimism

Among African American Women Voters, Optimism Is Its Own Superpower

November 1, 2022

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Respectability Politics

BU Sociologist Saida Grundy on “Respectability Politics” and the Morehouse Man

October 14, 2022

Director Shamus (left) and Playwright J.C. Pankratz pose for a photo at Boston Playwrights Theater on the set of Pankratz’s dark comedy Eat Your Young. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Theater at BU

Curtain’s Up on Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s 2022-2023 Season

October 5, 2022

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Latinx Researchers

Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference

October 3, 2022

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Student Profile

Introducing the Class of 2026: Selina Manua

September 2, 2022

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LGBTQ+ Bars

Where Are All the Lesbian Bars?

June 23, 2022

Photo of Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Science, Hagere Yilma, posing for a photo. A Black woman with shoulder-length black hair styled in a twist-out hairstyle wearing a black, tunic-style blouse stands in front of a brick wall and smiles to the camera.

Anemia

Reducing Barriers to Anemia Treatment

June 2, 2022

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Cognitive Health

Living Near Greenery Could Give You a Brain Boost—and Reduce Dementia Risk

May 4, 2022

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Equal Pay

New Wage Gap Calculator Aims to Help Close Earnings Gap

April 19, 2022

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Space Physics

NASA Gives Boost to BU-led Effort to Model Solar System’s Protective Bubble

April 14, 2022

Listen Now

Why Do So Many Autistic Girls Go Undiagnosed?

April 12, 2022

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Community Voices

BU Celebrates Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Rise to US Supreme Court

April 7, 2022

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Mindfulness and Meditation

Can Meditation and Mindfulness Help Cancer Patients Thrive?

March 29, 2022

Can Meditation and Mindfulness Help Cancer Patients Thrive?