Boston University

Public Policy

Veronika Wirtz, a School of Public Health (SPH) associate professor of global health, and Muhammad Zaman, a College of Engineering (ENG) professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University

Global Health

The Problem of Poor-Quality Medicine

April 25, 2018

Real and counterfeit Viagra pills side by side. Real Viagra is on the right.

Global Health

Counterfeit Viagra Is a Problem

April 11, 2018

prescription opioid Oxycodone, also known as Oxycontin

Public Policy

BU Expert: Trump Opioid Plan a Dud

March 28, 2018

Ziming Xuan, Michael Siegel, and David Jones speak at a Community Forum on Gun Violence at the Boston University School of Public Health on March 14, 2018.

Public Health

SPH Holds Community Forum on Gun Violence

March 15, 2018

Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks at Boston University

University News

Former UN Secretary-General Kicks Off BU Think Tank

March 1, 2018

Public Policy

How the Firearms Industry Influences US Gun Culture, in 6 Charts

February 28, 2018

cattle and trees illustration

Economics

Farmers and Forests

February 9, 2018

group sitting and waiting

Government & Law

Work Requirements + Medicaid = Bad Medicine

February 6, 2018

A child holds a protest sign

Public Policy

Misstatement of the Union: What Trump Got Wrong on Immigration

February 1, 2018

Boston Cityscape

Public Policy

Leaders of US Cities Worried about Lack of Affordable Housing

January 24, 2018

The Boston portion of the Women’s March drew a crowd estimated at 175,000 people. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

History

The Women’s March and Its Impact, One Year Later

January 22, 2018

ACES CO2 map visualizing carbon dioxide CO2 emissions in Rhode Island

Climate Change

CAS Scientists Develop ACES to Monitor Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

December 4, 2017

Science & Technology

University Launches $20 Million Innovate@BU Initiative for Students

November 29, 2017

Red Bull Nutrition Label

Public Health

FDA’s Plan to Delay New Food Label Is Misguided

November 21, 2017

Tommy Leung and Nathan Perkins (MED’18)

Data Science

Count Love Project Reveals Protest Patterns

November 15, 2017

massachusetts map

Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

trump

Public Policy

POV: Trump’s Opioid Efforts Don’t Go Far Enough

November 2, 2017

man carrying a concealed firearm

Public Policy

SPH Study: Higher Homicide Rates Tied to More Permissive Laws

October 20, 2017

Green-colored rendering of Boston skyline

Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017

Top of the United States Constitution document showing the words "We the People"

Law

The Five Oddest Clauses in the US Constitution

September 26, 2017

The Five Oddest Clauses in the US Constitution