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Wellness

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Health & Medicine

The Flu, Norovirus, Other Respiratory Viruses Are Everywhere: Here’s What You Need to Know

January 17, 2025

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Things-to-do

Green Spaces to Visit Near Campus

November 5, 2024

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Mental Health

Combating Loneliness and Creating Healthy Relationships

April 23, 2024

Photo: A group of students wearing matching Boston University sweatshirts smile for a picture alongside their faculty partner, a woman with long curly hair, glasses and a red shirt

Mental Health

New Free Peer Listening Program Offered at Student Health Services

February 15, 2024

Photo: A man wearing headphones and casual workout attire guides a tai chi class with about 5-6 people following his movement

Wellness

Marsh Chapel’s Tai Chi Classes Draw Students, Staff, Faculty from across Campus

January 30, 2024

Photo: Two woman laugh joyfully at the Wellbeing Experience, an event curated to help destress during college finals. They sit on human sized beanbags wearing their winter coats. Behind them are informational signs about the event.

Wellness

Break Time? De-stress at the Student Wellbeing Experience

December 5, 2023

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Mental Health

BU: Take a Free Mental Health Screening Thursday, October 5

October 3, 2023

Photo: Dr. Emily Rothman, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a black and white half-sleeved dress, stands and poses with arms crossed. She smiles as she stands next to a large window in a brightly lit space.

Relationships

Helping Autistic Adults Have Healthy Relationships

July 18, 2023

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Nutrition

Learning to Eat (Healthily) in Padua, Italy

July 17, 2023

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Health & Medicine

President Biden Is Being Treated for Sleep Apnea. How Common and How Dangerous Is the Condition?

July 5, 2023

Photo: Kellie Finley-Call, a white college student with a medium build wearing a bandana and a necklace, stocks the food pantry at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development on March 27, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Campus Life

BU Launches New Initiative Aimed at Fighting Student Hunger

April 11, 2023

BU MeetUp founders Eric Wellers (LAW'24) (left) and Will Saunders (GRS'24). Photos by William Chapman (COM'26)

Wellness

Helping PhD, Law, and Grad Students Make Friends

February 1, 2023

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Valentine's Day

Love Yourself First This Valentine’s Day with Words of Encouragement

January 20, 2023

The Agganis Arena staff believes their new sensory room is the first of its kind at any sports or live event venue in the Greater Boston area. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Photo depicts a small room with beanbag chairs and other seating, with small trinkets and toys to play with as well as colorful art on the walls.

Mental Health

Agganis Arena’s New Sensory Room Debuts

December 22, 2022

A university classroom with theatre-style crescent seating. There is a large red question mark overlayed on the left side of the image and the entire canvas is tinted green

Listen Now

How Is the Conversation around Mental Health Changing among College Students?

November 28, 2022

For a story about a faculty exchange program between Sargent and Italy's University of Pavia—over the summer, prof Paula Quatromoni, at right, traveled to Pavia to teach Italian students about eating disorders in athletes and help develop coursework. Now, Pavia prof Cinzia Ferraris, at left, is here at Sargent this semester guest-speaking in classes. Photo by Cydney Scott

Nutrition Exchange

This International Faculty Exchange Is Training the Next Generation of Nutritionists in Eating Disorder Care

October 7, 2022

The Student Health Services facilities have been upgraded and have a lot of new, improved, and expanded services to offer to students. Here the lobby is pictured with yellow and blue walls and a receptionist sitting at a computer

Health & Medicine

Student Health Services Unveils New and Improved Offerings

September 30, 2022

Listen Now

Why Do Some People Live to 100—and How?

September 12, 2022

Mental health helpline volunteers at Call2Talk in Framingham, Mass., field calls during the first weekend of the federal 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, on July 16, 2022. Photo by Kayana Szymczak

Mental Health

Explaining the New 988 Mental Health Crisis Hotline

September 9, 2022

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Health & Medicine

Melatonin Isn’t as Safe as You May Think

July 12, 2022

Melatonin Isn’t as Safe as You May Think