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February 20, 2013
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BU Fitness & Wellness Program

Barbara Ferrer (SPH’88), Boston Public Health Commission executive director (from left), Mayor Thomas Menino (Hon.’01), Jamory Lewis, BU President Robert A. Brown, and Daphne Griffin, Boston’s chief of human services, at the official opening of the Blackstone Fitness & Wellness Center February 19. BU, partnering with several city agencies on a new public health initiative targeting teenage obesity, oversaw design and construction of the center, staffed by PERD members, and supplied equipment. BU is also providing 100 scholarships for summer camps to be held on campus. Photo by Cydney Scott