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Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Student Life

School of Medicine Welcomes MD Class of 2029 at Traditional White Coat Ceremony

August 5, 2025

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Public Health

Americans Are Buying More European Sunscreens. Are They Better Than Domestic Ones?

July 10, 2025

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Health & Medicine

What Does Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Mean?

May 21, 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Tick-Borne Diseases Risk Increasing Due to Climate Change: What You Need to Know

May 14, 2025

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University News

BU Graduate Schools Rise in 2025 U.S. News Rankings

April 8, 2025

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Health & Medicine

Might Clinically Obese Patients Have Treatment Denied Under Proposed Diagnosis Changes?

April 1, 2025

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University News

In Conversation: The BU President and Boston Medical Center Health System CEO on Their Shared Vision and Optimism for Overcoming Turbulence

March 25, 2025

MATCH DAY

At Annual Match Day, BU Graduating Medical Students Learned Where They Will Train Next

March 24, 2025

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Health & Medicine

Do New Obesity and Diabetes Drugs Also Curb Drinking, Gambling, and Other Addictions?

February 18, 2025

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University News

A Historic Inauguration for Boston University: Melissa L. Gilliam Installed as 11th President

September 27, 2024

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Olympics

BU Radiologist Heads to the Paris Summer Olympics

July 25, 2024

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Health & Medicine

Can Animal Organ Transplants Save Thousands of Dying People?

May 24, 2024

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University News

Karen Antman Stepping Down as BU’s Medical School Dean and Medical Campus Provost

May 22, 2024

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Commencement 2024

Class of 2024 Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Graduates Urged to Become Changemakers

May 17, 2024

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University News

Five Faculty Receive Edward Avedisian Professorships

March 21, 2024

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Student Life

The Envelope Please: BU’s Graduating Medical Students Match to Their Future

March 18, 2024

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Faculty

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)

January 23, 2024

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Health & Medicine

These Drugs Are Changing the Fight against Obesity

January 19, 2024

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Obituaries

BU President Emeritus Aram Chobanian (Hon.’06) Dies at 94; Helped Stabilize the University in Tumultuous Period

September 2, 2023

BU President Emeritus Aram Chobanian (Hon.’06) Dies at 94; Helped Stabilize the University in Tumultuous Period