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Global Health

Photo: Two people, both masked, handle an orange and white, sickly-looking chicken. the person on the right is in full protective gear including hair net and holds a testing kit in their hands. The other stands by and watches as the chicken is handled.

Infectious Diseases

Bird Flu Is Making Headlines but Doesn’t Threaten a Pandemic…Yet

March 14, 2023

Sustainability

Five Ways to Take Action in Honor of Earth Day

April 19, 2022

Photo of Ukrainian citizens crossing an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing Irpin on March 8. Photo shows a line of people wearing dark clothes on a dark snowy day as they follow a path near a destroyed bridge.

Public Health

School of Public Health Explores the Health Consequences of War

March 30, 2022

Photo of Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible, during his Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.

Politics

One Year after Joe Biden’s Inauguration, BU Experts Give Him a Mixed Review

January 19, 2022

photo of the Boston University School of Public Health, an early 20th century brick building with a small gothic pattern and gray/blue roof shingles. The grass out front is bright green, and a student walks along a path near the building.

University News

BU School of Public Health to Offer Online Master’s Degree

November 16, 2021

Photo of Lecturer Malwina “Maja” Carrion in her course Neglected Tropical Diseases at Sargent Nov 9. She wears a patterned, multi-color, bluish mask, and a gray long sleeve, and gestures with her right hand at the podium at the front of the classroom. She is a young light-skinned woman with long hair.

Infectious Diseases

Want to Learn about Neglected Tropical Diseases? Sign Up for This Sargent Course

November 13, 2021

A portrait photo of Sandro Galea

Public Health

The Contagion Next Time: How to Fight a Future Pandemic

October 30, 2021

Afghan Refugees walk through the departure terminal to a bus at Dulles International Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Importance of Teaching and Learning about Afghan Refugees

September 20, 2021

Portrait of Dr. Nahid Bhadelia leaning against a building in front of a window showing a reflection of the Boston skyline.

Infectious Diseases

Nahid Bhadelia to Head New BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research

May 18, 2021

Portrait of Joseph Mizgerd, a pulmonary researcher and principal investigator, in his lab in the Medical Campus Housman Building. He wears a blue blazer and smiles.

Infectious Diseases

Tonight’s University Lecture: On the Front Lines against COVID in the Lab, Science Will Win

November 17, 2020

A photo of Boston's "Faces of Dudley" mural. A text overlay reads "Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities"

Public Health

Black Boston Series Kicks Off Tomorrow

July 29, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

Composite image: on the right, Dr. Muhammad Zaman poses for a photo in his lab on Thursday, April 27, 2017, photo by Jackie Ricciardi; on the right, a black and white portrait of Sigrid Nunez, a College of Arts & Sciences lecturer in creative writing, photo by Marrion Ettlinger.

Accolades

Two BU Faculty Honored with Guggenheim Fellowships

April 22, 2020

Security personnel check the temperature of a passenger in the Wharf at the Yangtze River on January 22, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

Health & Medicine

BU Closely Monitoring Coronavirus Outbreak

January 22, 2020

A child refugee in syria

Public Health

2019 University Lecture: Muhammad Zaman Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis

October 21, 2019

John Howe delivers his Baccalaureate address

Marsh Chapel

In Baccalaureate Address, John Howe (MED’69, Hon.’19) Puts Names to “Making a Difference”

May 19, 2019

Karen Jacobs

Faculty

Office Artifacts: Karen Jacobs

March 26, 2019

Jorge Delva, dean of the School of Social Work, speaks at a reception

Schools and Colleges

Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health

November 15, 2018

Klapperich and colleague in a lab

Health & Medicine

How Point-of-Care Testing Will Transform Healthcare

August 30, 2018

Infectious disease researchers Elke Mühlberger (left) and Adam Hume conduct BSL-4 research at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL).

Science & Technology

Ebola Research Begins at NEIDL

August 2, 2018

Ebola Research Begins at NEIDL