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Public Health

Does It Matter if Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Doesn’t Take Maternity Leave?

August 5, 2024

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Athletics

Seven Things to Know as BU Begins the 2024 Frozen Four

April 10, 2024

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Mental Health

How to Improve Mental Health on College Campuses

December 13, 2023

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Coronavirus

CDC’s Rochelle Walensky Visits BU’s School of Public Health

March 31, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Again and Again. Mass Shootings Continue Unabated in the United States

January 26, 2023

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Admission Requirement

POV: What BU’s School of Public Health Learned after Dropping GRE Requirement

September 30, 2022

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Public Health

This BU Summer Program Gives High Schoolers Real-World Public Health Experience

July 18, 2022

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Public Health

School of Public Health Explores the Health Consequences of War

March 30, 2022

University News

School of Public Health Professor Richard Saitz Remembered for Dedication, Scholarship, Sense of Humor

January 24, 2022

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Health & Medicine

Three Decades after the Gulf War, Veterans Still Battle Health Issues

November 11, 2021

Public Health

BU-Led Global Commission Launches Roadmap to Better Health Using Big Data

September 21, 2021

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Promotions

Medical Campus Promotes 13 Faculty to Associate Professor

July 30, 2021

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Gun Control

POV: Biden’s Gun Control Executive Orders Are a Step in the Right Direction

April 8, 2021

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Climate Change

Climate Change Is Focus of 2021 SPH Annual Bicknell Lecture

March 16, 2021

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Admissions

Applications Up for BU Graduate Programs Leading to Socially Conscious “Helper” Careers

February 18, 2021

Applications Up for BU Graduate Programs Leading to Socially Conscious “Helper” Careers