Boston University

Public Policy

A doctor tries to de-escalate a dangerous situation halting and angry patient. Photo by sturti/iStock

Communications

What Hospitals Can Teach the Police

May 1, 2018

Vivien Schmidt

International Relations

Professor Vivien Schmidt Awarded Guggenheim

April 27, 2018

Veronika Wirtz, a School of Public Health (SPH) associate professor of global health, and Muhammad Zaman, a College of Engineering (ENG) professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University

Global Health

The Problem of Poor-Quality Medicine

April 25, 2018

Real and counterfeit Viagra pills side by side. Real Viagra is on the right.

Global Health

Counterfeit Viagra Is a Problem

April 11, 2018

prescription opioid Oxycodone, also known as Oxycontin

Public Policy

BU Expert: Trump Opioid Plan a Dud

March 28, 2018

Public Policy

How the Firearms Industry Influences US Gun Culture, in 6 Charts

February 28, 2018

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Economics

Farmers and Forests

February 9, 2018

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Government & Law

Work Requirements + Medicaid = Bad Medicine

February 6, 2018

A child holds a protest sign

Public Policy

Misstatement of the Union: What Trump Got Wrong on Immigration

February 1, 2018

Boston Cityscape

Public Policy

Leaders of US Cities Worried about Lack of Affordable Housing

January 24, 2018

The Boston portion of the Women’s March drew a crowd estimated at 175,000 people. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

History

The Women’s March and Its Impact, One Year Later

January 22, 2018

ACES CO2 map visualizing carbon dioxide CO2 emissions in Rhode Island

Climate Change

CAS Scientists Develop ACES to Monitor Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

December 4, 2017

Tommy Leung and Nathan Perkins (MED’18)

Data Science

Count Love Project Reveals Protest Patterns

November 15, 2017

massachusetts map

Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

man carrying a concealed firearm

Public Policy

SPH Study: Higher Homicide Rates Tied to More Permissive Laws

October 20, 2017

Green-colored rendering of Boston skyline

Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

Attendees hold a Confederate Flag during the Florida Southern Pride Ride parade.

Government & Law

The Confederate Flag Symbolizes…What?

June 22, 2017

african american child eating an orange slice

Public Health

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017

Public Policy

Alternative Energy and Business

May 5, 2017

Alternative Energy and Business