Boston University

Health & Medicine

Boston University BU, alcohol education, alcoholedu.com, mandatory online alcohol course training undegradates

Public Safety

BU Mandates Online Alcohol Course for First-Year Students

June 13, 2013

Ashish Premkumar, OB/GYN, women's health in refugee camps, Lebanon, Zambia

Gender Studies

An Unconventional OB/GYN

June 6, 2013

tanning bed, solarium, skin cancer, melanoma, FDA regulation

Disease

Ban the Tan?

June 5, 2013

Ruha Benjamin author, People's Science Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier book, assistant professor of sociology and African American studies, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Politics

CAS Prof’s Book Explores Social Impact of Stem Cell Research

May 31, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, clinical assistant professor, Safer Sex in the City, Science to Policy, online social media safety and teens

Public Health

Your Teens Online

May 30, 2013

Julie Gerberding, first woman to head the Centers for Disease Control, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Boston University BU School of Public Health SPH Convocation 2013

Commencement

SPH Convocation Speaker: Become “Dauntless Doers”

May 22, 2013

Boston University BU, Deborah Vaughan, Metcalf Cup and Prize winner, commencement

Health & Medicine

Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner: MED’s Deborah Vaughan

May 14, 2013

Tim Larew and Guillermo Antonini, Boston University Class of 2013, BU Hip Hop Club, Boston rappers, Hip Hop music in Boston

Music

Points of Departure: It’s All about the Bond

May 10, 2013

Shivani Mathur, Hannah Siegel, Lani Rush, Zeynep Deligonul, Tania Mesta, Boston University BU Class of 2013, best friends

Relationships

Points of Departure: Family Time

May 9, 2013

Shayna Mizrahi and Ashley Yaraghi, Boston University BU Class of 2013

Health & Medicine

Points of Departure: There for Each Other

May 6, 2013

Boston University BU, Max Wallack, Alzheimers research prevention, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry in Aging, BU Alzheimers Disease Center, nonprofit Puzzles to Remember, Wendy Qui

Neuroscience

A 16-Year-Old Takes On a Disease of the Elderly

April 30, 2013

Adderall, college students, study drug, Adderall on college campus

Students

YouSpeak: Does Taking Adderall Give Students an Unfair Advantage?

April 29, 2013

Caroline Apovian, Boston Medical Center Obesity Research Center, The Overnight Diet: The Proven Plan for Fast, Permanent Weight Loss book

Medicine

MED Prof’s Overnight Diet: “Fast, Permanent” Weight Loss

April 26, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Nancy Kopell research, consciousness under anesthesia, mathematic models

Mathematics & Statistics

Unexpected Awakenings

April 24, 2013

Boston Marathon bombing attack, Terence Keane, trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD

Health & Medicine

Aftermath of Marathon Bombings: Anxiety, Fear Persist for Some

April 24, 2013

Dean Karen Antman, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM MED BUMC, 2013 Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award for Promotion of Women in Cancer Medicine and Cancer Research

Research

Advocating for Women Scientists

April 18, 2013

Boston University BU, disability website, peer support network, parents of children with disabilities, BU faculty staff raising children with disabilities

Staff

Help for Parents Caring for Children with Disabilities

April 16, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, global cause children childhood death worldwide, pneumonia, diarrhea

Global

Keeping Two Million Children from Dying Each Year

April 12, 2013

gay same-sex parenting family research, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Benjamin Siegel

BUSM

Gay Parents As Good As Straight Ones

April 11, 2013

Boston University BU, BU School of Medicine MED, BU School of Public Health SPH, moderate alcohol consumption risks, American Journal of Public Health, Timothy Naimi research

BUSM

A Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says

April 8, 2013

A Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says