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Government & Law

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Public Policy

Why IUDs and Birth Control Implants Are on the Rise

April 8, 2019

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Computer Science

These Are the Top Cybersecurity Threats to Watch

February 8, 2019

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Climate Change

Eight Ways Boston Could Become Carbon Free

January 29, 2019

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Computer Science

BU Experts on Why Patch Fixes Won’t Stop Massive Data Breaches

December 10, 2018

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Economics

How Corporations Disguise Lobbying as Philanthropy

December 3, 2018

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Computer Science

A Better Way to Predict Election Outcomes

November 6, 2018

Political scientists Maxwell Palmer (from left), David Glick, and Katherine Levine Einstein say big-city mayors shun higher office because of its hard-edged partisanship. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Social Sciences

Why Some Politicians Shun Promotions

August 1, 2018

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Healthcare

Medicaid Expansion Increases Volume and Quality of Care in Rural Areas

June 19, 2018

Vivien Schmidt

Accolades

Pardee’s Vivien Schmidt Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

June 15, 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

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Global Health

Counterfeit Viagra Is a Problem

April 11, 2018

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Public Policy

BU Expert: Trump Opioid Plan a Dud

March 28, 2018

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Government & Law

BU Economist Faults Trump for Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

March 23, 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

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Public Policy

Misstatement of the Union: What Trump Got Wrong on Immigration

February 1, 2018

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Public Policy

Leaders of US Cities Worried about Lack of Affordable Housing

January 24, 2018

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Government & Law

Cost of Post 9/11 Wars: $4.6 Trillion

November 16, 2017

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Social Sciences

Mapping Mass Incarceration

November 6, 2017

Mapping Mass Incarceration