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Public Policy

A woman drops a ballot into a ballot box

Politics

What Massachusetts Voters Need to Know about 2018 Ballot Questions

November 5, 2018

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Politics

Learning How Cities Work

September 14, 2018

Vivien Schmidt

Accolades

Pardee’s Vivien Schmidt Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

June 15, 2018

Public Policy

SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision Rests on Antireligious Rhetoric

June 6, 2018

Dennis Hart, Former Associate General Counsel at Boston University

Research

Associate General Counsel Dennis Hart Retires

May 30, 2018

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

Ziming Xuan, Michael Siegel, and David Jones speak at a Community Forum on Gun Violence at the Boston University School of Public Health on March 14, 2018.

Politics

SPH Holds Community Forum on Gun Violence

March 15, 2018

Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks at Boston University

Politics

Former UN Secretary-General Kicks Off BU Think Tank

March 1, 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

Public Policy

University Launches $20 Million Innovate@BU Initiative for Students

November 29, 2017

University Launches $20 Million Innovate@BU Initiative for Students