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The Sept. 11 memorial on the BU Beach.The Boston University School of Public Health hosted a virtual conversation Friday titled “Twenty Years Later: Learning from 9/11” in reflection of the tragedy’s relationship to the field of public health. MEGHAN SCOTT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SPH, BU community reflect on 9/11, relates to public health

Paul Osheske September 13, 2021
Experts from New York discuss the World Trade Center Health Registry and general public health effects that came from 9/11.
mother and child holding a "please don't kill my son" sign at a breonna taylor protest

BU event reflects on neurological impact of racism on Black Americans

Molly Farrar April 13, 2021
Research presented at a BU seminar said racial trauma can cause PTSD symptoms in Black Americans.
Small Smiles: Obama’s (unintentional) odes to growing up

Small Smiles: Obama’s (unintentional) odes to growing up

Olivia Polos October 25, 2017

A series of letters written in the 1980s by former President Barack Obama have recently been recovered and made public for viewing at Emory University. The letters are addressed to a long distance girlfriend...

EDITORIAL: Diversity, not Donald Trump, is Emory University's real problem

EDITORIAL: Diversity, not Donald Trump, is Emory University’s real problem

Editors March 27, 2016

Emory University students launched protests against pro-Donald Trump chalk messages that appeared around the university’s campus in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, The Washington Post reported. Students...

Students see necessity for the university to provide free feminine hygiene products in campus facilities following the national discourse on the high cost and inaccessibility of tampons and pads. ILLUSTRATION BY BRIGID KING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Efforts to “free the tampon” spur BU students’ interest

Ellen Cranley March 23, 2016

The recent national conversation around the high cost of feminine hygiene products have led students at higher education institutions to speak out in favor of having free products on campus to increase...

PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

THADANI: Ebola, a Snapchat spectacle

Trisha Thadani October 17, 2014

There’s not much I could say about the current Ebola outbreak that hasn't already been articulated yet. There’s already the voice of the hypochondriacs who think every sneeze in a public space is...

EDIT: Emory University president railed for racism

Daily Free Press Admin February 25, 2013

Racism is not a positive thing, and thus hard to present in a positive light when issuing a statement to the public. But in a column he wrote for the university magazine, Emory University President James...

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