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The Daily Free Press

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A study published Tuesday found that Boston University ranks sixth of 59 universities in global health research. PHOTO BY KYRA LOUIE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU ranks in top 10 for biomedical global health research

Julianna Narita April 27, 2015

Boston University ranked sixth in the nation for its biomedical research to address global health, according to the 2015 University Report Card released Tuesday from the Universities Allied for Essential...

A research team led by Sinan Aral, a management professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, looks to tap into the large network of social media sites to encourage HIV testing in South Africa. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MIT professor to promote HIV testing, public health issues via social media

Becca DeGregorio November 18, 2014

Eat this. Wear that. And make sure to do what? When faced with decisions of all sorts, defaulting to outside influence is natural: Well, what is everyone else doing? This “I’ll jump if you do” tendency...

Jake Yu (CAS '17) protests the lack of mapping for the Ebola virus by not attending classes and raising awareness for better mapping of the virus. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student raises awareness for adequate Ebola mapping in West Africa

Steve Friedman October 16, 2014

In light of Ebola scares such as the one in Boston over the Columbus Day weekend, Boston University student Jacob Yu is raising awareness about the need for more adequate mapping of the disease. Yu,...

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