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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Plaque that says "Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies"

Global Health Politics Workshop returns with HIV clinical research lecture

Siena Griffin January 31, 2023
UC Berkeley professor Ann Swidler presented her research and experiences for the season's first installment of the workshop series.
HIV-infected T cell

BU sociology department hosts HIV seminar with discussion on stigma, media exposure

Divya Sood March 4, 2021
Boston University's sociology department held an event Monday where researcher David Cort described how stigma around HIV can impact behavior.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed off on funding to explore the potential benefits of moving the state’s time zone in order to allow for more hours of sunlight during the winter. PHOTO BY BRITTANY CHANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts legislators consider shifting time zone

Shivani Singh September 21, 2016

In Boston, the sun sometimes sets as early as 4:10 p.m. in the winter. Massachusetts lawmakers are considering shifting the time zone from Eastern Standard Time to Atlantic Standard Time and eliminating...

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...

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