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COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings

Colbi Edmonds March 11, 2021
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
Boston University students and faculty gather Thursday night to reflect on the Nuremberg trials and their impact on laws, bioethics and human rights. PHOTO BY ALEXANDER NOVAKOVIC/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Hillel hosts conference, reflects on impact of Holocaust

Jordan Kimmel March 24, 2017

Nearly 50 Boston University students and professors gathered at the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House Thursday night for a symposium on the Nuremberg Doctors Trial's impact. The conference touched...

BU is launching a new Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor through the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies. PHOTO BY JESS RICHARDSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU launches Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor

Haley Fritz October 20, 2016

The Boston University Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies expanded its curriculum this semester to include a Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor. The minor “combines historical background with...

A note released Sunday by the Boston University School of Public Health dean’s note series argues that technology has diverged the way society perceives public health as an intervention rather an prevention. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Public health efforts slow as society’s attention diverges, experts argue

Anna Goncharova February 11, 2016

The Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea and SPH Professor George Annas highlighted the United States’ future of public health in an article released Sunday as part of the...

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