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The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University began researching the novel coronavirus in mid-March in order to develop a vaccine and analyze how the virus is spread. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU labs, researchers and students fight COVID-19

Ellie Yeo April 29, 2020
The BU research community have committed themselves to combating the coronavirus since the campus shutdown announced on March 17. Medical students, lab technicians and professors have joined an international movement of private institutions dedicating their resources and expertise to pandemic response.
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...

Timeline: A History of BU

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2014

  April 24, 1839 A group of Boston Methodist ministers establishes a theological school in Newbury, Vt., called the Newbury Biblical Institute, which would later become the BU School of Theology. 1847 The...

City Council wrestles with risks of deadly pathogen research in BU laboratories

Daily Free Press Admin April 17, 2014

More than 300 Boston University officials and Boston residents attended a hearing at City Hall Wednesday to debate an ordinance that would ban BU from conducting research on deadly pathogens in its...

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