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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Ann McKee, the BU Alzheimer's Disease Center' Associate Director and the BU CTE Center's Director, was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Ann McKee named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2018

Jenna Manto April 26, 2018
Boston University professor Ann McKee has been named one of Time Magazine’s most influential pioneers of 2018.
PHOTO BY KATIE GODERE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former NFL star Nick Buoniconti pledges brain to BU CTE Center

Elise Takahama November 3, 2017

A little over a month after scientists announced they may have discovered a way to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in living people — not just postmortem — athletes and veterans...

The sports safety seminar at Friday's Play It Forward summit emphasized on the consequences of repetitive head trauma and the dangers of CTE. PHOTO BY SOFIA LAURITO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professor, coach, student-athlete discuss consequences of concussions

Oriana Durand April 16, 2016

Boston University School of Medicine professor Ann McKee; Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; and Rachel Blauner, a midfielder on the BU women’s soccer team, discussed...

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