BU Today

Tuesday, February 21st

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adolescent with pills

POV: More Help Needed for Youngest Victims of Opioid Epidemic

“The time is now for pediatricians to step up” to address the crisis

Alexa Pisano showing her online store on a laptop

Selling Apparel to Benefit Ocean Conservation

Questrom student’s website, activism inspired by BU class

Kenneth Rothschild poses in front of whiteboard

CAS Physicist Chosen for National Academy of Inventors

Kenneth Rothschild’s inventions bridge physics and biology

Featured Story
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Ashley Farmer, assistant professor of history and African American studies at the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

Female Activists Behind the Black Power Movement

Ashley Farmer has pieced together the stories of unsung black women who helped shape the battle against racial inequality after World War II. The CAS prof’s new book focuses on their contributions as theorists and thinkers, describing what they achieved and what they put at risk: their jobs, their husbands' jobs, their reputations, even their lives.

Upcoming Events
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Urban Seminar: Resurgence of the Latin American City

When:
February 21 at 12:00 pm
Where:
The Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Rd.

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks: A Conversation With The Family Of Henrietta Lacks

When:
February 21 at 4:30 pm
Where:
Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord St. (and online)

Screening of CNN’s Believer “Aghori In India” and Conversation with Host Reza Aslan

When:
February 21 at 5:00 pm
Where:
School of Law Auditorium, Ground Floor, 765 Commonwealth Ave.

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Series Spotlight
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The Addiction Puzzle

Since 2006, Boston University researchers have been awarded more than $130 million for addiction-related research. Currently 50 such projects are under way. In this series, BU Today examines the work of five BU investigators.

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The Addiction Puzzle, addiction research at Boston University, drug and alcohol addiction, Alexander Walley, Kathleen Kantak, Tibor Palfai, Marlene Oscar Berman, Richard Saitz

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