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Mental health study co-led by BU professor finds college student mental health improves for third year in a row

By Isabelle Zhang, City Co-Editor November 14, 2025
Mental health for college students has improved for the third year in a row, according to a national survey on mental health co-led by Sarah Lipson, a Boston University School of Public Health associate professor. The annual Healthy Minds Study has received over 935,000 respondents since it launched in2007 launch and surveys college students across the United States on mental health outcomes, knowledge and attitudes. 
East to West: Oct. 8, 2021

East to West: Oct. 8, 2021

By Veronica Thompson October 8, 2021

Three day weekend! Today on East to West, we cover allegations against BU Orientation Director Shiney James, StuGov’s approval of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Act, plans for Interstate 90’s...

A message left by protesters in East Campus at Sunday night's sexual assault protest LILY KEPNER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Campus Survivors holds sexual assault protest, demands University listen

By Lily Kepner February 8, 2021
Nearly a month after BU junior Prisha Kumar’s second open letter condemning the University’s treatment of sexual assault was released to the public — after an initial letter written in June — Kumar and the other co-founders of the @campus.surviors Instagram account organized an on-campus protest, demanding a response from the administration.
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