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Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Scientific sexism | Final girl

Kiana Aftahi April 11, 2023
The idea that women are worse at spatial tasks, more emotional or any sexist prejudice is the status quo in our world. Researchers internalize these stereotypes and conduct studies to justify them, which calls into question the validity of their methodology altogether. 
Boston University School of Medicine. BU researcher Michael Alosco was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study a new method of detecting chronic traumatic encephalopathy — CTE — in living people. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU neurology professor receives NIH grant to study brain trauma in NFL players

Anne Jonas January 26, 2021
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders awarded Boston University associate professor of neurology Michael Alosco a two-year $460,000 grant to study the chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain disease.
Boston University’s School of Medicine. BU students in programs with lab components are concerned about the quality of the University's remote lab experiences. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Health and medical students express concern over quality of remote lab experiences

Erin Regan October 7, 2020
As BU's instructors adapt to the restrictions of hybrid learning, some health and pre-medical students say they are no longer getting the hands-on experience they need to feel prepared for their careers.
A HEBweek event hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital, “Beautiful Brain” explored the intersection of art and science on Thursday inside the Ether Dome at Mass General. PHOTO BY SHIVANI SINGH/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

HUBweek event displays beautiful mind without Russell Crowe

Shivani Singh October 13, 2015

It is rare to find an artist and a scientist working together in one room and speaking in depth about their latest project. In a recent case, however, the unconventional collaboration was not only aesthetically...

Terrier to undergo surgery today

Daily Free Press Admin October 23, 1995

By Scott Lauber and Fluto Shinzawa When rookie forward Travis Roy slammed head-first into the boards on Friday night against the University of North Dakota, he flopped face-down on the ice, lying motionless...

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