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"We Did It Again": BUSPH Students Finish First in 2009 Madness Against Malaria Competition

  True to their name, the Beantown 'Skeeter Beater Three-peaters were named first-place winners in the annual Madness Against Malaria competition for the third straight year. The team, which is organized by the BUSPH student service organization Rotaract, raised over $6,100 in this year's contest to buy more than 1,300 bed nets for people in malaria-stricken countries. "It's very exciting that we did it again," said Rachel Pitek, a recent BUSPH graduate who has participated...[Continued]