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TODAY: Joint Departmental Awards Ceremony and Reception; Commencement is 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19
The BUSPH Community is invited to celebrate the achievements of some of this year's top students at a combined awards ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday, May 18.
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Staff volunteers needed for BUSPH Commencement on Saturday, May 19, 2012
  BUSPH commencement will be held at the Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Avenue at 5:00pm followed by a reception in FitRec. The entire event will end at about 9:00 p.m.
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BUSPH researchers will test intranasal administration of insulin, which has the advantage of direct access to the brain and avoids problems associated with orally administered medications. (Photo by Flickr user illuminaut)

Graduates Urged to Reposition Public Health as a 'Big Voice' in Health Care
  They will be called many things as they head out into the world with their public health degrees -- dreamers, do-gooders, idealists. But as they received their diplomas Saturday night, the BU School of Public Health Class of 2012 was called upon to show some muscle.   [Read More]
  The time it takes for a child to be diagnosed with HIV can be dramatically reduced by using a mobile phone text message, according to a study led by BUSPH researchers and published in a special e-health issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
In more than a decade at the helm of the Boston Foundation, Paul Grogan has worked to reverse the outdated view that large philanthropies should be benign benefactors toiling behind polite veils of privacy.
With a combination of jokes, poignant stories and encouragement to "make people hurt less," William Bicknell regaled an overflow crowd with lessons learned from more than five decades in public health.
Professor Deborah Bowen, chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, has received the top award from the Cancer Special Interest Group of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM).