Campus Life
BU Today has launched a new Featured Events Calendar!
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Awards
Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers
White House’s presidential award recognizes BU researchers studying special education, lasers, and genes and DNA
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Student Life
CGS Students Thrive in Their Gap Semesters
From delivering babies in a busy city hospital to programming classes in JavaScript, the newly matriculated freshmen recount their experiences
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Things-to-do
The Weekender: February 6 to 9
Cards & Crepes with the BU Arts Initiative, Funny Girl at Citizens Opera House, and skating on Boston Common Frog Pond
Featured Events
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Climate Change
Can Gold Reserves Help Pay for Climate Disaster Recovery?
A new BU study finds that selling some of the International Monetary Fund’s gold could help relieve climate-vulnerable countries’ debt
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Public Health
“Unprecedented” Medicaid Cuts Could Cripple Health Program, BU Experts Warn
As Republicans weigh cuts to program that most benefits the poor, BU Medicaid Policy Lab leaders say there are other options to reduce Medicaid spending
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Men's Beanpot
BU Trounces Harvard 7-1 in Beanpot Semifinal
Terriers will vie for their 32nd Beanpot Championship next Monday at TD Garden
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BU alcohol researcher applauds effort, says warning labels will better educate public to risks
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What Have We Learned So Far from the Start of Trump’s First 100 Days?
As the new president continues to sign a dizzying number of executive orders, immigration, climate change, and tariffs surface to the top of his priority list
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The Voice of BU Men’s Hockey
Play-by-play announcer Bernie Corbett is celebrating 40 years calling games
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Arts & Culture
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Business & Law
- What Have We Learned So Far from the Start of Trump’s First 100 Days?
- How Much Should the Fragile Middle East Ceasefire Be Celebrated?
- Six BU Alums Celebrated in Latest Forbes Lists
Campus Life
- Celebrate National Pizza Day with a Slice from Any of These 10 Local Spots
- A Look Back at Bean’s First Year at BU
- CGS Students Thrive in Their Gap Semesters
Health & Medicine
- “Unprecedented” Medicaid Cuts Could Cripple Health Program, BU Experts Warn
- Surgeon General Urges Updating Health Warning Labels on Alcohol Products to Reflect Cancer Risk
- Making Sense of the Fluoridated Water Debate
In the City
- The Weekender: February 6 to 9
- The Weekender: January 30 to February 2
- Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Charlestown
Science & Technology
- Does China’s DeepSeek Represent a New—and Much Cheaper—Frontier in AI Technology?
- BU to Help Massachusetts Expand Access to Artificial Intelligence Computing
- Should It Be That Easy to 3D Print a Gun and Silencer?
Sports
- A Super Bowl Conspiracy Theory Unwrapped—Was the Matchup Predetermined?
- BU Trounces Harvard 7-1 in Beanpot Semifinal
- 2025 Men’s Beanpot Begins Monday: Here’s What You Need to Know
University News
- Ibram X. Kendi Departing Boston University
- Boston University Student Mental Health Services Honored in Princeton Review Project
- BU Police Department Adds Virtual Reality as a Training Tool
Voices & Opinion
- POV: My Son Has a Rare Form of Cancer. I Understand if Taxpayers Aren’t Providing Funds to Research It Yet
- How Much Should the Fragile Middle East Ceasefire Be Celebrated?
- Trauma from Los Angeles Fires Will Take a Village to Treat