COVID-19
May 2022 Update to BU COVID Procedures for Employees and Students
May 2022 – Boston University recently announced new campus-wide transitions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change. The mask mandate in campus classrooms will end on May 13, and students will no longer be required to test weekly at that time. Asymptomatic testing will be discontinued on May 23 for BU community members such as […]
From BU Today: Boston University’s Mask Mandate to End, with Exceptions
The original article was published on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 on BU Today. March 7: Masking at BU becomes optional except for classrooms, the BUS, and health facilities. COVID-testing for on-campus employees becomes optional that day, too. Those who opt to continue masking and testing may do so. March 7 will be a bigger date […]
Spring 2022 COVID-19 Procedures for BUSTH and BU Charles River Campus
January 2022 – On Wednesday, January 5th, Boston University announced new COVID-19 adaptations as the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 virus continues. Classes will resume as scheduled on January 20, but with temporary modifications. Please read the announcement to be sure all protocols are followed before the start of the semester. Jan. 5 COVID-19 Update from […]
Prof. Courtney Goto Explores How to “Find Faith in a Deadly World”
December 2021 – During the fall 2021 semester, Associate Professor of Religious Education and 2020 Metcalf Award Winner Courtney Goto approached her Creative Pedagogy course in a unique way. While the world is still living with the COVID-19 pandemic, she took the opportunity to incorporate the pandemic into her lessons. Before the first day of […]
Navigating the Vaccination Divide
September 22, 2021 Statement from Dean Pak, Dean Stone, and Dean De La Rosa Many are aware of the recent Boston Globe article that features a current first-year Master of Divinity student who has made strong statements against COVID-19 vaccination and testing. As many already know, Boston University provides exemptions from vaccines for sincerely held […]
Fall 2021 COVID-19 Procedures for BUSTH and BU Charles River Campus
August 2021 – Boston University has announced that the Fall 2021 session will be mostly a return to pre-pandemic residential life, but will still be a transitionary time of protocols and procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both new and returning students are invited to read the following resources for precautions, testing, and information regarding […]
Summer 2021 COVID-19 Procedures for BUSTH and Campus
June 2021 – Boston University has announced that graduate students who will be attending classes during the Summer 2021 sessions will be a transitionary time of protocols and procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students should read the following resources for precautions, testing, and information regarding on-campus and Learn from Anywhere learning for Summer 2021. […]
BUSTH DMin Student’s Church Interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci about COVID-19 Vaccines
Humble, TX – Current STH Doctor of Ministry student Rev. Chad Brawley serves as the Worship Arts Pastor at The Luke Church in Humble, Texas. When the church’s senior pastor, Dr. Timothy Sloan, thought about his own hesitancies with receiving the new COVID-19 vaccine, he had an idea. “I have been…really wrestling with my own […]