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Style

Comm Ave Runway: December Edition

December 9, 2024

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Bike Safety

Electric Bikes and Scooters Are Everywhere. Here’s How You Can Stay Safe

November 27, 2024

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Student Life

Here’s Where to Find Last-Minute Back-to-School Shopping Essentials

August 28, 2024

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WOMEN'S MEMORIAL

Women Making History Today Give Voice to Past Trailblazers at Boston Women’s Memorial

January 18, 2024

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2023 IN REVIEW

The Top 10 Most-Read Stories on BU Today in 2023

December 19, 2023

Photo: The MBTA Green B Line Trolley is shown on commonwealth Avenue. People stand on the sidewalk to the left as the T passes to the right. The Boston University and Boston city skyline can be seen i the distance on the sunny day.

Transportation

Green Line Closures Loom as MBTA Tackles Slow Zones

November 13, 2023

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DEAN OF STUDENTS

Dean of Students Jason Campbell-Foster Is Rarely at His Desk. And That’s How He Likes It

September 14, 2023

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 14 to 17

September 13, 2023

Photo: View of the CDS building from Commonwealth Ave on October 9, 2022. Nighttime stock campus photo of Boston University campus shows street-view of cars and pedestrians on BU's campus. The city and CDS building can be seen brightly lit against the night scene.

Safety

Making Sense of “Swatting” Hoax That Hit BU Sunday Night

April 10, 2023

Photo: Businessperson Catarina Chang (SHA'11) poses for a photo at Sunset Cantina on January 17,2023. A young Asian woman wearing a long-sleeved jewell blue blouse, poses with arms folded over each other on a wooden divider. Wooden dining tables can be seen in a seating area behind her. The ceiling/walls are decorated with brightly colored fan ornaments of various sizes.

Food & Dining

Sunset Cantina Reopens, with an Alum a Co-owner

January 25, 2023

Photo: The Ribbon cutting to officially open the Center for Computing and Data Science Dec 8. From left are Associate Provost for Computing and Data Sciences Azer Bestavros, CAS dean Stan Sclaroff, Boston City Mayor Michelle Wu, President Robert A Brown, Board of Trustees chair Ahmass Fakahany (Questrom’79), Provost Jean Morisson, and Boston city councilor Kenzie Bok. They all stand with scissors in hand looking down as a cut blue ribbon floats to the ground.

University News

BU Unveils Dramatic, Fossil Fuel–Free Center for Computing & Data Sciences

December 8, 2022

Photo: Exterior of Fuel America. Large red letters read "Fuel America" as the red canopy below reads "A new American Coffeehouse" both over the entrance for the shop.

Food & Dining

New Coffee Shop, Fuel America, Opens on West Campus

November 9, 2022

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Campus Life

Video: Navigating Comm Ave

September 14, 2022

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Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fenway-Kenmore

September 13, 2022

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Things-to-do

Boston Holiday Events 2021

December 16, 2021

photo of an eastbound Green Line trolley pulling into the MBTA’s new Amory Street station. Two people wait under the new overhang of the station as the green trolley pulls up on the tracks.

MBTA

New T Stops Now Open along West Campus

November 15, 2021

People walk along Commonwealth Ave outside the storefront for Gopchang Story Korean BBQ restaurant.

Campus Life

What’s Closed, What’s New, and What’s Opening Soon along Comm Ave

September 1, 2021

Photo taken from the top floor of Kilachand Center which shows the he Data Science Center Construction, at right, and the COM lawn onMarch 23. The lawn is yellowish green, as the grass has just begun growing, and the sky is clear blue.

Construction

Erector Crew Error Blamed for Beam Accident at Center for Computing & Data Sciences Construction Site

June 1, 2021

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MBTA

MBTA Speeds Up Green Line B Branch Station Project

April 15, 2021

A photo of the MBTA green line running down Comm Ave.

MBTA

MBTA B Branch Station Consolidation to Begin February 15

February 9, 2021

MBTA B Branch Station Consolidation to Begin February 15