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Photo of Tess Ravick (ENG’22), back, and Trevor Melsheimer (ENG’22), front work on their senior design project April 29. The device harvests water from the air. Ravick has light brown skin, wears a t-shirt, a white face mask, and their hair in a bun. Melsheimer, who has light skin and a beard and wears a gray sweater, adjusts a level of the black device on the table in front of them.

Watch Now

Water, Water, Everywhere—They Hope

May 4, 2022

Photo of Rebecca Chang (CAS’22), left, June Lin (Questrom’22), middle and Victoria Phang (Questrom’22), right, smiling and laughing as they watching the slideshow during senior class breakfast at the GSU’s Metcalf Ballroom May 5. The three all appear to be AAPI women. Behind them, their table is covered with breakfast food and glasses filled with orange juice.

Commencement 2022

Pulitzer-Winning Journalist and Author Bob Woodward Will Be BU’s 149th Commencement Speaker

May 4, 2022

Professor Sean Andersson, left, listens to Franco Julia Wise (ENG’22), at right, as he explains the workings of his team’s Soft Robot with Integrated Soft Optical Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery following the May 4 press conference at Phototonics announcing ENG getting $4.4 million from Massachusetts High Technology Council to build a new robotics lab, BU RASTIC, to complement ENG's master's program in robotics and autonomous systems. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

University News

BU to Open New Robotics Lab to Foster More Student Innovators

May 4, 2022

Photo of a blossoming lilac bush, with clusters of small purple, pink and white flowers, and large green, heart-shaped leaves.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: May 5 to 8

May 4, 2022

Coats over their arms, third-year medical students filing into a tent on the BU Medical Campus Talbot Green Monday for their in-person White Coat Ceremony. They’d had a pandemic-mandated virtual ceremony in August 2020, and Monday’s in-person ceremony was timed to coincide with the beginning of their third year, when their studies transition to clinical rotation.

Student Life

Finally, a Two-Year-Delayed In-Person White Coat Ceremony for School of Medicine Entering Class of 2020

May 4, 2022

Just For Fun

Seven Memes That Describe Being a Second-Semester Senior

May 3, 2022

Photo the cast and crew, including artist in residence Paolo Scoppola, middle, of Exit the King running a tech rehearsal April 27 at CFA’s Studio One. A large golden throne is seen center stage; behind it, a wall that reads "EXIT THE KING" in blue and is splattered with red paint. At right, an actor, Declan Schliesmann (CFA’22), dressed as a king with red and gold robes sits and practices his lines, script in hand. Scoppola, in black pants, crimson shirt, and a face mask is seen at left.

Theater Technology

Exit the King, and Enter Random Actor

May 3, 2022

Photo of Aymen Yibrie, from left, N’Sikan Keendow, Abigail Mureithi, Axum Afework, Daniela Baez, and Naomi Boye work on their braiding during Naturally BU’s braiding demonstration at CAS. Various Black students stand around a mannequin head clipped to a desk as they practice and laugh. A few students wear masks.

Student Clubs

Promoting the Beauty of Natural Hair

May 3, 2022

Photo of a crowd of people gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington on the night of May 3. They protest overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade. Photo focuses on a young woman holding a sign mid-shout and holding a sign that reads "Abortions are Healthcare, Necessary, Justice. Keep them Legal!"

Politics

Is the End of Roe v. Wade Near? Leaked SCOTUS Brief Says Yes

May 3, 2022

Listen Now

How Do I Get a Job after College?

May 2, 2022

Collage of 3 photos of the 2022 Perkins Service Award staff winners from left to right: Francis Antonelli, Nancy Clinton, and Cynthia Bradford

Accolades

2022 Perkins Service Awards Go to Three Longtime BU Staffers

May 2, 2022

The husband-and-wife duo, Noah (ENG’21) and Astha Flynn (CAS’18, Questrom’23), stood alongside Ian Mashiter, interim executive director of Innovate@BU, Li Liang, managing director of the BUild Lab, and Tom Samph (COM’10), program director of Innovate@BU, after winning an $18,000 check for their start-up, MetNet.

University News

Entrepreneurial Students, Alum Take Home $64,000 in Cash Prizes at Recent Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition

May 2, 2022

Kathleen Overbaugh runs the track with a baton in hand as someone races in close pursuit as onlookers cheer

Sports

Track and Field Terriers Head to Patriot League Outdoor Championships

May 2, 2022

A composite image of profiles of Cheryl Hercules, Maria Ochua and Jeffrey Brunz

Digital Learning

Online MBA, “Biggest Experiment” in Questrom’s History, Is a Success

May 2, 2022

Photo of a young Ukrainian girl sleeping on top of a pile of suitcases. She is sleeping underneath a few thick blankets and a large pile of suitcases is seen behind her.

Refugee Crisis

First Afghans. Now Ukrainians. BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Gets Ready to Help Again

April 29, 2022

Photo of Mita Das, (left), a Bentley University Senior Lecturer of Mathematical Sciences and Prreeti Tiwari, right of South Windsor, CT, rehearsing for the Playwright's Theatre marathon. Das wears a green vest, white long sleeve, black pants and wears no shoes. She is a brown woman with brown hair. She sits on a stool and leans over to Tiwari, putting her hand on her knee. Tiwari, a brown woman with short black hair, looks forlorn, and wears bright yellow overalls.

Theatre

Boston Theater Marathon Returns to Live, In-Person Performances—and to BU

April 28, 2022

Photo of Judy Braha (CFA’08) at a rehearsal for Shakespeare in Love. Braha wears a long, light blue button-down and black jeans. She's a white woman with short, gray hair. Behind her, in a room with wooden floor, five students are seen rehearsing dance moves.

Theatre

CFA’s Judy Braha Caps BU Career Directing Shakespeare in Love

April 28, 2022

Photo of Lizzy Nevins, a young woman wearing a black riding helmet and red BU Equestrian jacket, standing next to BU Equestrian head coach Phyllis Cervelli, wearing a similar red jacket and white cap, in a barn barn. Lizzy is shown petting the head of a large dark brown horse with a black mane as Cervelli looks on to her right.

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Yes, BU Has an Equestrian Team. And It Just Had a Record Season

April 27, 2022

photo of the inside of Roadrunner during a concert with a full house. On stage, at back, a band is playing, lit by bright white lights. The photo is taken from above on the second floor balcony.

In the City

Six Boston Live Music Venues to Check Out

April 27, 2022

Photo of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi at What the Science Tells Us: Racial Health and Economic Inequities during the Pandemic Symposium presented by The BU Center for Antiracist Research in the Metcalf Hall October 1. He wears a blue suit and a patterned blue button down. He sits on stage with hands folded in lap as he looks on to the audience.

In the City

The Weekender: April 28 to May 1

April 27, 2022

The Weekender: April 28 to May 1