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Music

What Would a BU Spotify Playlist Sound Like? Like This.

September 29, 2021

Students wearing PPE face coverings study in the Boston University College of General Studies lounge.

Behavioral Health

Classes and Campus Life Are Back. So Why Are Students Still Lonely?

September 29, 2021

Photo of Ibram X. Kendi smiling. He has shoulder length locs that are pulled back, and he wears a blue suit, colorful pocket square, and light blue button up shirt. The portrait was taken outside, a building and a tree are blurred in the distance.

Accolades

Ibram Kendi, BU Center for Antiracist Research Founding Director, Wins 2021 MacArthur “Genius” Grant

September 28, 2021

Pitcher Chris Sale practices on the mound while team mates watch. Red sox team members dressed in red and blue stand behind the mound, and Sale is seen mid pitch. The photo was taken during a practice on June 11, 2021 and the red seats in the stands are empty.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Three Jeers for the Anti-Vax Red Sox

September 28, 2021

Listen Now

What Would It Mean to Codify Roe v. Wade?

September 27, 2021

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Social Media

From Instagram to Twitter, Join the Class of 2020 Commencement Celebration

September 27, 2021

Awards

COM Grad Student Wins Humanitas Prize College Screenwriting Fellowship

September 27, 2021

Photo of a marble, honorary bust of the late Holocaust chronicler Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) at Washington National Cathedral’s Human Rights Porch. It protrudes from the top of a white marble column and looks to the left.

Human Rights

Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) Honored with Bust in Washington National Cathedral

September 25, 2021

Making Friends

Five Tips for Making Friends in College

September 24, 2021

Ann-Lyssa Asare (Pardee’20) pops a champagne bottle full of confetti for a photo shoot in Marsh Plaza May 13, 2020. She wears a graduation cap and a red robe.

Commencement

Class of 2020 Graduates Are Returning in Droves for Sunday’s Commencement

September 24, 2021

Photo of Director Ken Schneider (left) working with director of photography Roberto Chile at the home of Cuban artist Fuster for the film, Los Hermanos/The Brothers, which is one of the nine films screening during BLIFF. Schneider has brown curly hair and a gotee and holds a tripod. Chile holds a video camera and both men look off to their left. They are in a building covered by mosaic designs.

Film & TV

Boston’s Latino International Film Festival, Kicking Off Today, Helmed by BU Alum

September 24, 2021

Photo of Sally Starr, wearing a red BU hat and a white Boston University t-shirt with red writing, holding two field hockey balls and a coach's whistle in her hand during what appears to be a field hockey practice.

Varsity Sports

Field Hockey Hosts Patriot League Home Opener Saturday

September 24, 2021

Photo of School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea at a crimson Boston University podium, looking down and speaking into a mic, at a tearful memorial for David Jones. On a screen behind him, a photo of David Jones is seen—he’s a middle-aged man, smiling with salt-and-pepper hair and beard. A quote of his is next to his portrait but it’s cut off. The backs of peoples heads who are seating are seen in the foreground.

Memorial

SPH’s David Jones Remembered at Memorial Service

September 23, 2021

Collage of photos from rallies supporting fossil fuel divestment at Boston University

University News

Boston University to Divest from Fossil Fuel Industry

September 23, 2021

Early Fall view of a green BU Beach wtih the College of Arts & Sciences building in the background.

Fossil Fuel Divestment

Campus Reacts to BU’s Commitment to Divest from Fossil Fuels

September 23, 2021

Photo of a table filled with taffy and fluff containers filled with business cards, as well as a display of pins in the shape of jars of fluff. Behind the table, a sign reads “FLUFF. MAGNETS. TAFFY. PINS.” Photo was taken at What the Fluff Festival on September 22, 2018 in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 23 to 26

September 23, 2021

Photo of Pulmonary fellow Ellen Suder working in the high containment lab. She wears a large, blown up white suit with a clear head piece, and wears gloves as she performs experiments underneath a clear hood. A red curled tube hangs from the ceiling and goes into her suit.

School of Medicine

MED’s Biology of the Lung Funded through Its 50th—Yes, 50th—Year

September 23, 2021

Photo of Taliban fighters atop vehicles with white Taliban flags with black characters, parading along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. The cars are mostly dark colored trucks and the fighters all appear to be men.

Voices & Opinion

POV: My Service in Afghanistan and the Illusion of Hollywood Endings

September 22, 2021

Dr. Terri Dolan, David Lustbader, Cataldo Leone, Robert A. Brown, Karen Antman, and Justin Middleton at the ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of the three-year, $115 million expansion and renovation of the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Tuesday, September 21.

University News

BU School of Dental Medicine Celebrates Completion of Three-Year $115 Million Expansion, Renovation

September 21, 2021

Photo taken July 30 of the scene of a crash between two Green line T trains near 971 Commonwealth Ave in Boston. The front of the green line car is smushed in, the glass is broken and the car lights are off.

Transportation

NTSB Preliminary Report on July 30 MBTA Green Line B Branch Crash: Operator Put Trolley at “Full Power” before Crash

September 21, 2021

NTSB Preliminary Report on July 30 MBTA Green Line B Branch Crash: Operator Put Trolley at “Full Power” before Crash