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Photo of long-distance runner, Rylan Pettit (ENG’23), running down a street. Grass is seen in the foreground, Pettit wears his BU jersey. Pettit made a video discussing his improvised training regimen when the pandemic sent him home to Virginia for remote learning.

Student Life

Culture of College Class Creates a Video Record of Learning—and Living—during Pandemic

June 3, 2020

Photo of the Charles River from the 26th floor of Student Village 2 May 7. Blue skies with puffy clouds are seen, as well as Storrow Drive and the Boston skyline.

Coronavirus

Testing and Flexibility Are Keys to Reopening, BU President Tells Virtual Panel

May 20, 2020

Female silhouette in front of a BU themed Zoom virtual background

Zoom Flair

Dress Up Your Next Zoom Meeting with BU Backgrounds

April 30, 2020

A photo of informational signage related to COVID-19 at the Howard Thurman Center

University News

University Outlines COVID-19 Recovery Plan

April 10, 2020

Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Binyomin Abrams gives a remote lecture using a laptop and his smart-podium at Boston University.

Remote Teaching & Learning

Remote Teaching and Learning in the Time of COVID-19

March 20, 2020

Illustration of a woman working on a laptop at home in bird cage as pathogens of the COVID-19 virus float around. A cat sits on top of the bird cage.

Coronavirus

Coping with Being Cooped Up

March 20, 2020

Photo of students walking along Comm ave in late February 2020.

Student Life

A Guide for BU Students On and Off Campus as Remote Teaching and Learning Begins

March 16, 2020

Photo of empty desks in a classroom.

University News

Updated: BU Moves All Classes Online Due to Coronavirus—Questions and Answers

March 11, 2020

Classroom of students with hands raised, with instructor out of focus in the background.

University News

First Year Students and Seniors, Here’s a Chance to Tell BU What You Think of It

February 27, 2020

Trump Supporters in Make America Great Again and Keep America Great hats at a rally for President Donald Trump at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Friday, Feb, 21, 2020.

Politics

If Identity Politics Elected Trump in 2016, What Will Happen in 2020?

February 25, 2020

Paul Schneider and Debbie Danielpour seated in an office-like setting.

Film & TV

COM, Katzenberg, and Spielberg Embrace Short-Form Videos

February 21, 2020

COM student Abby Parsons stands between two people holding up signs for political candidates.

Journalism & Media

Filling a Local News Void

January 29, 2020

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement photo

Global

Just for Fun: Six BU Classes That Might Help Harry and Meghan

January 13, 2020

Teachers and graduate students in the Boston University Cadaver Lab advanced anatomy class point and discuss features of a dissected human heart

Life Sciences

Have You Held a Human Heart? An Afternoon Inside BU’s Cadaver Lab

December 18, 2019

Paul Karasik who teaches “drawing into animation” at the College of Fine Arts holds up a book of comics to show his class

Arts & Culture

Drawing Out the Punch Line

November 7, 2019

Andrew David, a CAS lecturer in history, discusses the impeachments of past US presidents in his 20th-Century American Presidency class

Classes

Teaching Impeachment during an Impeachment Inquiry

October 15, 2019

Music

CFA’s Victor Coelho Got Plenty of Satisfaction Editing a Book about the Rolling Stones

October 9, 2019

Jossie Coleman leads a dance class

Dance

Dance Instructor Jossie Coleman: “Dance for Me Is Life, It’s Everything”

September 25, 2019

Portrait of David Carballo

University News

CAS Archaeologist David Carballo Named Assistant Provost for General Education

September 24, 2019

Two used copies of an International Human Rights textbook on a shelf with a customer browsing textbooks in the background

Classes

What You Need to Know for Getting the Best Deals on Textbooks

August 28, 2019

What You Need to Know for Getting the Best Deals on Textbooks