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University News

School of Theology Adjusts to New Reality: Ministry Expands Beyond Church

April 18, 2025

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University News

BU Graduate Schools Rise in 2025 U.S. News Rankings

April 8, 2025

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Student Life

Video: What It’s Like to Be a First-Generation College Student

November 6, 2024

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University News

Seven-Month Strike Ends as BU Graduate Workers Union Ratifies Contract

October 17, 2024

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University News

Graduate Student Union Agrees to put BU’s Offer to a Ratification Vote That Would End Strike

October 11, 2024

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University News

University Makes New Contract Offer to Graduate Students

August 7, 2024

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COMMENCEMENT 2024

Protests Unfold in and around Nickerson Field during BU’s 151st Commencement

May 19, 2024

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University News

Dean Sandro Galea Leaving BU’s School of Public Health for WashU Opportunity

May 6, 2024

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University News

BU RAs Authorize Four-Day Strike over Contract Negotiations

April 11, 2024

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University News

BU Graduate Workers Launch Strike with Rally, Picket Plans

March 25, 2024

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University News

BU Graduate Students Are Set to Strike over Benefits and Pay

March 19, 2024

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University News

BU’s Metropolitan College Online Programs Continue to Climb in U.S. News Rankings

February 7, 2024

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Business

A Family Recipe Turns into a Successful Vegan-Friendly Snack Company

January 29, 2024

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Watch Now

Terriers in Charge: Annie Goodridge (Questrom’24, SPH’24)

October 20, 2023

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Commencement 2023

Meet Three Inspiring Master’s Students from the Class of 2023

May 17, 2023

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Exhibitions

BU Art Galleries Play Host to 2023 MFA Painting and Sculpture, Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Shows

April 6, 2023

Photo: Joel Christian Gill teaches a new MFA program in Visual Narrative on November 7, 2022. A black man wearing a short-sleeved red collared shirt gesticulates with arms outstretched as he speaks to a student sitting in front of an electric drawing tablet. Other students can be seen in the bright classroom working on similar tablets.

Academics

Comics Artist Joel Christian Gill Launches BU’s New Visual Narrative MFA Degree

February 27, 2023

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Campus Life

BU’s Newbury Center Hosts Sixth Annual First-Gen Graduate Student Symposium

February 23, 2023

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Accolades

U.S. News: Three BU Online Programs among the Nation’s Best, for 10th Year Running

January 23, 2023

Student Life

BU Graduate Students Vote to Unionize in Lopsided Approval

December 13, 2022

BU Graduate Students Vote to Unionize in Lopsided Approval