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Student Life

Updated: Holiday Break Checklist: What to Know about Leaving, Returning

December 17, 2020

Composite image of students and memorable moments from 2020, including the California Wild Fires, a portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, protestors yelling at copes, students moving into BU with masks on, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris doing a knuckle-touch, COVID patients in the hospital, and one of first people in the US receiving a coronavirus vaccine.

Student Voices

Terriers Take a Final Look Back at 2020

December 17, 2020

Student Life

Staying in Town for Winter Break? Ward off Boredom with These Useful Tips

December 16, 2020

Photos of different members of BU’s UPro dance group dancing in festive outfits from their respective locations. Each photo has a festive frame and looks like a holiday card; they are set on a green background with snowflakes.

Holiday Spirit

Video: Student Dance Group UPro Offers Some Holiday Cheer from around the Globe

December 16, 2020

Photo of Hikima Lukomwa (SAR’22), community linked coordinator, in a red sweatshirt and jean jacket, with Jillian White (COM’22), in a pink fleece, a community development leader, while they give a virtual tour use a handheld phone tripod. The Citgo sign is seen blurred in the background.

Admissions

A Look at How Prospective Terriers Are Touring Campus during the Pandemic

December 16, 2020

Collage of photos from Boston University Collegiate Recovery Program Instagram

Recovery

Recovery@BU Photo Project Aims to Promote Awareness

December 15, 2020

A portrait photo of Mary Ann French

University News

She’s Made Student Employment Her Mission at BU

December 14, 2020

Screenshot of Bernie Sanders in a light brown rain coat from his iconic fundraising campaign video during the 2020 presidential primary. The closed captioning text reads “I am once again asking for you to read this Hey BU article.” Behind, a suburban neighborhood street corner is seen.

Social Media

20 Memes That Got Us through 2020

December 12, 2020

Student Voices

40 Tuesdays, 40 Terriers, 40 Inspiring Pieces of Advice

December 11, 2020

A man pan handles outside the Harvard MBTA Station on May 5, 2020. The man holds a small sign that says "money for food." In the foreground, a woman in a blue jacket rides by on a bicycle.

Journalism & Media

Finding the Story in the Numbers

December 11, 2020

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University News

BU Rolling Out New Student Conflict Resolution Program

December 10, 2020

A photo of Commonwealth Mall with snow on the ground and holiday lights strung up on the trees

Things-to-do

The Weekender: December 10 to 13

December 10, 2020

Photo of the exterior of Taco Bell on Commonwealth Ave. Two people are seen about to walk in the door, and one person in a purple sweatshirt and face mask walks by.

Food & Dining

Students Like the New Taco Bell Cantina. But Does the Boston Globe Food Critic?

December 9, 2020

Photo of a right pubis bone of a dinosaur fossil.

Fossils

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China

December 8, 2020

Photo of Megan Berkowitz (STH’21, SSW’21) leaning over a loom while backstrap weaving by hand. A tree with bright yellow leaves is seen in the background.

Pandemic Hobbies

Photo Essay: BU Community Takes Up New, Sometimes Not-So-New, Hobbies during Pandemic

December 8, 2020

Composite image of three vertical photos. The first photo, taken by Skyler Gauuan, shows to women in the corner mirror of a small grocery store with a social distancing sign. The next photo from Bridgette Lang depicts pink fluffy clouds over Kenmore Square. The last photo from Christine Russo shows a piece of graph paper and pen sitting in front of computer with google open with someone in the background working on their laptop. Overlay is bright pink.

Student Voices

Photos of Life Before the Pandemic and Now, Our New Normal

December 5, 2020

Photo of the students of the BU Filipino Student Association sitting in a hallway with green FSA sweatshirts on.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Universities Need to Invest in, and Support, Cultural Organizations for Students

December 3, 2020

A gathering of family, friends, city officials, bicycle advocates, and others from the BU community filled the sidewalk on Saturday, November 21, 2020, to celebrate the life of Christopher Weigl with a memorial ghost bike installation ceremony on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street in Boston, where he was killed on his bike by a truck driver in December of 2012.

University News

New Ghost Bike, and Finished Bike Lanes, Honor BU Student Killed in 2012 Crash

December 2, 2020

A photo of AdLab leaders Hailey McKee (COM’20), and Hannah Schweitzer (COM’21) in front of one of there campaign displays

Public Health

F*ck It Won’t Cut It Student Coronavirus Safety Campaign Gets National Recognition

December 2, 2020

The Papadakis triplets: Alex (from left), Lena, and Joanna

Student Life

From Premie to Pre-Med

December 1, 2020

From Premie to Pre-Med