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BU Today 12-21-2022

December 21, 2022

Photo: Marsh Chapel hosts its 49th annual Service of Lessons and Carols on December 9th. The service included a selection of Christmas carols, motets, and anthems with brass, organ, and timpani. A choir and small band/orchestra dressed in red robes stand and sit at the front of the chapel, along with the priest. People fill the pews in front of them. A large decorated Christmas also stands at the front of the chapel. The shot shows a large, sem-overhead shot, showcasing the grandness of the room and glass window panes.

At Marsh Chapel, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

December 20, 2022

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 8: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a bill enrollment ceremony after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, December 8, 2022. The bill mandates federal protection for same-sex marriages. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Voices & Opinion

POV: As Someone Who Identifies as Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community, Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act Feels Deeply Personal to Me

December 20, 2022

Boston University's Charles River Campus at Dusk near Marsh Plaza as traffic rushes by and then sun sets

University News

BU Today Is Taking a Short Holiday Hiatus

December 20, 2022

Photo: A group of ballerinas wearing tuts pose and dance in the center of a stage. The spotlight is on the center ballerina, who wears a white tutu. Other ballerinas all wearing matching pink tutus dance around her.

Things-to-do

Need Ideas of How to Celebrate the Holiday Season in Boston?

December 20, 2022

BU Today 12-20-2022

December 20, 2022

Photo: Basketball player, Annabelle Larnard (Questrom 23) reads to students at Hurley School in Boston on December 14, 2022. A young woman wearing a red BU long-sleeved shirt emotes expressively as she reads to three young girls who look onto the children's book the young woman holds up for them. Another athlete looks on from the left.

A Long-standing BU Athletics Holiday Tradition

December 19, 2022

A meme of a sleep-deprived Goob from Meet the Robinsons on a purple patterned background.

Social Media

22 Memes That Got Us Through 2022

December 19, 2022

students walk in central campus at Boston University on a sunny day

2022 in Review

The Top 10 Most-Read Stories on BU Today in 2022

December 19, 2022

BU Today 12-19-2022

December 19, 2022

Photo: Alexis Fearing (GMS’23), programming and communications graduate assistant, foreground, and Allison Reilly, assistant director, behind Fearing, put some finishing touching on the ClubQ memorial on display in their LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff office Dec 16. A young tan woman wearing a large red puffer coat arranges well-wishes, cards, and photos on table covered with a white table cloth.

BU LGBTQIA+ Center’s Club Q Memorial

December 17, 2022

Border of various eco holiday decor on white textured background.

Sustainability

5 Ways to Make the Holiday Season More Sustainable

December 16, 2022

Sam Weinberger (CFA’21) paints the BU rock with holiday flair as the student a cappella group the Allegrettos watches and sings on. A group of students wearing holiday hats and scarves sing as a young man bends down to spray paint a giant rock with a snowman holiday scene.

Watch Now

A Special Holiday Video Message from All of Us at BU Today

December 16, 2022

Photo: A young dark-skinned Black man models blue scrubs and a white lab coat in front of a large rose bush. The name "VERDE" is shown to the left of him in bold, white letters.

Learning Public Relations

COM’s PRLab Takes On Medical Apparel Brand VERDE as a Client

December 16, 2022

Team Revere from SHA’s Advanced Hospitality Strategic Marketing course, with city of Revere representatives: Charlie Giuffrida, Revere director of tourism (from left), Justin Park (SHA’23), Anthony Forziatti (SHA’23), Arielle Hammer (SHA’23), Ethan Phillips (SHA’23), Micaela Yee (SHA’23), and Jacqueline McLaughlin, Revere communications associate. Photo by Cydney Scott

Academics

This School of Hospitality Administration Class Doubles as a Marketing Agency for Cities, Hotels, More

December 16, 2022

Students

25 Tuesdays, 25 Terriers, 25 Inspiring Pieces of Advice

December 16, 2022

BU Today 12-16-2022

December 16, 2022

Photo: Sargent College Dean Chris Moore (center) stands in a room filled with red and white balloons to celebrate the opening of the new clinical simulation rooms. He stands in front of a dark blue wall with silver letters that read "Sargent College Center for Clinical Simulation" as well as a tv screen showing a white slide that reads the same. A small group of people stand on either side of him as they look on as he smiles and speaks.

Ribbon Cutting for Sargent’s Center for Simulated Clinical Experience

December 15, 2022

Photo: exterior of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. An old building with elaborate Greek style arches is shown.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: December 16 to 18

December 15, 2022

Nurses wait for patients outside Boston Medical Center during the early days of the pandemic, March 20, 2020. The staff inside the triage tent assessed patients’ symptoms and determined whether they could receive care through BMC’s influenza-like illness clinic (ILI) for more moderate symptoms, or if they needed to go to the Emergency Department for more serious conditions. The COVID-positive patient census at BMC skyrocketed from 22 patients on March 24, 2020, to 121 patients in just eight days, and reached 219 by April 9.

Medicine

Addressing the Ethical Issues at the Heart of the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 15, 2022

Addressing the Ethical Issues at the Heart of the COVID-19 Pandemic