Boston University

BU Today

News, Opinion, Community

BU Today 12-15-2022

December 15, 2022

Photo: Workers install the massive bronze statue, "The Embrace" on December 6, 2022. A work works from a lowered crane on the large left hand that seems to be holding up a large bronze stone. The entire sculpture looks like two bronze hands grasping and holding up a large rock or bundle.

MLK Memorial on Boston Common

December 14, 2022

Photo: Emily Burbo (COM’24) presents her project on tree canopies at the Cross College Challenge exhibition in Questrom on Tuesday, Dec. 13. A young white woman with long blonde hair and wearing a white blouse a white blouse and black blazer, smiles as she stands in front of a large screen showing an example of a pop up forest.

environmental health

A Tree Grows in Boston

December 14, 2022

A vector image filled with yellow balloons, fireworks, and party hats, depicting a festive new year scene. The background is a mint green color

Listen Now

Thanks for the Memories, 2022. Now It’s Time to Start Anew

December 14, 2022

BU Today 12-14-2022

December 14, 2022

Photo: Grace Knoop (COM ’23), co-president of BU Figure Skating, performs a solo number during the club’s Holiday Spectacular. A young white woman with red-ginger hair, glides along an ice rink. She wears a green skating dress and smiles as she holds one of her legs back behind her and glides forward.

BU Figure Skating Club Holiday Spectacular

December 13, 2022

Photo of President Brown and Edward Avedisian seated at a large, dark brown table one stage, smiling and looking off to the right at the crowd.

OBITUARY

Edward Avedisian, Clarinetist and Philanthropist Whose $100 Million Gift Renamed BU’s School of Medicine, Dies at 85

December 13, 2022

n this Dec. 1988 file photo, a police officer walks past the wreckage in Lockerbie, Scotland of Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York. The Dec. 21, 1988 explosion would quickly transform the Scottish town into a byword for international terror. Now it is being remembered again because of the 2011 conflict in Libya, the country that accepted responsibility for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103. (AP Photo)

Parents

Mother of Terrier Killed in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Says Arrest “Only Brings Sadness”

December 13, 2022

Graduate Students

BU Graduate Students Vote to Unionize in Lopsided Approval

December 13, 2022

BU Today 12-13-2022

December 13, 2022

Photo: Casey Crawford, a young white person with a short hair cut and wearing a white longsleeved shirt, places one of the last few ornaments on a large fir tree before choir rehearsal starts during the annual “Hanging of the Greens” on December 8 at Marsh Chapel.

2022 Hanging of the Greens

December 12, 2022

Photo: Melisa Osborne, a woman wearing a blue face mask and floral burgundy dress, leads a multi-disciplinary CAS class taking a look at the racism implicit in science and healthcare and trying to unpack it. She stands in front of a large lecture class room facing the class as she lectures.

Life Sciences

This BU Class Aims to Undo a History of Racism in Science and Healthcare

December 12, 2022

Photo: A young Asian woman wearing glasses and a white puffer jacket leans to the right to look at the screen of a young white man's laptop which is sitting in his lap. He looks over to his right at the woman and smiles and gestures knowingly. They both sit in front of a pinkish wall.

Academics

Biannual Cross-College Challenge Expo, Featuring Projects That Address Real-World Problems, on Tuesday

December 12, 2022

A stock chart showing falling prices with red candles. There is a large red question mark overlayed on the left side of the image. The whole image has a green tint.

Listen Now

How Will Inflation Affect the Economy in 2023?

December 12, 2022

Khloe Kardashian, from left, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner arrive at Cosmopolitan magazine's 50th birthday celebration on Oct. 12, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. The Kardashians are promising an all-access pass into their lives, again, when they hit screens April 14 with a new reality series, "The Kardashians," this time on Hulu. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Voices & Opinion

POV: Before You Decide to Keep Up with the Kardashians, Consider This

December 12, 2022

BU Today 12-12-2022

December 12, 2022

Photo: Rebecca Lawrence (CAS’23), left, and Javaughn Headley (CAS’23) enjoy The Zen Zone at the Wellbeing Experience in the GSU Ballroom Dec 8. A tan person with curly hair relaxes in a dark purple, star-studded beanbag next to a Black young man wearing a red sweater relaxing on a similar patterned bean bag. A screen behind them plays a relaxing scene as they settle in a large tent with dimmed lighting and fairly lights hanging from the ceiling.

The Wellbeing Experience

December 11, 2022

Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide: Alumni-Owned Businesses

December 9, 2022

Beautiful new Christmas tree ornaments

Holiday Movies

A Crowdsourced List of the Best Holiday Movie Classics

December 9, 2022

Photo: Overhead shot of Fiorella Polit (CAS’24) studying for her neuropsychology exam on the fifth floor of LAW Dec 5. A young woman in a white puffy jacket writes in a notebook in front of an open Apple laptop. Various snacks and an open colored pencil case sit around her on the table she writes on.

Watch Now

Video: It’s Time for Finals: That Means It’s Also Time to Stock Up on Snacks

December 9, 2022

Video: It’s Time for Finals: That Means It’s Also Time to Stock Up on Snacks