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The inaugural cohort of the College of Arts & Sciences Society of Fellows has taken up residence at Boston University this fall: Alisa Prince (from left), Alize Arican, Tori Lee, and Jacob Bongers (not pictured: Najwa Mayer). Photo courtesy of College of Arts & Sciences

University News

CAS Society of Fellows Is Opening New Doors for Early-Career Scholars at BU

October 13, 2022

The corner in Coolidge Corner

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

October 13, 2022

BU Today 10-13-2022

October 13, 2022

Residence Life

7 Ways To Stay Engaged With Your Residence Hall

October 12, 2022

Photo of people congregating in an open art gallery. Some sit and stand as art is featured on the walls.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: October 13 to 16

October 12, 2022

A photo of many cannabis leaves on a living plant. President Biden’s pardons for people convicted under federal marijuana possession law are a good-faith, but limited step in reforming cannabis policy, BU’s Seth Blumenthal says. Photo by Rick Proctor/Unsplash

Politics

Will Biden’s Pot Pardons Make a Difference—or Will States Ignore the Policy Change?

October 12, 2022

BU Today 10-12-2022

October 12, 2022

Photo: Ella Loizides (CAS’25) works on her history homework on a long, wooden bench. A young women wearing a brown shirt and black pants sits cross-legged on a long bench. She writes in a notebook on her lap as her laptop sits open in front of her.

Bench Studies

October 11, 2022

Collage: (left) Photo of Lilia Buckingham. A young white woman with long blonde hair poses in front of a blue Hocus Pocus 2 backdrop. She wears a light, sequined gown and matching gloves. (right) Movie Poster for the Hocus Pocus 2 movie. Poster features headshots of the three main witches and the teen protagonists below them in a purple and black theme. Gold words below all of them read "Hocus Pocus 2".

Film & TV

BU Student Stars in Hocus Pocus 2

October 11, 2022

Photo of an Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Metal sign reads "Uber" on a glass-paned building.

Cybersecurity

Uber Users: What You Need to Know about Last Month’s Data Breach

October 11, 2022

An image of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith and the print replication of the same image in purple with an orange background by Andy Warhol. The case before the court on October 12, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, hinges on an Andy Warhol print based on a portrait of the artist Prince by photographer Lynn Goldsmith. Image credit: Lynn Goldsmith; Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; United States Supreme Court Documents

Music

How Did Prince and Andy Warhol Wind Up Before the Supreme Court?

October 11, 2022

Dawn Belkin Martinez (center), a School of Social Work clinical associate professor, with graduate students Noor Toraif (CAS’16, SSW’23) (left) and Greer Hamilton (SSW’24), who worked with her to create a free online course on structural racism. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Academics

School of Social Work Offers Free Online Course for Understanding Structural Racism

October 11, 2022

BU Today 10-11-2022

October 11, 2022

Roubing Liao (CGS’22, CAS’24) stands on Nickerson Field in front of the three residential towers comprising West Campus—Rich, Sleeper, and Claflin Halls, named for BU’s founders: Isaac Rich, Jacob Sleeper, and Lee Claflin.

Campus Life

A Video Tour of West Campus

October 8, 2022

Image: 5 speech bubbles of different pastel colors featuring the words "Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx, and Latine".

Voices & Opinion

If Hispanics Hate the Term “Latinx,” Why Is It Still Used?

October 7, 2022

Image: Map of the United States with the word each state most misspells. Each state is colored in with various colors like green, red, blue, and yellow.

Spell-Checking

Can You Spell “West Virginia”? Many in the Mountain State Need Help with It

October 7, 2022

For a story about a faculty exchange program between Sargent and Italy's University of Pavia—over the summer, prof Paula Quatromoni, at right, traveled to Pavia to teach Italian students about eating disorders in athletes and help develop coursework. Now, Pavia prof Cinzia Ferraris, at left, is here at Sargent this semester guest-speaking in classes. Photo by Cydney Scott

Nutrition Exchange

This International Faculty Exchange Is Training the Next Generation of Nutritionists in Eating Disorder Care

October 7, 2022

BU Today 10-07-2022

October 7, 2022

Photo of students sitting, relaxing, and hanging out on the BU Beach on a warm, sunny day. Students relax on a lawn.

New England Weather

October 6, 2022

Image: collage of artists releasing music and/or hosting concerts in Boston in September 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Colbie Caillat, Sydney Sierota of Echosmith, and Taylor Swift. Colbie Caillat is shown walking and smiling on stage on polaroid-style borders. Sydney Sierota of Echosmith shown performing in concert. She sings into a microphone with one arm raised and pointed within polaroid-style borders. Taylor Swift is shown posing for a photo wearing a floral embellished dress on polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

Boston

New Music October 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

October 6, 2022

New Music October 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

What’s Hot In Music This Month

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