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Photo of Sitarah Lakhani posing in front of her mural. A young Brown woman with dark hair and blonde highlights wearing a white dress with red sash poses in front of a large mural made up pf various women of different ethnicities and styles on the side of a large brick building.

Ribbon-Cutting Held for BU Academy Mural

August 30, 2022

A photo collage of Evan Jimenez (COM’23)'s various experiences at Boston University.

Student Life

Five Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student

August 30, 2022

Diana, Princess of Wales death anniversary. File photo dated 13/5/1996 of the Princess of Wales, Royal Patron for the International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT), at Kensington Palace in London to celebrate the start of the charity's biggest ever fundraiser, Push 2000, a wheelchair push from Land's End to John O'Groats. Twenty four years have passed since Diana, Princess of Wales died in a Paris car crash. The princess - the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex's late mother - was just 36 was she was killed on August 31 1997. Issue date: Tuesday August 31, 2021. See PA story ROYAL Diana. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire URN:62090578 (Press Association via AP Images)

Arts & Culture

Why Are We Still Talking about Princess Diana 25 Years after Her Death?

August 30, 2022

BU Today 8-30-2022

August 30, 2022

Photo of new women’s soccer coach Casey Brown (COM’10) with the rest of the women's team at a welcome event for Brown. The team stands in three throws, they wear red, white and gray 'Terrier Soccer' sweatshirt written in red font, the front row is crouched. They all gather at the grotto near Nickerson Field. The assistant coaches are seen in gray at right. The group is mostly White, with a few women of color.

New Era for Women’s Soccer

August 29, 2022

Photo of a diverse of students, most of them women, taking a selfie behind a large blue picnic blanket. The women smile as a student of color holds up her phone to take the selfie. The grass of the park is bright green and British houses and a large tree can be seen in the background.

Student Life

CGS Freshmen Return to London This Summer after Two-Year Hiatus

August 29, 2022

BU Today 8-29-2022

August 29, 2022

Photo of Mary Skipper, Boston Public Schools' incoming superintendent talks to Mike Sabin, (left), Boston Public School's director of school transformation and Efrain Toledano, region 6 school superintendent. Skipper is a White woman, with short blondeish hair and dangling earrings; she wears a red shirt with white flowers. She leans over to speak to Sabin and Toledano who wear blue suit jackets and blue button-downs and sit in blue lecture hall seats.

Boston Public Schools Leadership Institute

August 28, 2022

Image: Blue and white banner for the BU alert system. Text reads: "Stay in the know with BU Alert. Update your contact information now!". Icons show various ways people can be reached and an arrow points to a QR code to update the system.

Safety

New BU Alert System Includes App for Quicker Communications during Emergencies

August 27, 2022

Photo of President Joe Biden speaking about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at right. An older white man wearing a navy suit and white collared shirt speaks into a microphone on a lectern. A Latino man wearing glasses, black blazer, and white collared shirt stands to his right.

Student Loans

Would Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Survive a Court Challenge?

August 26, 2022

BOSTON, MA - MAY 19: Where's the rest of the bike? This wheel is locked to a rail in the 500 block of Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, May 19, 2016. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Campus Safety

Tips for Students on How to Protect Your Property

August 26, 2022

As a CAS associate professor of the practice of playwriting, Nathan Alan Davis will run the University’s MFA Playwriting Program, and Megan Sandberg-Zakian is the new artistic director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Here the two stand back to back on Commonwealth Ave outside the theatre. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Arts & Culture

Longtime Collaborators Raising the Curtain on a New Era for Playwriting at BU

August 25, 2022

BU Today 8-25-2022

August 25, 2022

Photo of students moving back to BU's campus . A blurry overhead action shot shows students moving a large yellow cart and bed supplies as they move into a dorm building.

Move-in

Move-in 2022: What You Need to Know

August 23, 2022

Photo of First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP) participants Ananya Gupta (CAS’25), center, and Allie Richter (COM’25) right, working together to mount paper on the walls for use as bulletin boards at Mather Elementary in Dorchester.

Student Life

FYSOP Returns in Person after Two Years of Virtual or Hybrid Programming

August 23, 2022

A microscope image of the monkeypox virus, showing small cells with a blue hue

Infectious Diseases

BU Researchers: We Have the Potential to Prevent Endemic Monkeypox

August 23, 2022

Photo of First-year medical students in the new $5.5 million Learning Center attending a class on gene expression August 22. Students sit in groups around large tables as they work together.

Academics

New MED Curriculum Will Drive Patient-Centered, Equitable Care

August 22, 2022

Photo of a rear view of large group of students in a class in a lecture hall. A foggy person/professor is seen at the front of the room, standing at the lectern.

Voices & Opinion

POV: It’s a Mistake to Make Students Reveal Their Pronouns

August 22, 2022

Photo of Instructor Sam Guy with his VASI drawing class. A masked man wearing a blue VASI labeled shirt and black face mask speaks to students as he stands in front of a metal easel featuring various charcoal sketches of heads. He holds a stick of charcoal in his hand as he gesticulates. A white, triangle play button is overlaid on the image.

Visual Arts

How to Draw by Seeing Differently

August 17, 2022

Photo of students and their families pushing yellow carts and stopped on the sidewalk with their belongings along Babock Street during move in 2021. Some folks are seen with masks on. A BU sign on a building is seen in the background.

Eco-friendly Tips

Your Guide for a Sustainable Move-in and Life on Campus

August 16, 2022

Your Guide for a Sustainable Move-in and Life on Campus