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BU Today 01-08-2021

January 8, 2021

Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021

Racism

“White privilege is on display.” Ibram X. Kendi, Director of BU’s Center for Antiracist Research, Sounds Off On US Capitol Attack

January 7, 2021

Photo of the attack on the Electoral Vote count happening in the capitol on January 6, 2021 by a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol. The insurgents are seen here with Trump 2020 flags and American flags waving as tear gas emerges from the second level of the capitol building.

Politics

Is the Attack on the US Capitol Populism?

January 7, 2021

BU Today 01-06-2020

January 7, 2021

Photo of Trump supporters clashing with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. Police officers, dressed in riot gear, push back a metal barrier as insurgent Trump supporters holding American flags and Trump 2020 flags try to break through the line.

Politics

As Trump Supporters Storm Capitol, BU Historian Answers: How Worried Should Americans Be?

January 6, 2021

Photo of BU and Holy Cross men's basketball players walking by one another during the pre-game of one of their opening season games. Each of young men wear a face mask, and a referee with a ball in his hands is seen in the foreground.

Basketball

BU’s Masked Basketball Teams Attract National Attention

January 5, 2021

Campus Life

It’s about Time, To End 2020 in Rhyme

December 31, 2020

BU Today 12-31-2020

December 31, 2020

BU Today 12-19-2020

December 19, 2020

Photo of a three small light-up decorations, a white bear in a red and green hat, a penguin in a Santa hat, and a Snoopy with a Santa hat, at the base of a building. A person in a mask and with a back pack on walks by on the right.

Holiday Season

December 18, 2020

A photo of Dudley Allen Sargent

Sargent College

A Revolutionary Idea

December 18, 2020

A photo of Boston Public Garden decked out with holiday lights

Things-To-Do

What to Do This Holiday Season (Safely)

December 18, 2020

BU Today 12-18-2020

December 18, 2020

Screenshot of the Boston University 2020 Year in Review website opening screen. Text embedded in the image says 'Twenty defining moments from 2020 and the people who shaped them.'

Reflecting on the Year

2020 Year in Review: Special Presentation

December 18, 2020

Happy New Year 2021 illustration

University News

BU Today Is Taking a Break

December 18, 2020

RAs Dragon Ding (CAS’21) (from left) records a video of John Issac (CAS’ 21) and Lance De Guzman (Sargent’22) on August 17. Issac stands in a yellow moving cart and De Guzman

Campus Life

Photo Gallery: A Look Back at an Unforgettable 2020

December 18, 2020

Screenshots of student athlete Kathryn Grabowski reading a children's book, Mae Among the Stars, to the Boston Public School students via zoom. The story book is displayed on the screen; on the left page, a young girl sits in front of a notebook, on the next page, she sits at the table with parents and discusses what she wants to be when she grows up.

Terrier Athletes Read to Boston Schoolchildren

December 17, 2020

Student pushes their cart of moving items

Student Life

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

December 17, 2020

Photo of Joshua Barcoas of BMC getting a dose of the coronavirus vaccine. He sits in a chair with a blue face mask and his lanyard as a fellow healthcare worker gives him the shot.

Health & Medicine

BMC Begins Giving COVID-19 Vaccine to Staff

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

Terriers Take a Final Look Back at 2020