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Weekender

The Weekender: September 24 to 27

September 24, 2020

University News

New Sexual Misconduct Policy Takes Effect at BU

September 24, 2020

BU Today 09-24-2020

September 24, 2020

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Innovation

Students Pitch Ideas to Invigorate Campus Life during Pandemic

September 23, 2020

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Public Health

Partners In Health Founder Paul Farmer to Speak Today on Social Class and Healthcare

September 23, 2020

Mascot

Time to Retire the Rhett Name? You Can Weigh In

September 23, 2020

BU Today 09-23-2020

September 23, 2020

Photo of continued construction at Data Services Center, including the addition of a massive red crane that cuts in the city skyline. Work trucks and metal beams are seen around the construction site.

In Progress: Data Sciences Building

September 22, 2020

Screenshot from Black Boston event entitled “Changing the Face of Politics” hosted by Boston University Initiative on Cities, the Boston University Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and WBUR CitySpace. In the screenshot, top left, is “Kimberly Atkins - Senior Opinion Writer, The Boston Globe, @kimberlyEAtkins,” smiling with a bookshelf and couch behind her. Top right is Ayanna Pressley in a pink button down and black blazer with signs that say “people’s housing platform” and “protect safe, legal abortion” behind her. Her label reads “Ayanna Pressley - U.S. Representatives, MA-07, @AyannaPressley”

Politics

A Rallying Cry for More Women and Candidates of Color in Politics

September 22, 2020

Portrait of Ibram X. Kendi from Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World list

Accolades

Ibram X. Kendi Named to Time100 List of Most Influential People

September 22, 2020

Portrait of Muhammad Zaman, Boston University professor of engineering

Health & Medicine

ENG’s Muhammad Zaman on the Growing Dangers of Antibiotic Resistance

September 22, 2020

Just For Fun

Fall Has Arrived—Seven Reasons Why We’re Excited

September 22, 2020

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Student Voices

“RBG Convinced Me I Could Make a Difference in the World”

September 22, 2020

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Public Policy

New BU Institute on Cities Study Shows Most Mayors Worried about 2020 US Census Undercounting Residents

September 22, 2020

BU Today 09-22-2020

September 22, 2020

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Voter Registration

Don’t Wait—Register to Vote This Week. It’s Easy

September 21, 2020

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Photo Essay

“I Will Get through This. We Will Get through This.”

September 21, 2020

BU Today 09-21-2020

September 21, 2020

Accolades

Four BU Junior Faculty Named Career Development Professors

September 21, 2020

Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2013

Voices & Opinion

POV: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fought Tirelessly for What She Believed Was Right

September 20, 2020

POV: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fought Tirelessly for What She Believed Was Right