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Technology

YouTube Turns 20—How Have Its 20 Billion Videos Changed Us?

April 29, 2025

“I had the good luck to be raised among expert joke-tellers, complainers, arguers, schmoozers, boasters, and liars,” Pinsky says in his new memoir, Jersey Breaks. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun. Pinsky stands looking out over an ocean beach on a cloudy day

University News

Robert Pinsky, America’s Ambassador for Poetry, Retiring from Teaching After 36 Years at BU, More Than 1,000 Students

April 29, 2025

Emma Powers (SPH’22) and Josh Lucas (SAR’23) work together to cleanup riverside trash on April 16th, as a part of BU’s team in the 26th annual Charles River Cleanup. BU alumni, students, and staff collected trash from the esplanade between BU Bridge and 1 Silber Way, in observance of #EarthDay365 and Global Days of Service. Photo by Ajani Hickling (CAS’27).

Many Hands Make Light (if Somewhat Damp) Work

April 29, 2025

BU Today 04-29-2025

April 29, 2025

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WATCH NOW

See Life at BU Through a Student’s Camera Lens

April 28, 2025

Classes

From Classroom to Kitchen: An Unconventional Approach to Finals

April 28, 2025

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Video: BU Dance Community: What Dancing Means to Us

April 28, 2025

BU’s National Biomechanics Day Event for Upward Bound Math Science High Schoolers

April 28, 2025

BU Today 04-28-2025

April 28, 2025

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Life Sciences

For 50 Years, BU’s Lawford Anderson Has Been Helping Students Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Rocky Materials

April 25, 2025

Business & Law

How Are Government Audits Supposed to Work?

April 25, 2025

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Accolades

Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown

April 25, 2025

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2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 25, 2025

BU Today 04-25-2025

April 25, 2025

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Athletics

BU Women’s Tennis No. 2 Seed Entering Patriot League Tournament

April 24, 2025

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Video: Zoom, Zoom—BU Auto Club Surges in Popularity

April 24, 2025

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Earth Day 2025: A Perfect Day to Plant the CFA Color Garden

April 24, 2025

BU Today 04-24-2025

April 24, 2025

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Things-To-Do

The Weekender: April 24 to 27

April 23, 2025

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Student Clubs

Afraid of Public Speaking? This Club Can Help

April 23, 2025

Afraid of Public Speaking? This Club Can Help