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Voices & Opinion

POV: Decision to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug Is Long Overdue

May 9, 2024

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CELOP

ESL Classes Offered to BU Dining Services Workers

May 9, 2024

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Student Life

Sargent Senior Gives Back to His Native Nairobi—through Sports

May 9, 2024

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Advocacy

Providing Better Support to Disabled Survivors of Sexual Assault

May 9, 2024

BU Today 05-09-2024

May 9, 2024

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Music

Class of 2024: Songs That Remind You of Your Last Four Years at Boston University

May 8, 2024

Photo: Max Karambelas (ENG’24, CDS’24) (from left), George Trammell (CDS’24), Luis Mavarez (CAS’24), Andrea Rojas Doupovec (CFA’25, CAS’25), and Jimin Park (CAS’24) (not pictured) are the inventors of CloudWeaver. They all hold up their certificate showing they won.

Science & Technology

Cloud Computing Platform CloudWeaver Wins at Spring 2024 Spark! Demo Day

May 8, 2024

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Birding

A Birder’s Guide to Boston University

May 8, 2024

Photo: Sungmin Hwang (ENG’24), from left, Youssef Haider (ENG’24), and Aidan Chan (ENG’24) enjoy some Korean and Chinese cuisine ont he second floor of HTC May 1.

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Kickoff Social

May 8, 2024

BU Today 05-08-2024

May 8, 2024

Photo: Three young men stand at the front of a classroom presenting their pitches. On the left, a Black man with a flat top fade wears a blue button up and navy slacks. In the middle, a Black man with his hair pulled into a puff wears a black button up with black slacks. And on the right, a young Asian man with long hair wears a gray polo and slacks.

Science & Technology

Boston Teens Pitch Biotech Concepts to BU “Investors” at Biological Design Center’s STEM Pathways Event

May 7, 2024

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Weekender

The Weekender: May 9 to 12

May 7, 2024

BU’s miXx K-Pop Cover Dance Crew perform in the talent show during the Student Activities Office (SAO) Spring Send Off! May 3 on BU Beach. Terriers celebrated their hard work and bid farewell to another successful year with BU’s inaugural Spring Send Off on Friday, May 3, 2024! Students got to enjoy a flower bouquet-making station, a bounce house, mechanical bull, and an assortment of lawn games, in addition to a variety of food trucks and the talent show. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

BU’s Inaugural Spring Send-Off

May 7, 2024

BU Today 05-07-2024

May 7, 2024

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University News

Dean Sandro Galea Leaving BU’s School of Public Health for WashU Opportunity

May 6, 2024

Composite Image: The 2024 recipients of the John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service are Walter von Bosau, media resources coordinator, Krasker Film/Video Services, Mugar Memorial Library (from left), Daniel Ivey, program administrator, CAS Writing Program, and Richard Vezina (SPH’90), associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center. von Bosau photo by Jackie Ricciardi, Center photo provided by Dan Ivery, Vezina photo by Cydney Scott

University News

Meet the 2024 John S. Perkins Award Winners

May 6, 2024

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Style

Comm Ave Runway: May Edition

May 6, 2024

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The Wellbeing Experience: Jenga, Food, and Fun

May 6, 2024

BU Today 05-06-2024

May 6, 2024

Photo: Shaw Hutton (CGS'23, CAS'25), an architectural studies major, spends his spare time making reproductions of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Fashion

Stitching Together the Past

May 3, 2024

Stitching Together the Past