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College of Arts & Sciences

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Commencement 2024

For These Identical Triplets, BU Was a Chance to Stand Apart as Individuals

May 14, 2024

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Commencement 2024

For This BU Employee, Commencement Will Be a Family Affair

May 14, 2024

Accolades

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Five BU Members

April 26, 2024

Marina Dawn Wells (GRS’20,’24) examining a scrimshaw carving of a trans pirate, "Alwilda," that a whaleman copied out of a book by Charles Ellms, The Pirates Own Book (1837). Photo by Drew Furtado, New Bedford Whaling Museum

University News

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program

April 22, 2024

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Venice Biennale

Louis Chude-Sokei Brings BU, Spoken Word, and Dub Reggae Sounds to Venice Biennale

April 16, 2024

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Student Life

BU Student Aviator Soars to New Heights

April 12, 2024

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Watch Now

Psychology vs Sociology: What’s the Difference between the Majors?

March 22, 2024

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Tributes

The Gifts of Great Teaching

March 22, 2024

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Academics

BU Students Flock to CAS Course on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

March 21, 2024

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Film & TV

BU Film Experts Predict the Oscars

March 5, 2024

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, speaks with Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston as part of a two-day BU visit under the auspices of the Center on Forced Displacement and Kilachand at Morse Auditorium. Three people sit in formal attire and appear to be discussing an important topic around a small table

Forced Displacement

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement

November 16, 2023

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement