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University News

BU Backs Lawsuit to Block Department of Energy Research Cuts

April 15, 2025

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University News

In Conversation: The BU President and Boston Medical Center Health System CEO on Their Shared Vision and Optimism for Overcoming Turbulence

March 25, 2025

University News

BU’s New Director of Disability Services Says the Office Will Be More Visible, Transparent

March 17, 2025

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University News

Boston University Hosts Panel on Antisemitism at the Howard Thurman Center

February 14, 2025

University News

BU Trustees Committee Rejects Two Petitions Asking the University to Divest from Issues Related to Middle East Conflict

February 11, 2025

Research

BU Leadership Strongly Opposes NIH Move to Cut Funding for “Research That Helps Improve Human Health and Save Lives”

February 11, 2025

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University News

Ibram X. Kendi Departing Boston University

January 30, 2025

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University News

BU Board of Trustees Elects, Welcomes New Members

October 30, 2024

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University News

Seven-Month Strike Ends as BU Graduate Workers Union Ratifies Contract

October 17, 2024

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University News

Graduate Student Union Agrees to put BU’s Offer to a Ratification Vote That Would End Strike

October 11, 2024

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Student Voices

POV: Why We Should Be Worried about the Decline of Black Students at BU

October 9, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Photo Essay: BU’s Historic 2024 Inauguration Week

September 30, 2024

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Video Highlights from Melissa L. Gilliam’s Inauguration as BU President

September 27, 2024

Former BU Presidents William F. Warren (1873-1903) (left), Lemuel Herbert Merlin (1911-1924), and William Edwards Huntington (1904-1911) in 1918

Inauguration 2024

From 1873 to 2005, Words of Past BU Presidents from Their Inaugural Addresses

September 26, 2024

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University News

BU Celebrates Melissa L. Gilliam’s Inauguration as President

September 20, 2024

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University News

BU to Suspend Free Room and Meals for Striking Student RAs

September 5, 2024

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Administration

Chief Investment Officer Lila Hunnewell Recognized for Stewardship of BU’s Endowment

August 22, 2024

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University News

University Makes New Contract Offer to Graduate Students

August 7, 2024

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University News

A Busy First Week for BU President Melissa L. Gilliam

July 9, 2024

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Video: 10 Questions for BU’s New President, Melissa L. Gilliam

July 1, 2024

Video: 10 Questions for BU’s New President, Melissa L. Gilliam