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Snow Day

Blizzard Closes BU’s COVID Testing Sites Saturday

January 28, 2022

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Thrifting

Eight Artists to Look for at the BU Bazaar

January 26, 2022

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Valentine's Day

This Valentine’s Day, BU Today Is Celebrating Friendship

January 25, 2022

Photo of Malika Jeffries-EL, a College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of chemistry and associate dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, a Black woman wearing an orange sweater and black pants, smiling as she stands on a side walk along Comm Ave. The background has a sketchy, crimson overlay and the words "My First-Gen Story" are behind her in white font.

FIRST-GEN

My First-Gen Story: Malika Jeffries-EL

January 25, 2022

Photo of two students, sitting in a classroom with their laptops open. They wear face masks and one looks at the other's laptop. Students at the back of the classroom talk in a small group.

Student Life

What’s It Like Being Back on Campus? Opinions Vary

January 24, 2022

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Higher Education

University Negotiates Discount for New Google Workspace Charges

January 24, 2022

Photo of Hutch Hutchinson, a veteran New England outdoorsman, wearing a yellow and red scarf, blue hat with panels, and blue winter coat. He smiles, extends his arms joyfully, as he explains tips for how to dress for winter.

WINTER

How to Dress for Winter in Boston [Video]

January 21, 2022

Unrecognizable businessperson conducts a job interview with an unrecognizable female candidate. One hand is holding the woman's resume. The woman is sitting across the desk from them. Photo via iStock / SDI Productions

Apply Now

Students, BU Today Needs You

January 20, 2022

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Resolutions

Why Is It So Hard to Keep New Year’s Resolutions?

January 19, 2022

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Student Life

College of General Studies Welcomes a New Class

January 14, 2022

Photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium. Mask are required indoors, but distancing is not. Students sit in the rows with their notebooks open and look towards Beffert who wears a black jacket and jeans.

Campus Life

Everything to Know about COVID and BU Campus Life

January 14, 2022

Caspian Chaharom (CAS’23) (left), Kelsea Mann (CFA’23), Chloe Adamowicz (CAS’22), and Harunobu Ishii (MET’22) pose for a photo after their autopcb app, which makes circuit design easily accessible, was awarded the Judges’ Choice Award for Innovation Fellows at the BU Spark! Fall 2021 Demo Day, December 10, 2021.

Campus Life

App That Automates Circuit Design Wins Big at BU Spark! Demo Day

January 11, 2022

Members of the Boston University Class of 2025 walk past Marsh Chapel on Commonwealth Ave towards their Matriculation Ceremony at Agganis Arena.

Year in Review

What a Year! Photo Essay Captures an Extraordinary 2021

January 7, 2022

Photo of Anne Herrera (Wheelock’19), triage specialist at Healthway, wearing a floral face mask and blue floral blouse, receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Student Health Services Director of Nursing Anne Patey, MSN, at the vaccine clinic January 15 at FitRec. Patey wears gloves, a face mask and face shield.

Campus Life

Taped Lectures, Workplace Flexibility among Changes as BU Adjusts for Spring Classes

January 5, 2022

Photo of Bianca Saffiro (CAS’24), at the front of the class in black, presenting her final project, “Eating and Psyche: Food as Emotional Compensation,” to the class on December 1. In the foreground, students with their laptops open are seen.

Food Writing

Writing with a Sense of Taste

December 15, 2021

Photo of Executive Director of Downtown Framingham, Inc. Anthony Lucivero talking with Sargent College lecturer, Kaytlin Eldred, MPH as they tour downtown Framingham on November 17, 2021. Lucivero wears a black jacket and Eldred wears a pink jacket.

Classes

A Hands-on Class on Homelessness

December 10, 2021

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Campus Life

Who Built the Better Gingerbread House? You Decide

December 10, 2021

Kari Lavalli stands in her CGS office at Boston University

Campus Life

Office Artifacts: Kari Lavalli

December 8, 2021

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Housing

Thinking of Subletting in Boston? Here’s What You Need to Know

December 3, 2021

Photo of Margarita Guillory, wearing a white face mask, red shirt and black jacket, lecturing at the front of her Religion and Hip Hop course. She extends her hand toward the class and the backs of students' heads are seen.

Classes

This Could Be the Coolest Religion Class You Ever Take

December 2, 2021

This Could Be the Coolest Religion Class You Ever Take