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Professor Sean Andersson, left, listens to Franco Julia Wise (ENG’22), at right, as he explains the workings of his team’s Soft Robot with Integrated Soft Optical Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery following the May 4 press conference at Phototonics announcing ENG getting $4.4 million from Massachusetts High Technology Council to build a new robotics lab, BU RASTIC, to complement ENG's master's program in robotics and autonomous systems. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

University News

BU to Open New Robotics Lab to Foster More Student Innovators

May 4, 2022

Photo of students walking down the CFA side of Comm Ave on a sunny warm day. Two students are in focus at the front left, one wears a gray nike tennis shirt, the other a red Boston University shirt.

Student Survey

Students, Take This Survey, Get Convenience Points

April 8, 2022

Photo of a class of masked BU students sitting in a lecture hall. They wear a variety of winter coats and outfits as the look to the left towards the front of the room.

Campus & Facilities

BU’s Mask Mandate to End March 7, with Exceptions

March 1, 2022

Campus & Facilities

Newly Renovated Groce Pépin Culinary Innovation Laboratory Is Now Cooking

February 16, 2022

Street view photo of an empty Boston University East campus covered in snow on a snowy day.

Snow Day

Blizzard Closes BU’s COVID Testing Sites Saturday

January 28, 2022

photo of students walking through the snow on Marsh Plaza.

University News

Charles River Campus to Close Friday Due to Snow; Medical Campus Will Remain Open

January 6, 2022

University News

BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences is Taking Shape

December 14, 2021

photo of an eastbound Green Line trolley pulling into the MBTA’s new Amory Street station. Two people wait under the new overhang of the station as the green trolley pulls up on the tracks.

MBTA

New T Stops Now Open along West Campus

November 15, 2021

Collage of photos from rallies supporting fossil fuel divestment at Boston University

University News

Boston University to Divest from Fossil Fuel Industry

September 23, 2021

Dr. Terri Dolan, David Lustbader, Cataldo Leone, Robert A. Brown, Karen Antman, and Justin Middleton at the ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of the three-year, $115 million expansion and renovation of the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Tuesday, September 21.

University News

BU School of Dental Medicine Celebrates Completion of Three-Year $115 Million Expansion, Renovation

September 21, 2021

Construction crews building the Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences

University News

BU Construction Roundup: New Buildings, Updated Labs, and Bathroom Renovations

September 16, 2021

Photo of construction at the Data Science Center at 645-665 Commonwealth Avenue. You can see the skeleton of the building in steel beams, the concrete elevator shaft in the background, and a few construction workers on the ground.

University News

MassMutual Donates $1 Million to BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

August 24, 2021

Students and parents wearing protective face masks move into dorms on the Boston University campus, August 2020

Back2BU

Move-In 2021: What You Need to Know

August 20, 2021

A class is lead in discussion sitting in a circle of colorful adirondack chairs beneath a tree on BU Beach, Boston University Charles River Campus.

Campus Life

BU in Summer: Video Captures a More Mellow Campus

August 18, 2021

Photo of Triage nurse specialist Victoria Cunningham, in pink scrubs, blue gloves, and a blue face mask, at the Moderna vaccine clinic at FitRec May 4. She holds a vial and extracts a dose of the vaccine with a needle.

University News

BU Updates Its COVID Data Dashboard, as Employee Vaccination Deadline Looms

August 17, 2021

One of two MBTA Green B Line Cars damaged in a collision.

MBTA

Two MBTA Green Line Trolleys Crash on Comm Ave; 23 Injured

July 30, 2021

Photo of a young woman with her face in her hands as she sits on a couch in front of a laptop.

SAFETY

Students Warned to Look Out for Rental Scams

July 6, 2021

Photo of President Robert A. Brown looking at a papers on his desk, in front of his laptop, as he prepares for the Wednesday morning town hall via Zoom in his office. He wears a blue suit; his wood-paneled office is seen in the background.

University News

At Town Hall, President Brown Urges BU Community to Get Vaccinated, Acknowledges Anxiety about Return to Work

June 2, 2021

Photo of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, MA. At center, a statue of a woman in bronze is seen.

University News

BU School of Medicine Adds St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center as New Teaching Hospital

May 3, 2021

A photo of the green line b branch with a sign that says "Pleasant St. is Closed"

MBTA

MBTA Speeds Up Green Line B Branch Station Project

April 15, 2021

MBTA Speeds Up Green Line B Branch Station Project