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Higher Education

BU’s New Associate Provost for Community and Inclusion Will Focus on Accountability, Civil Discourse

October 19, 2022

Photo of President Joe Biden speaking about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at right. An older white man wearing a navy suit and white collared shirt speaks into a microphone on a lectern. A Latino man wearing glasses, black blazer, and white collared shirt stands to his right.

Student Loans

Would Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Survive a Court Challenge?

August 26, 2022

Listen Now

How Do I Get a Job after College?

May 2, 2022

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Business & Law

Online MBA, “Biggest Experiment” in Questrom’s History, Is a Success

May 2, 2022

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Voices & Opinion

POV: The Overlooked Influence of Speech and Debate Programs

April 19, 2022

tudent attendees and hospitality faculty from across the country at the School of Hospitality Administration’s first in-person POC PhD Pathway Program in Hospitality and Tourism Conference on April 8.

Business & Law

School of Hospitality Administration’s PhD Pathway Conference Aims to Encourage Students of Color

April 12, 2022

Listen Now

Will President Biden Forgive Student Loans?

February 11, 2022

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Higher Education

University Negotiates Discount for New Google Workspace Charges

January 24, 2022

an overhead shot of Matt Bae working at his WFH desk. His desk features a dark grey felt mat, a Lenovo laptop that he works from, his cellphone and AirPods, a glass of water, a notepad, and a pen holder filled with multicolored Muji pens.

Work From Home

How BU’s Remote Work Policy Is Changing Lives

November 15, 2021

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Faculty

BU Political Scientist Gina Sapiro’s Retirement Blog Reflects on 46 Years of Teaching, Mentoring, More

July 7, 2021

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Gender Inequality

The Ivory Tower Is Like the Real World in One Way: Mothers Still Do Most of the Childcare, BU Researcher Finds

June 18, 2021

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Digital Learning

Questrom’s New Online MBA a Hit

April 6, 2021

Photo of a student in a red shirt and black shorts wearing a black backpack opening the door to Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at 2 Silber Way.

Education

New Wheelock Educational Policy Center Will Put Research in the Hands of Policymakers, Drive National Conversations

March 10, 2021

A black and white portrait photograph of Dean David Chard

Education

A Vision for a More Equitable Future

March 4, 2021

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Accolades

Angela Onwuachi-Willig among Five Black Women Law Deans Honored for Efforts to Bring Antiracist Reform to Legal Education

January 12, 2021

Stephanie Joseph measures the elastic properties of Jello while her lab mate watches virtually during their Physics of Food lab at Boston University.

Academics

BU Students: Zoom vs In-Person Classes? It’s Complicated

November 9, 2020

Members of Boston University administration and former trustees of Newbury College cut the ribbon to officially open the Newbury Center at Boston University which will support first generation students

First-Generation Students

BU to Open New Center to Support First-Generation Students

October 27, 2020

Screenshot of map showing distribution of international students' country of origin in fall 2019 semester.

Higher Education

BU Pushes Back against a Government Proposal to Limit Time International Students Can Stay in the United States

October 26, 2020

Portrait of Katherine Kennedy at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground

Howard Thurman Center

Katherine Kennedy’s Journey from Childhood Sadness to Howard Thurman Center Director

October 19, 2020

Photo of Dr. Sarabeth Buckley teaching about the urban carbon cycle in a circle of students sitting atop a roof. The students sit on the rooftop, while the Boston skyline is see in the background. Sarabeth wears a purple sweater and gestures towards a small chalkboard with charts.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Need to Take Advantage of the Many Stimulating Outdoor Learning Opportunities

September 8, 2020

POV: We Need to Take Advantage of the Many Stimulating Outdoor Learning Opportunities