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Photo: A group of people stand and pose for a photo in front of a sign that reads "2023 New Venture Competition Winners". Ian Mashiter, director of curriculum at Innovate@BU (from left), Johar Singh (Questrom’24), Shen Ning (MED’24), Stamatios Liapis (MED’23), Philippe Rival (Harvard Business School), Siobhan Dullea, executive director of Innovate@BU, Caspian Chaharom (CAS’23), Kelsey Mann (CFA’23), Chloe Adamowicz (CAS’23), and Harunobu Ishii (MET’22).

Innovation

Teams Win $72,000 in Funding at Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition

May 2, 2023

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PERKINS AWARDS

2023 Perkins Award Winners Have a Combined Century of Service to BU

May 2, 2023

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Film & Television

Two COM Film & Television Students Win Inaugural Sony Future Filmmaker Award

May 1, 2023

Photo: Grace S. Kim (left), a woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing glasses, a black blouse, and beige cardigan smiles and holds up a large framed printed award. Renato Mancuso (right), a white man with brown hair wearing glasses, a lavender collared shirt and black blazer smiles as he holds up a large framed printed award.

Accolades

BU Teaching Awards Honor Two Outstanding Educators

April 27, 2023

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New Appointment

Wheelock’s Melissa Holt to Lead Kilachand Honors College

April 25, 2023

Photo: a view of the west-facing entrance to BU's CAS. A large, ornate wooden metal door is shown in the background. In the foreground pink spring blossoms on a tree highlight the entrance.

Promotions

24 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

April 24, 2023

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Sustainability

Sustainability Seed Grants Will Fund Ideas Ranging from Textbook Lending to Eliminating Dental Supply Waste

April 24, 2023

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Academics

CAS Writing Program Offers New Social Justice Emphasis

April 21, 2023

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MOVE IN

You’ve Been Accepted to BU. Now, What to Bring?

April 18, 2023

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Safety

BUPD to Undergo Assessment for Reaccreditation Next Week

April 13, 2023

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GIVING DAY

2023 BU Giving Day Raises More Than $3.8 Million

April 12, 2023

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Safety

Students May Think BORG Drinking Is Safe. It’s Not

April 11, 2023

One Boston Day

Celebrate One Boston Day with These Events around the City

April 11, 2023

Photo: Kellie Finley-Call, a white college student with a medium build wearing a bandana and a necklace, stocks the food pantry at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development on March 27, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Campus Life

BU Launches New Initiative Aimed at Fighting Student Hunger

April 11, 2023

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Safety

Making Sense of “Swatting” Hoax That Hit BU Sunday Night

April 10, 2023

Photo: Group photo of the BU 2023 Best Student and Supervisor Award winners. (Left to right) Daniel Kirsch (Graduate Student Outstanding Service ) , Kenya St. Fleur (Undergraduate Student of the Year) Christie Ngo (Grad student Employee of the Year , Dr. Monica Wang (Supervisor of the Year-Runner-Up) and Mary Martins (Supervisor of the Year ) (not pictured Christina Matta, Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year) stands next to a stage in a bright room. They all pose together and smile for the photo.

Accolades

BU Celebrates Best Student Employees and Supervisor

April 10, 2023

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Giving Day 2023

BU’s Ninth Annual Giving Day Is Tuesday, April 11

April 10, 2023

Photo: Jonathan Lee, an Asian man wearing a white long-sleeved chaplain shirt, black pants, and a silver name tag that reads "Jonathan Lee" sits posed in a pew. He smiles, as he looks over his left shoulder to the camera in a church.

New Appointment

Marsh Chapel Appoints Inaugural Associate Chaplain for Student Outreach

April 7, 2023

Photo: Weber, #8 on the BU Men's Hockey Team, raises his arms in celebration as he skates towards the goalie, also celebrating

Athletics

Men’s Hockey Heads to Tampa for the 2023 Frozen Four

April 5, 2023

Collection site specialist Jessica Sandberg, a white woman wearing a surgical mask and blue gloves, guides a masked visitor through the COVID test collection process at the Rajen Kilachand Center.

University News

BU to Drop COVID Vaccine Requirement for Most Beginning This Summer

April 4, 2023

BU to Drop COVID Vaccine Requirement for Most Beginning This Summer