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Photo of Shiney James, a brown-skinned woman with short black hair, pointing at a white board. She wears a blue sweater and dress with a colorful white and teal pattern. She wears a name tag and stands the front of the classroom during a section of FY101.

University News

Shiney James Resigns as Orientation Director after Investigation into Behavior with Student Workers

May 16, 2022

Constance Browne’s passion for justice made her a School of Law professor, and now she’s the winner of the Metcalf Cup and Prize, BU’s highest award for teaching. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Teacher and Lawyer, Constance Browne Is Driven by Social Justice

May 13, 2022

staff Spotlight

Meet the King of the GSU

May 12, 2022

University News

2022 Faculty Forum Will Be Held in Person Monday

May 12, 2022

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UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

BU Lecturer Went to Hungary as a Fulbright Scholar. Now She’s Helping Ukrainian Refugees

May 11, 2022

Photo of a worker at the Agganis arena testing site in purple gloves holding a COVID test.

University News

University to End Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing; Lab Will Continue to Process Specimens for Those with Symptoms

May 10, 2022

Photo of a diverse group of students walking down Comm Ave on a spring day. A red BU sign is seen at left, as well as a tree with budding green leaves.

University News

BU Raising Tuition 4.25 Percent, Largest Hike in 14 Years

May 9, 2022

Jorge Delva wearing a red jacket and a blue shirt with a smile

University News

Jorge Delva to Leave as School of Social Work Dean in 2023

May 6, 2022

Photo of Jay Pandolfo, at left, in a blue suit, assistant coaching during a BU hockey game. The light of screens in the arena are seen behind him. At front right are the backs of BU Hockey players.

Athletics News

Former Terrier and Bruin Jay Pandolfo Named BU Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach

May 5, 2022

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

Collage of 3 photos of the 2022 Perkins Service Award staff winners from left to right: Francis Antonelli, Nancy Clinton, and Cynthia Bradford

Accolades

2022 Perkins Service Awards Go to Three Longtime BU Staffers

May 2, 2022

The husband-and-wife duo, Noah (ENG’21) and Astha Flynn (CAS’18, Questrom’23), stood alongside Ian Mashiter, interim executive director of Innovate@BU, Li Liang, managing director of the BUild Lab, and Tom Samph (COM’10), program director of Innovate@BU, after winning an $18,000 check for their start-up, MetNet.

University News

Entrepreneurial Students, Alum Take Home $64,000 in Cash Prizes at Recent Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition

May 2, 2022

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Varsity Sports

BU Student-Athletes Touted at Annual Athletics Awards Ceremony

April 27, 2022

Photo of Louis Chude-Sokei, an older black man wearing a dark blur shirt and black shoes sits with hands folded in front of him on the steps of a brick building. A red sign on the building reads "Boston University College of Arts and Sciences; African American Studies Program"

New Major

African American and Black Diaspora Studies Is BU’s Newest Major

April 25, 2022

Updating curricula to provide the best education is the shared drive of Kathleen Vandenberg (left), a College of General Studies master lecturer in rhetoric, and Pnina Feldman (right), a Questrom School of Business associate professor of operations and technology management. Vandenberg has received the 2022 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology and Feldman is the winner of this year’s Provost’s Scholar-Teacher Award winner. Photo of Kathleen Vandenberg by Cydney Scott. Photo of Pnina Feldman by Jackie Ricciardi. This photo is a composite of the two pictures side by side

Business & Social Sciences

BU Scholars Honored with University Teaching Awards

April 19, 2022

Composite image. At left, Photo of Mark Grinstaff, a middle-aged white man with glasses who wears a button-down shirt with a gradient, squiggly line pattern that fades from green and blue to red and pink. He smiles as he stands outside with his hands in his pockets. In the middle, Photo of Professor Dana Robert of STH. She is a middle-aged White woman with short salt and pepper hair. She wears a black blazer and blue blouse, and smiles as she sits in a wooden chair, her hands crossed in her lap. Behind her, a large white bookshelf filled with books is seen. At right, Photo of Gary Lawson, School of Law professor of Law. He is a middle-aged white man with glasses and salt and pepper hair. He wears a speckled gray-green tweed suit, pink button down and black tie. He smiles slightly and holds his arm with his hand and learns against a white wall.

Accolades

William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorships Honor Mark Grinstaff, Gary Lawson, and Dana Robert

April 13, 2022

Photo of the winning hunger challenge team posing with a giant $10,000 check and Congressman Jim McGovern. From left: Alexia Lancea (CAS’22), Eunice Lamothe (CAS’22, SPH’23), Saahil Adusumilli (Sargent’22), and Mary Campion (CAS’22), US Rep. Jim McGovern, and State Rep. Andy Vargas.

Innovation

Food@BU’s Idea to Solve Campus Hunger Wins $10,000 Prize at Innovate@BU Event

April 13, 2022

Photo of Nancy Feldman, a White middle-aged woman, wearing a red BU hat, and gray BU zip-up. She smiles and looks off to the side. BU women's soccer players are seen blurred in the foreground.

Retirement

Nancy Feldman to Retire after 27 Years Leading BU Women’s Soccer

April 11, 2022

students walk in central campus at Boston University on a sunny day

Admissions

Here’s Who BU Invited to Join the Class of 2026

April 11, 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

Students, Take This Survey, Get Convenience Points