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Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Updates

#BUTalksAntiracism: Full Coverage of BU’s Day of Collective Engagement

June 24, 2020

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Safety

BU Forms New Community Safety Advisory Group

June 23, 2020

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University News

Provost Addresses Faculty’s In-Person Teaching Concerns

June 22, 2020

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Coronavirus

BU Details Campuswide COVID-19 Testing Plan for Fall

June 17, 2020

WBUR

WBUR Announces Layoffs, Restructuring, Plans for Growth

June 17, 2020

Image of Boston Medical Center staff holding a moment of silence on June 11th. Keila Price, pictured in blue scrubs, an Administrative Assistant at Boston Medical Center for 40 years, takes a knee alongside her fellow healthcare workers at BMC during an 8 minute 46 second moment of silence in memory of George Floyd and other members of the Black and brown community who have lost their lives to police violence.

University News

Updated: BU Will Host Day of Collective Engagement June 24 to Reflect on American Racism

June 17, 2020

Photo of the exterior of the Boston University School of Medicine on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. A person in scrubs wearing a small yellow backpack walks up the stairs towards the front door.

Promotions

Medical Campus Announces Promotion of Nine Faculty to Full Professor

June 16, 2020

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Wind Power

COVID-19 Hasn’t Slowed Progress of BU-Supported Wind Farm to Curb Climate Change

June 15, 2020

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University News

Class of 2020 Commencement Planned for Next May

June 12, 2020

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University News

BU Campuses to Reopen, In-Person Classes Will Resume This Fall

June 10, 2020

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University News

Back2BU Website Details How Campus Life Will Resume

June 10, 2020

Elizabeth Foster (STH’22), who has a condition that makes prolonged standing difficult, preaching from her walker chair during a Marsh Chapel service dedicated to those with disabilities. An altar with a purple cloth is seen behind her.

Campus & Facilities

For Students with Disabilities, the Long Commute Can Be Just Next Door

June 9, 2020

A portrait photo of Ibram X. Kendi

University News

Ibram X. Kendi, Leading Scholar of Racism, to Join BU and Launch BU Center for Antiracist Research

June 4, 2020

Photo of the cover of "How to Be An Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi resting on a grainy piece of dark wood.

Antiracism

“I Believe That Change Is Possible”—Q&A with Ibram X. Kendi

June 4, 2020

Photo of Katerina Chew (left) (MET 20) and Robyn Volcy-Lee (SAR 20, SPH 21) pack up their car on June 1, 2020. Students were able to return to campus to pick up their belongings. Volcy-Lee holds a "Property of Boston University Box" as Chew holds a yellow moving cart.

Safety

Move-Out: Five Things to Know if You’re Retrieving Belongings from Campus Housing

June 4, 2020

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Study Abroad

BU Suspends Study Abroad Program for Fall Semester Because of COVID-19 Pandemic

June 3, 2020

Image of Larry Herrera, of BU's Grounds crew, moving dirt into a wheelbarrow to lay grass seed along CAS on May 13, 2020. He wears a mask, baseball cap, and reflector vest.

Coronavirus

BU Makes It Easier for Staff to Care for Themselves and Their Families

June 3, 2020

A photo of protests in Boston on May 31, 2020

University News

President Brown: “We Grieve for Our Country”

June 1, 2020

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Accolades

CAS Computer Scientist and SPH Epidemiologist Win University Teaching Awards

June 1, 2020

CAS Computer Scientist and SPH Epidemiologist Win University Teaching Awards