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A photo of Boston University's Charles River Campus during the fall semester

University News

BU Students Will Have Choice of In-Person or Remote Classes This Fall

June 1, 2020

A photo of students posed together during a previous BU orientation session

Orientation

Zooming into Orientation

May 29, 2020

Photo of Commonwealth Avenue in East Campus by Silber Way. The T passes by and the trees look golden. Students wait at the BU BUS stop. Warren towers and Wheelock College banners are seen in the background.

Academics

BU Expands Hybrid/Simultaneous Graduate Program Offerings for Fall

May 27, 2020

News anchors for BUTV10 show Primary Focus on the set.

BUTV10

BUTV10 Scores Four 2020 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards

May 26, 2020

Photo of rusting, greenish gold BU seal on a stucco wall from underneath. Seal reads "Boston University, Learning, Virtue, Piety"

University News

BU Soars in New Ranking of Doctoral Universities

May 26, 2020

Photo of limited construction continuing at the Center for Data and Computer Sciences on Granby Street May 20. A yellow excavator with its basket raised. Two construction workers standby. Orange traffic cones are seen in the foreground.

Campus & Facilities

Work Resumes on Key BU Building Projects, with COVID-19 Precautions

May 26, 2020

A photo of Marsh Plaza in spring

University News

These 19 Charles River Campus Faculty Have Been Promoted to Rank of Full Professor

May 26, 2020

Joe Besser (QST’20) and Michelle Goltsman (COM’20) take a walk down a street near campus on May 16, 2020. The Citgo sign is seen on the left in distance, as well as the green line tracks.

Public Health

Hundreds of BU Volunteers Are Calling All Admitted Students to Say Welcome

May 22, 2020

Aerial images of Boston University and the Kilachand Center.

Public Health

BU to Set Up COVID-19 Testing for Students, Faculty, and Staff

May 21, 2020

Portrait of Catherine Klapperich, Director of the Boston University Precision Diagnostics Center at the College of Engineering

COVID-19 Testing

How BU’s Plan to Test Students, Faculty, and Staff for COVID-19 Would Work

May 21, 2020

Photo of the Charles River from the 26th floor of Student Village 2 May 7. Blue skies with puffy clouds are seen, as well as Storrow Drive and the Boston skyline.

Coronavirus

Testing and Flexibility Are Keys to Reopening, BU President Tells Virtual Panel

May 20, 2020

Composite image of the 2020 Kahn Awards winners; clockwise from left, top: Diana Walsh, Tak-Cheung Hui, Saskia Martinez, Alex Stern, Nicholas Walker, Eric Carey.

Student Awards

2020 Kahn Career Entry Awards Go to Six CFA Graduates

May 20, 2020

Drone shot of Marsh Chapel, Marsh Plaza, with hotel across the Charles River in the background. The plaza and street out front is empty.

University News

BU to Suspend Employee Retirement Contributions as Cost Savings

May 19, 2020

Photo of Lance Martin and The Lance Martin Trio perform during JazzFest in West Roxbury last year. Martin plays a flute, a bassist and drummer are seen in the background at an outdoor venue.

Obituaries

A Loss for the Medical Campus—and the Boston Jazz Scene

May 19, 2020

Ann-Lyssa Asare (Pardee’20) pops a champagne bottle full of confetti for a photo shoot in Marsh Plaza May 13, 2020. She wears a graduation cap and a red robe.

Commencement

BU’s 2020 Grads Get Creative Celebrating What Should Have Been Commencement Weekend

May 19, 2020

Ken Elmore hosts a virtual celebration for the BU Class of 2020

Student Life

Class of 2020 Gets a Virtual Send-off, for Now

May 17, 2020

Photo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers on Boston University campus behind Marsh Chapel on April 29, 2020. A person in a red coat walks on a path underneath the tree.

COVID-19 Recovery Plan

BU Releases a Back-to-Work Guidebook to Reopening Campus

May 15, 2020

Photo of Sophie Park (CAS'20)'s laptop as she attends the Class of 2020's Senior Breakfast live stream from her bedroom on Fri. May 1, 2020. Laptop screen shows Dean Elmore speaking at a podium, a Starbucks cup sits to the left on the laptop. Photo by Sophie Park (CAS'20)

Coronavirus Roundup

Saluting the Class of 2020 Virtually This Sunday

May 15, 2020

A portrait photo of Sarah Sherman-Stokes

Accolades

LAW’s Sarah Sherman-Stokes: 2020 Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching

May 13, 2020

A photo of Seth Blumenthal

Accolades

CAS Writing Program’s Seth Blumenthal: 2020 Metcalf Award

May 12, 2020

CAS Writing Program’s Seth Blumenthal: 2020 Metcalf Award