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A photo of Queen Elizabeth II smiling at the camera in regalia. Honored guests King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain join the British Royal Family at the service and ceremony for The Most Noble Order of the Garter held at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on June 17th 2019. Members of The British Royal Family in attendance included: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William The Duke of Cambridge, Catherine The Duchess of Cambridge, Charles The Prince of Wales, Camilla The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex, Sophie The Countess of Wessex and Anne The Princess Royal. (Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK)

VOICES & OPINION

POV: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Is Cause for Celebration

May 31, 2022

a photo of Scarlett Lewis (COM’20), with her son Jesse a few months before his death in the Sandy Hook shootings. He is mid-jump into her arms as she stands in a pool wearing a white floral bathing suit.

School Shootings

Sandy Hook Mother: Guns Are Not the Root Cause of Mass Shootings

May 26, 2022

Image of a map of the lower 48 states of the United States in tan. Overlaid are a serious of red dots indicating the number of gun violence deaths in 2022 so far. The dots are concentrated around the coasts, but no state is without dots.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Killing We Continue to Fail to Stop

May 25, 2022

Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Safety

The Long, Failed History of Gun Control Legislation

May 25, 2022

Collage: Composite image showing studio portraits of various Boston University faculty, staff, and students in three rows of three. From left to right, top to bottom, portraits show: Kaye-Alese Green, Jonathan Feingold, Nana Boateng, Saida Grundy, Amos Mwaura, Imara Joroff, Andre De Quadros, Andrea Taylor, and Amanda Bailey.

Community Voices

Two Years after George Floyd’s Murder, What’s Changed? What’s Next?

May 24, 2022

Photo of Hector Grande posing for a photo at EPIC. He wears a black, red, and white shirt and black jacket as he gazes to the left amidst mechanical equipment. Photo background has is stylized with a burgundy filter and text on screen reads "My First-Gen Story"

FIRST-GEN

My First-Gen Story: Hector Grande

May 18, 2022

Photo of people praying, two young Black men and one White women, outside the scene of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. Behind them, the TOPS supermarket sign is seen across the parking lot. Also in the parking lot a parked police van.

Voices & Opinion

POV: CFA Dean, a Buffalo Native, on How Shooter Exploited Housing Segregation to Find His Targets

May 17, 2022

Photo of an Asian parent pointing something out to her child on a small globe in a library bookstore.

AAPI HERITAGE MONTH

POV: As We Observe AAPI Month, We Should Be Emphasizing History, Not Heritage

May 17, 2022

Photo of a stack of essays, the topmost essay has a grade, F, written at the top in red pen.

Voices & Opinion

POV: It’s Time to Upgrade to Ungrading

May 11, 2022

Photo of abortion-rights protesters dressed in costumes from the "Handmaid's Tale," holding signs in front of the U.S. Capitol building during a demonstration in Washington, DC. Four masked women stand with long red robes and white bonnets. They hold various signs protesting an abortion ban. One prominent sign reads "Keep your laws off my body, handmaidsDC.com".

Voices & Opinion

POV: What Rights Could Unravel Next, in Light of Draft Opinion by SCOTUS Overturning Roe v. Wade

May 10, 2022

Photo of a crowd of people gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington on the night of May 3. They protest overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade. Photo focuses on a young woman holding a sign mid-shout and holding a sign that reads "Abortions are Healthcare, Necessary, Justice. Keep them Legal!"

Politics

Is the End of Roe v. Wade Near? Leaked SCOTUS Brief Says Yes

May 3, 2022

Listen Now

How Do I Get a Job after College?

May 2, 2022

A candlelit vigil in front of the whitehouse for nurses who have died of COVID-19

Health & Medicine

POV: The Lessons of One Million Lives Lost to COVID in the US

April 27, 2022

two unidentified individuals with natural black hairstyles as seen from the back

Voices & Opinion

Why the CROWN Act Is Needed

April 22, 2022

Photo of a young woman, either a high school or college student with brown hair, wearing a jean jacket, speaking at a wooden podium into a microphone. She gestures with her left hand and appears to be mid-speech.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Overlooked Influence of Speech and Debate Programs

April 19, 2022

Dhruv Kapadia (CAS’24), incoming Student Government president, says his administration will be a “vehicle for change.” Photo by Arin Siriamonthep (Questrom’24). Here he is in a blue suit with a red tie on a sunny day

Student Life

Seven Questions for BU’s New Student Government President

April 8, 2022

Photo of the Senate Confirmation Hearing For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson, now an associate justice of the US Supreme Court (center), wears a purple blazer and black pencil skirt, and raises her right hand. A group of photographers sit before her and try to get a shot. Senators sit at tables in a U shape.

Supreme Court First

“She’s Earned This”: Angela Onwuachi-Willig Rejoices in Historic Confirmation

April 7, 2022

Stylized image of Ketanji Brown Jackson. At center, she appears in Black and white. She is a middle-aged Black woman who wears glasses, a pearl necklace, and black and white checkered dress. She loves off to the side triumphantly. At left and right the same image appears, pixelated, in yellow and white. The background of the image is a teal jewel tone.

Community Voices

BU Celebrates Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Rise to US Supreme Court

April 7, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson responds to a question from Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., foreground, as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, during her confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Voices & Opinion

POV: Witness to History—Seeing Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing Was Magical

April 7, 2022

Photo of the facade of the supreme court at dusk. The white, Grecian facade is reflected in a puddle in front of the main steps. The sky is blueish purple and lights shine from behind the columns.

LAW

SCOTUS Civil Rights Ruling against Police Hailed by BU Faculty

April 6, 2022

SCOTUS Civil Rights Ruling against Police Hailed by BU Faculty