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Voices & Opinion

Afghan Refugees walk through the departure terminal to a bus at Dulles International Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Importance of Teaching and Learning about Afghan Refugees

September 20, 2021

Listen Now

With Space Tourism a Reality, Will Civilians Travel to Space? And When?

September 16, 2021

Photo of a youngish, Black woman, with curly almost shoulder length hair, wearing a white shirt, teaching at the front of a lecture hall. She is seen from behind.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Where Are the Tenured Black Female Professors?

September 14, 2021

Photo of a masculine person holding a trans pride flag behind their shoulders. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Who Is Forgotten in Our Discussion of Abortion?

September 11, 2021

Photo of the twin towers burning. A huge cloud of dark gray smoke stretches into the sky. A Pace University building is seen in the foreground at left.

Voices & Opinion

POV: 20 Years Later, Learning from 9/11

September 9, 2021

Photo of a printed photo of Halie Metz as a baby, laying on a bed with her father before he was killed on 9/11.

Remembrance

Her Dad Went to BU and Died on 9/11. Now She’s a Proud Terrier Too.

September 9, 2021

Photo of Angela Tsai with a white t-shirt with fish on it and black Vans sitting on a black staircase that may be a fire escape. She smiles wide and has long, dark hair.

Student Profile

Meet the Class of 2025: Angela Tsai

September 9, 2021

Voices & Opinion

How 9/11 Changed the World

September 8, 2021

Photo of Emily Chua’s class WR120 K8 Planet Ocean, a first-year writing seminar focused on ocean science in CAS September 22, 2020. Students sit in rolling desks and look at their laptops; many of them wear sweatshirts and all of them wear facemasks in the dimly lit classroom.

Voices & Opinion

POV: University’s Course Guidance for Fall Is “Wishful Thinking” and “Inadequate”

September 2, 2021

Photo of William Guo, left, Francis Kwok, Henry Lei, right, all of Alameda, and about a thousand demonstrators listen to speakers during an anti-Asian American hate march and rally at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. The march, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, started at city hall and ended at Union Square. They are dressed in fall clothing, many in black t-shirts that say "Stop Asian Hate" and face masks, and cardboard protest signs.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Can’t Un-Coin “Chinese Virus,” but We Can Tell Our Stories

August 30, 2021

Photo of a parents holding signs that say “Parents Choice” at a Pennsylvania school board meeting on Aug. 25. They do not wear masks, and some appear to be yelling. Some children are also seated in the auditorium.

Public Health

Anti-Maskers Are Assaulting Teachers and School Leaders. What Can Be Done?

August 26, 2021

New Podcast

BU Today Launches Question of the Week Podcast

August 25, 2021

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris waves as she deboards Air Force Two in Singapore at the start of her trip to Southeast Asia.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Kabul Is Not Saigon

August 23, 2021

Student Voices

My Experience as a Transfer Student during a Global Pandemic

August 16, 2021

Photo of a supporter of US President Donald Trump, dressing in jeans, a tan vest and sweatshirt, carrying a Confederate flag in the US Capitol Rotunda during the insurrection on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Behind him, a security guard looks on.

Voices & Opinion

POV: January 6 Insurrection Has Evolved into a Racist Relapse

August 4, 2021

An aerial photo of the massive damage done to Beirut port’s grain silos (center) and the area around it on August 5, 2020, one day after an explosion. The yellow, orangey grain spills out of three large silos, and water pools on either side. In the background, the high-rise buildings of Beirut are seen as well as a few clouds in the sky.

Voices & Opinion

POV: One Year after the Beirut Port Explosion, Who’s to Blame?

August 3, 2021

Photo of USA's Simone Biles, in her white USA sweatsuit, looking a little somber as she waits for the final results of the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 27, 2021.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Simone Biles Teaches Us Why We Must Support All Athletes Better

July 29, 2021

Photo of Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand as she competes in the women’s +90kg weightlifting final on April 9, 2018 at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. She wears a black body suit and lifts a large barbell with green and red weights over her head. Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images

Voices & Opinion

POV: Cheering a More Inclusive Olympic Games

July 29, 2021

A composite image of Mackenzie Miers, Marut Raval, and Solomon Frey. A white video play button is overlayed.

Recent Grads

How’s the Hospitality Industry Doing? We Asked Three 2021 School of Hospitality Administration Grads

July 6, 2021

Photo of former President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, smiling and gesturing with his hands. Photo was taken May 24, 1977.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Remembering Kenneth David Kaunda, Zambia’s Founding President

July 2, 2021

POV: Remembering Kenneth David Kaunda, Zambia’s Founding President