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"Weeks of Welcome" in white rounded text on a painted rainbow background.

Student Life

Weeks of Welcome Moves (Mostly) Online This Year

August 24, 2020

A sign outside of the 2020 RNC Convention in Charlotte

Voices & Opinion

As GOP Convention Kicks Off, BU Experts Weigh In on What Trump Needs to Say and Do

August 24, 2020

Composite image of several BU sophomores, juniors, and seniors who offer some words of wisdom to entering freshmen on how to get the most out of life at college in a video. The center of the image reads "Advice to the Class of 2024"

Student Life

Words of Advice for the Class of 2024 as an Unprecedented Year Begins

August 24, 2020

A photo of Kurt Mahnke (CAS’04) behind the counter at Barnes and Nobles at BU

Coronavirus

E-Books, Touchless Pickup, and More on Tap at Barnes & Noble @ BU This Fall

August 24, 2020

In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, stands with his defense attorneys as a death by lethal injection sentence is read at the Moakley Federal court house in the penalty phase of his trial in Boston, Friday, May 15, 2015. Tsarnaev, center holds his hands in front of him and looks sternly, the court room occupants are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: How to Ensure Only Impartial Jurors Decide between Life and Death

August 21, 2020

A screenshot from the video showing an empty Bay State Road

Campus Life

ENG Student’s Video Captures The Ghost Town of Boston University

August 21, 2020

A crowd of people marching at a Black Lives Matter protest. A man holds a sign that says "Antiracism starts with education" at the front of the crowd.

Center for Antiracist Research

Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million to BU Center for Antiracist Research

August 20, 2020

A photo of a pepperoni pizza

Weekender

The Weekender: August 20 to 23

August 20, 2020

Photo of junior neuroscience major Shota Weaver (CAS’22) has been capturing footage of New England’s wildlife and creating short films. Here he holds camera gear and wears a backpack while standing in the woods.

Capturing Nature

Spiders, Squirrels, and Deer, Oh My: CAS Junior’s Wildlife Video Adventure

August 20, 2020

A screenshot of Jack Weinstein from a DNC video on national security. Text reads "Jack Weinstein, Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret.) (1982-2018)

Politics

Pardee’s Jack Weinstein Touts Biden at Democratic Convention

August 19, 2020

A photo of desks in an empty classroom at Boston University

Voices & Opinion

POV: False Advertising and the In-Person Experience

August 19, 2020

Photo of the lobby of the Harriet E Richards Cooperative (HER) House on Bay State Rd in which Tiana Catala (COM’22) collects her things to move into to her room at HER House. She wears a blue medical mask and is seen lifting a plastic tub of her belongings.

Student Life

A Quiet Start to Move-in

August 18, 2020

A photo of suffragettes holding a sign that reads "Votes for Women"

Voices & Opinion

POV: As We Mark the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, One Question Looms

August 18, 2020

Abiba Braimah, a patient who took aspirin when pregnant with her two boys, both of whom were born near or full-term. She also has a daughter who was born prematurely, weighing only four pounds, before Braimah found the BMC doctor who prescribed aspirin. Braimah is pictured here with her three children, sitting on steps outside of her home. Her young boys wear matching red shirts with a dinosaur print, and her daughter smiles in a red head band and pink shirt.

Medicine

Boston Medical Center Urges Low-Dose Aspirin in Pregnancy as Hedge against Preterm Births, Deaths

August 18, 2020

A photo of the new COVID testing site at Boston University

University News

BU Launches COVID-19 Dashboard of Data

August 17, 2020

A photo of street signs in Milwaukee outside of the Democratic National Convention

Politics

The Democratic Convention Starts Monday: What to Look For

August 17, 2020

Photo of two students outside of Covid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center with masks on. One sits on a bench and looks at their phone, the other walks by with a backpack.

News Roundup

Catch Up with Our 10 Most Popular Summer Stories

August 17, 2020

Screenshot of a zoom call in which Ferren Winarto (CGS’23) (top left) and Victoria Fernandez (CGS’23) (top right) interview congressional candidate Jesse Mermell as part of The Politica’s podcast series.

Politics

Meet the Candidates Running in the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District Democratic Primary

August 17, 2020

move-in

The 10 Stages of Moving Back to Campus

August 14, 2020

Jiaxin (Jack) Tong (COM’22) moves into his Bay State Rd residence on August 14. After his flights home to China got cancelled five times in the spring and early summer, Tong stayed on campus for the summer, taking classes.

Move-in

Will Move-in 2020 Be Different from Years Past? Very.

August 14, 2020

Will Move-in 2020 Be Different from Years Past? Very.