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Photo of a man holding a cross and in the background, a group of people praying outside the Supreme Court on July 8, the day the court handed down decisions giving religious groups broad discretion in firing employees and denying contraceptive coverage. Behind the Supreme Court building the sky is clear and sunny.

Politics

Religion versus Other Rights: The Supreme Court Weighs In

July 10, 2020

Return to Work

University Staff Prepare for the Fall Semester

July 10, 2020

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University News

BU Vows to Push for Reversal of New ICE Rule for International Students

July 9, 2020

Photo of an empty classroom from inside CAS March 18, 2020, after campus cleared out due to the pandemic. A professor's podium sits at the front of a classroom of rows of teal single-person desks.

Voices & Opinion

POV: BU Should Go Fully Online This Fall

July 9, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: July 9-12

July 9, 2020

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Restaurants

Cornwall’s Reopens and Adds Breakfast Service, Sidewalk Dining

July 9, 2020

A group of students sit on blankets in the grass behind Marsh Chapel, a tree is seen in the top left of the photo.

Student Life

Surveys Are Asking Students to Indicate Their Fall Plans

July 8, 2020

Just for Fun

Six Ways to Pass the Time in Quarantine

July 7, 2020

Just for Fun

10 GIFs that Describe Exactly What We’re Thinking When Meeting on Zoom

July 7, 2020

Student Stories

Five Things on My Mind As I Enter Senior Year

July 7, 2020

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University News

Questrom Doubles Open Spots for New Online MBA

July 7, 2020

An illustrated, abstract rendering of gerrymandering. Two red hands holding red pens mark up a map of the US. Suit cuffs are around the hands, implying they are politicians.

Politics

Can Algorithms Lick Politicians’ Gerrymandering?

July 7, 2020

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Finance

Retirement Savings Hit Hard by COVID-19? Here’s What to Do Next

July 7, 2020

Photo of Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, holding a press conference at the Department of Education July 13, 2017, after a day of meetings weighing whether to keep or reject Obama-era guidance that laid out how schools must meet their obligations under Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. Devos wears a spotted shirt and glasses, holds papers, and speaks near a mic.

Campus Life

BU Readies for Title IX Changes to Sexual Misconduct Regulations

July 7, 2020

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Reopening Childcare

POV: We Need to Focus on Children’s Rights as We Grapple with Reopening Childcare in Massachusetts

July 6, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

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Arts & Culture

BU Global Music Festival Gets $15K Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

July 2, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: July 2 to 5

July 2, 2020

Photo of BU mascot Rhett the Terrier on the ice with the BU men’s hockey team during the 2020 Beanpot Tournament.

Campus Life

Is It Time to Rename Rhett, BU’s Mascot?

July 1, 2020

Portait of Ibram X. Kendi in a gray suit with his hands on a desk in front of him. Kendi is a leading historian and author of the bestselling 'How to be an Antiracist.'

Accolades

Ibram X. Kendi Awarded BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities

July 1, 2020

Ibram X. Kendi Awarded BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities