Boston University

Diversity

2018 Kahn Award Winners

Acting

Kahn Awards Help to Launch CFA’s Emerging Artists

May 30, 2018

Umoja President Sernah Essien addressing the audience at the first ever Rite of Passage ceremony honoring black graduating students

Students

Umoja Celebrates Seniors’ Rite of Passage

May 18, 2018

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History

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Sisters United

Diversity

Sisters United Brings Black and Brown Women Together

May 2, 2018

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Science & Technology

Louis Chude-Sokei Wants African American Studies Program to Be a Central Place

April 26, 2018

Charles Merzbacher (left), a COM associate professor, Robert Margo (right), a CAS professor of economics

Film

Economist, Film and Television Profs Win Teaching Awards

April 20, 2018

Diversity

Celebration of Innovation on Campus and Off Slated for April

March 19, 2018

Racism

Checking Your (White) Privilege at the Door

February 27, 2018

African Studies

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

A photo series inspired by the meaning of the color red in Chinese culture. Photo by Evan Vidan

University News

Expressing Themselves in Charcoal

February 7, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

Howard Thurman

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

Julia Roberts on People's cover in 1991 and 2017

Research

Older and Nonwhite Celebrities on People’s “World’s Most Beautiful” List

November 28, 2017

Kelly Nee, chief of the Boston University Police Department

Diversity

BU Police Chief Appointed to Governor’s Hate Crimes Task Force

November 8, 2017

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Research

Is Science Too Straight?

October 11, 2017

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Education

POV: Defending Affirmative Action

August 9, 2017

ESPN’s Kevin Merida says athletes can help focus attention on issues that concern them.

Racism

Second BU Play It Forward Summit Tackles Race and Gender

April 12, 2017

Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of its Unity Week 2017.

Students

Umoja Turns 50

April 6, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Infectious Diseases

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Ryan Corbett, Xinia Bermudez, Sarah Sherman-Stokes, Victoria Baratian, and Mario Paredes

ISSO

Help for Those Concerned about Immigration Status

February 24, 2017

Azer Bestavros at podium, behind him Katie Conboy, Evelyn Murphy, Marty Walsh, and Eddie Ahmed

Politics

Tackling the Wage Gap with Code

January 27, 2017

Tackling the Wage Gap with Code