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BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Scott Nichols to Retire after Leading BU’s Successful First Comprehensive Campaign February 15, 2019When Scott Nichols first met with Robert A. Brown back in 2006, over dinner at Island Creek Oyster Bar in Kenmore Square, he was not prepared for what the BU president was about to tell him. Brown wanted BU to undertake its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, and the goal would be crazily ambitious—$1 billion. “I […]
- Changing the National Conversation around Death February 15, 2019From anti-aging beauty regimens to strict diets and medical screenings, Western culture places immense value on the quality and preservation of life. Death, however, is a subject largely absent from daily conversation, and when raised, it evokes fear and anxiety. But talking about death—and the policies and attitudes that shape it—is a healthy practice, speakers […]
- BU Track & Field to Compete in Patriot League Indoor Championships This Weekend February 15, 2019When Jordan Coverson was in South Carolina visiting family during intersession, a stranger noticed her BU T-shirt and came over to talk to her. Learning she was also a BU student-athlete, senior Coverson (Sargent), one of BU’s track and field captains, asked her: “Oh, what sports team are you on?” “I’m on the track team,” replied […]
- Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Beacon Hill February 15, 2019Beacon Hill, one of Boston’s oldest—and most beautiful—neighborhoods, is today among the most exclusive residential areas in the city. But it also has affordable (or free) pleasures.
- Prodded by Students, BU Phases Out an Environmental Scourge: Plastic Straws February 14, 2019BU doesn’t have plastic straws at its residence dining halls. Yet it still went through 27,000 a year at retail sites (such as City Convenience stores and the George Sherman Union food court), Rhett’s West in Claflin Hall, and the Warren Towers Late Night Kitchen. That was before the University removed them from public sight […]
