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Student Life

Video: What Classes Are You Most Excited About?

September 12, 2025

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Student Life

Your Textbook Questions Answered: Buy or Rent? Digital or Physical?

August 26, 2025

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Film & TV

Superhero Movies Star in This COM Class

August 22, 2025

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School of Hospitality Administration

SHA Students Partner with Museum of Ice Cream for Hands-on Learning Experience

August 15, 2025

Student Life

BU Class on History of Boston Takes to a Storied Stage: Club Passim

May 8, 2025

Classes

From Classroom to Kitchen: An Unconventional Approach to Finals

April 28, 2025

Photo: Igor Iwanek, a CFA lecturer in music and music theory, leads a Breath, Rhythm & Music for Your Wellbeing workshop. Photo by Cydney Scott

Watch Now

Breath, Rhythm, and Music: New Workshop Combines Them to Improve Well-Being

January 31, 2025

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Campus Life

Hub XCC Course Has Students Getting into Character and Acting Out Historic Events

December 17, 2024

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Campus Life

“I Want to Believe”: BU Class Explores UFOs, Bigfoot, and Why We Believe

November 12, 2024

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Theatre

Yo-EL Cassell’s Students Discover the J.O.Y. in Movement

November 8, 2024

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Dance

Dance as Protest, from Ireland to the Levant

October 23, 2024

Photo: Students explore Jia Ho supermarket in Chinatown during a class “Food in Place(s): Identity, Location, and the Cultures of Taste”

Food

Exploring Boston’s Cultural and Culinary Diversity

August 28, 2024

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Sculpture

CFA Sculpture Class: Wearable Cardboard Sculptures

May 29, 2024

Photo: Daryl Healea (left) Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and part time lecturer stops to give his History of Boston University students a brief history lesson on the significance the Back Bay had to the early days of Boston University, from (l-r) Maddy Smalley, graduate student for the Wheelock Education Leadership Policy Studies with the Higher Education Administration

University News

BU Hub Turns Six—and It’s More Important Than Ever

May 28, 2024

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Politics

A BU Class Tackles the Massachusetts Housing Crisis

May 22, 2024

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Engineering

Bridge Collapse Creates Conversation in BU Structural Mechanics Class

March 27, 2024

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University News

BU Professors, Undergrads Adjust and Adapt as Grad Student Strike Begins

March 25, 2024

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Watch Now

Psychology vs Sociology: What’s the Difference between the Majors?

March 22, 2024

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University News

Schedule Builder: A New Online Tool to Register for Fall Courses

March 5, 2024

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Faculty

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)

January 23, 2024

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)