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University News

BU Wheelock Faculty Named Top Educational Policy Influencers

March 25, 2025

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, speaks with Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston as part of a two-day BU visit under the auspices of the Center on Forced Displacement and Kilachand at Morse Auditorium. Three people sit in formal attire and appear to be discussing an important topic around a small table

Forced Displacement

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement

November 16, 2023

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LGBTQ+

Don’t Say Gay: Three Alumni Authors Speak Out on LGBTQ Book Bans

November 16, 2023

Photo: A composite image of six different individuals with an orange boarder. From left (top), a black man with a blue blazer and dark slacks stands in the middle of a grass field, a bald man with black glasses wears a collared shirt and looks off into the distance, a woman with jeans and a maroon leather jacket had her arms crossed as she stares off to the right of her. From left (bottom), a white woman with short grey hair stand in front of a river as she looks into the camera, her hands in her pocket; a woman with short, brown hair and black-rimmed glasses looks into the camera, a white woman with short white hair sits on a bench, her leg crossed over the other with a colorful scarf wrapped around her neck.

ACADEMICS AND ACTIVISM

BU Faculty Combine Academics and Activism—with Social Justice at the Core

August 9, 2023

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Academics

Graduate Fellowships Give a New PhD Program a Strong Start

August 8, 2023

Photo of a group of students sitting in an auditorium as they show their cleared confirmation status on their cellphones at the start of Professor Elizabeth Co’s Human Physiology (BI 211) class in Morse Auditorium on the first day of classes September 2. Stickers are placed in chairs throughout the auditorium to help with distancing.

Student Stories

College in the COVID-19 Era

November 20, 2020

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Antiracism

In a Turbulent Time, Ibram X. Kendi and BU’s Center for Antiracist Research Will Help Lead the Way Forward

November 19, 2020

Composite image of black and white photos of the following people: Gary M. Garfinkel (Questrom’84), who stands in a suit and tie, Harold “Spike” Carlson (Questrom’26), in an old-fashioned football uniform, Julia C. Pratt (CAS’48, Hon.’78) at a desk with file cabinets in the background.

Giving

Celebrating Three Scholarships

November 19, 2020

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University News

Alum Endows Scholarship, Professorship

July 7, 2020

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Endowments

Three New Professorships Endowed

July 7, 2020

A photo of the Class of 1970 Convocation in 2010. A graduate holds up a newspaper that reads "Will I have to go to war?"

Commencement

50 Years Later, Another Delayed Commencement

July 7, 2020

Boston University students study in a study lounge on campus.

University News

The Next Campaign: BU’s Strategic Plan Will Get a Jump on Its Priorities

October 23, 2019

The Next Campaign: BU’s Strategic Plan Will Get a Jump on Its Priorities