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Climate Change

Photo: A plow truck rounds the Foxboro Common as snow begins to fall.

Journalism & Media

Tuesday’s Snowstorm Was a Bust in Boston. Here’s Why It Was So Hard to Predict

February 14, 2024

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

Photo: Melissa Adan of ABC News is shown reporting live from a roadside in Maui. A tan woman with black hair tied back and wearing a navy blue sleeveless blouse and khaki pants looks to her cellphone as a man wearing a large bucket hat, red shirt, and jeans holds a large TV camera in front of her. they stand on a dry, dirt road as fluffy clouds litter the blue sky.

Journalism & Media

Maui Wildfires Reunite Two BU Journalism Alums in the Field

August 22, 2023

Image: Illustration of a large, lit match. The flame on the match is clear, while the head of the match depicts a miniature Earth. Image shown on a vibrant, red background.

Books

Imagining a Postapocalyptic World Ravaged by Climate Change

August 8, 2023

Photo: Gina Fiandaca, a white woman wearing a black shirt and light blue blazer, is shown looking at various screens of video footage of various MBTA stations.

Transportation

Gina Fiandaca Commuted to BU on the MBTA. Now, Her Job Is to Fix It

June 6, 2023

Photo of flooded streets on Salinas Beach after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Overhead shot of houses and streets are flooded with muddy, brown water.

Public Health

Hurricane Fiona “Was Literally a Perfect Storm,” Says Former San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto

September 23, 2022

Concept illustration of a person with ecoanxiety and depression caused by global warming fear. A person with green pants and a blue shirt lays in a bed of smoke stacks.

Climate Change

Communicating Conservation Under Biden Versus Trump

July 28, 2021

Photo of Daisy Figueroa (LAW’21) in a black t-shirt and jeans ripped at the knee standing if front of a larger mural with the virgin mary and graffiti painted all over it. The photo has been edited so Figueroa is in black and white and the mural is brightly colored.

Student Activism

Student Activism Today Is Leaving a Mark on Climate Change, Antiracism, Housing, and More

March 26, 2021

Student Activism Today Is Leaving a Mark on Climate Change, Antiracism, Housing, and More