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Accolades
BU Ignition Award Winners’ Innovations Could Reduce Knee Pain, Extend Lives of Cancer Patients, and Propel Underwater Robots
Annual entrepreneurship awards given to research projects ready to make the leap from the lab to real-world impact
Sustainability
Sustainability Festivals to Take Place on the Medical and Charles River Campuses
Events will include food, games, and giveaways, plus info about sustainability initiatives
Today's Close-up
Sidewalk Art
Students turned up at the entrance to the College of Fine Arts building on September 11 to take part in CFA's Chalk Fest. Some participants helped professional artist Brittany Shepler complete a collaborative mandala chalk piece, while others created their own chalk art. Here, Kira Ousey (CFA’27), administrative coordinator for CFA’s School of Music (foreground), creates a chalk drawing of a trumpet.
Photo by Cydney Scott
Class of 2030
After Struggling to Support Himself in High School, Freshman Ryan Sim Is Ready to Chart His Own Course
Questrom student has moved across the globe twice and lived on his own. Now, he’s excited for his next journey
International Students
Your First Year at BU: A Guide for International Students
Everything you need to know to set yourself up for success
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- Wheelock Family Theatre Gives High School Students a Hands-On Role in Theater Management
- An Internship Combining Art and Advertising at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum
Business & Law
- Mitchell Zuckoff Wrote Boston Globe Stories about 9/11
- September 11 – 25 Years Later, BU Experts Discuss
- Student Interns Learn What Makes Municipal Government Work
Campus Life
- Sustainability Festivals on Medical and Charles River Campuses
- After Struggling to Support Himself in High School, Freshman Ryan Sim Is Ready to Chart His Own Course
- A Snapshot of BU’s Class of 2030
Health & Medicine
- BU Expert on Meta’s $17.1 Billion Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims
- Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Marks 25th anniversary
- Global Health Storytelling Course Brings Journalism and Public Health Students Together
In the City
- This Weekend @ BU: September 10 to 13
- This Weekend at BU: August 27 to 31
- Want to Beat the Summer Heat? Check Out One of the Boston Area’s Many Public Pools
Science & Technology
- Design, Build, Drive: Meet Terrier Motorsport
- Marine Science Career Accelerator Helps Student Careers
- Research Program for Boston High School Teachers
Sports
- BU Men’s Soccer to Host Army West Point in Patriot League Home Opener
- Want to Beat the Summer Heat? Check Out One of the Boston Area’s Many Public Pools
- FIFA World Cup Gives a SHA Grad Student Hands-On Experience in Event Management
University News
- Warren Towers’ Tower A Reopens to Students
- Boston University Honors Four Junior Faculty With Prestigious Career Development Professorships
- New University Librarian Aims to Create the Library of the Future, With the Community’s Help
Voices & Opinion
- September 11 – 25 Years Later, BU Experts Discuss
- 10 BU Hacks to Navigate the Student Experience
- Words of Wisdom for the Class of 2026: “Be Courageous”