Food
High-Speed Vehicles
Tiny Water Droplets Can Ground Billion-Dollar Supersonic Vehicles. BU Engineers Are Working to Change That.
Research into the physics of fluids could help keep future space and commercial high-speed flights in the air
Things-to-do
This Weekend @ BU: October 15 to 18
From BU’s Family & Friends Weekend to the annual Head of the Charles Regatta, this weekend is packed with autumnal activities
University News
President Melissa Gilliam Delivers Annual Address: “Let’s Seize” This Moment
Updates BU community on progress toward strategic framework goals
Autism
New Video Game Could Help Reveal How People with Autism Perceive the World
Boston University researchers built a game that can be played by people across the autism spectrum—and that could one day help improve the development and testing of new therapies
Opera
For a Century, Puccini’s Last Opera Has Gone Without a True Ending. A BU Musicologist Gave It One.
Using the Italian composer’s deathbed notes, Deborah Burton pieced together a finale to Turandot and premiered it in Italy
Today's Close-up
Mothers Against Violence Summit
Jonathan Jay, a School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences and an expert on urban health and youth exposure to gun violence, addresses the Mothers Against Violence Learning Community National Solutions Summit, October 9 on the Fenway Campus. Participants worked in three cohorts focusing on mental health and community healing, youth homelessness and housing stability, and food insecurity and community food systems.
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Featured Events
Health & Medicine
BU Launches Flu, COVID Vaccine Clinics for Students, Faculty, Staff
BU’s chief health officer on what to expect this season and who should get vaccinated
Class of 2030
International Relations Major Has Savored Many Cultures Before Arriving on Campus
Omar Frometa (Pardee’30) was drawn to BU by its “globally minded community”
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Arts & Culture
- BU Dining Halls Have a New Custom-Made Hot Sauce: the Scarlet BUrn
- Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fenway-Kenmore
- CFA Fringe Festival Celebrates 30 years of Student Artistry
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
- This Weekend @ BU: October 8 to 12
- 34 Ways to Save Big Using Your Terrier Card
- BU Welcomes Inaugural Class of Davis United World College Scholars
Health & Medicine
- As Flu Season Approaches, BU Launches Flu, COVID Vaccine Clinics for Students, Faculty, Staff
- BU to Provide Free, Anonymous Mental Health Screenings and Resource Fair for World Mental Health Day
- Video: Leaders Among Us—President Gilliam in Conversation with Yvette Cozier
In the City
- This Weekend @ BU: October 15 to 18
- Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fenway-Kenmore
- This Weekend @ BU: October 8 to 12
Science & Technology
- College of Engineering’s 2026 Catalyst Summit Focused on Decoding Everyday Health
- Design, Build, Drive: Meet Terrier Motorsport
- Marine Science Career Accelerator Helps Student Careers
Sports
- Field Hockey’s New Coach Wants Her Players to Take It All In
- Field Hockey Looks to Defend Patriot League Title Under New Leadership
- BU Women’s Soccer Gears Up for Another Deep Playoff Run
University News
- President Melissa Gilliam Delivers Annual Address: “Let’s Seize” This Moment
- International Relations Major Has Savored Many Cultures Before Arriving on Campus
- Campus Construction Projects You Should Know About
Voices & Opinion
- International Relations Major Has Savored Many Cultures Before Arriving on Campus
- Video: Leaders Among Us—President Gilliam in Conversation with Yvette Cozier
- September 11 – 25 Years Later, BU Experts Discuss