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Engineering

Bridge Collapse Creates Conversation in BU Structural Mechanics Class

March 27, 2024

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Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Favor Wariboko (CAS’24)

March 27, 2024

Photo: Marcus Wachira, a young man, with his hands behind his head and BU jersey laying on top of his artwork.

Books

The Bold World of Marcus Wachira

March 27, 2024

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Sports

Women’s Lacrosse Opens Home Patriot League Play

March 27, 2024

BU Today 03-27-2024

March 27, 2024

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Student Life

10 Memes That Describe Being a Second Semester Senior

March 26, 2024

Photo: A helicopter flies over a container ship as it rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the container ship ran into the bridge, causing the collapse.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Was the Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster Avoidable?

March 26, 2024

A woman pushing a wheelchair next to destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on March 21, amid the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas

Politics

Does the United States Have the Clout to Alter Netanyahu’s Course in Gaza?

March 26, 2024

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Academics

Undergraduate Research Study Project Explores Do-It-Yourself Extremism

March 26, 2024

BU Today 03-26-2024

March 26, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: The Decision to Reinstate Mandatory Standardized Tests for College Admissions Is a Mistake

March 25, 2024

Photo: U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) offers rousing remarks during a kick-off rally by the striking Boston University Graduate Workers Union on Marsh Plaza Monday afternoon. A large crowd of people behind the senator are holding picket signs advocating for paying graduate workers higher wages.

University News

BU Graduate Workers Launch Strike with Rally, Picket Plans

March 25, 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

Welcome to Boston University, Class of 2028!

March 25, 2024

BU Today 03-25-2024

March 25, 2024

Photo: BU forward Quinn Hutson’s (CAS’26) fishes for a puck off his back in the 2024 Hockey East Championship.

HOCKEY EAST

BU Falls to BC in Hockey East Championship

March 24, 2024

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Marsh Chapel

Students Fasting for Ramadan Find a Home at the GSU

March 22, 2024

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Watch Now

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

March 22, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Are All Ultra-Processed Foods Unhealthy?

March 22, 2024

Photo: Dr. Paul Friedrichs, the inaugural director of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) and deputy assistant to the President of the United States delivers the keynote address March 20 at an Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) event help in the Metcalf Ballroom

Paul Friedrichs, White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy Director, Speaks at BU

March 22, 2024