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Photo: A member of the BU Figure Skating Club wearing black leggings and a grey shirt does a trick on skates at Agganis Arena

Figure Skating

BU Figure Skating Club Tries for Its Seventh National Title in Anaheim This Weekend

April 11, 2023

BU Today 04-11-2023

April 11, 2023

Photo: Astronaut Bob Hines (ENG’97) speaks with ENG students April 7 on the 17th floor of CCDS. A man in a blue NASA astronaut jumpsuit stands on a makeshift stage at the front of a large room as he speaks to a large audience of students sitting and watching.

Astronaut Bob Hines Returns to Campus

April 10, 2023

Photo: View of the CDS building from Commonwealth Ave on October 9, 2022. Nighttime stock campus photo of Boston University campus shows street-view of cars and pedestrians on BU's campus. The city and CDS building can be seen brightly lit against the night scene.

Safety

Making Sense of “Swatting” Hoax That Hit BU Sunday Night

April 10, 2023

Photo: Group photo of the BU 2023 Best Student and Supervisor Award winners. (Left to right) Daniel Kirsch (Graduate Student Outstanding Service ) , Kenya St. Fleur (Undergraduate Student of the Year) Christie Ngo (Grad student Employee of the Year , Dr. Monica Wang (Supervisor of the Year-Runner-Up) and Mary Martins (Supervisor of the Year ) (not pictured Christina Matta, Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year) stands next to a stage in a bright room. They all pose together and smile for the photo.

Accolades

BU Celebrates Best Student Employees and Supervisor

April 10, 2023

Photo: A portrait of Marilynne, a white woman with shoulder length gray hair. She is wearing a deep blue blazer and sits on a brown leather couch with a stained-glass-trimmed window behind her. She smiles softly for the camera.

Arts & Culture

Renowned Author Marilynne Robinson to Speak on Campus April 11

April 10, 2023

Photo: A zoomed photo of various different vegetables such as mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, and a handful of raspberries on the lefthand side.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Pesticides and Produce—Ignore the “Dirty Dozen” List of Fruits and Vegetables

April 10, 2023

Graphic Design Image: Red background with colorful text reading "Together for Giving Day. #ProudToBU"

Giving Day 2023

BU’s Ninth Annual Giving Day Is Tuesday, April 11

April 10, 2023

BU Today 04-10-2023

April 10, 2023

Photo: A group photo of BU’s Men’s Club Rugby Team during their 45th anniversary. A group of men, many wearing red Rugby jackets, pose together on Nickerson soccer field. A few people in the front hold up a large red banner that reads "Boston University Rugby".

Men’s Rugby Club 50th Anniversary

April 9, 2023

Photo: A picture of a ceramic mug before it goes in the kiln. It has green glaze on the handle and little strawberries and little white flowers.

WEEK AHEAD

The Week Ahead: April 10 to 16

April 7, 2023

Photo: Jonathan Lee, an Asian man wearing a white long-sleeved chaplain shirt, black pants, and a silver name tag that reads "Jonathan Lee" sits posed in a pew. He smiles, as he looks over his left shoulder to the camera in a church.

New Appointment

Marsh Chapel Appoints Inaugural Associate Chaplain for Student Outreach

April 7, 2023

An image with a green background and a lightbulb shaped like a brain flickering yellow. The text reads "Today I Learned"

Listen Now

Today I Learned: Some Clergy are Using ChatGPT to Write their Sermons

April 7, 2023

BU Today 04-07-2023

April 7, 2023

Photo: Yang Yang Zhang (ENG’24) (left), and Kai Imery (ENG’24) work to get their object-detecting autonomous vehicle to run. A young Asian man wearing glasses and a young white man wearing a white hooded sweatshirt both lean close the table in front of them as they study the small electric car they're programming. The small blue car is connected to wires and attached to a small black device that the two are working on.

Hands-On Engineering

April 6, 2023

Photo:Joshita Manohar (CAS’240, left, and Esther Gilbert (CAS’22) look through their poster options at the Happy Cactus gifts tents during BU’s annual Earth Day Festival not he GSU Plaza. A young South Asian woman wearing a tan jacket and a young Asian woman wearing a black jacket smile as they look through posters. Next to them, a large variety of green plants is displayed.

Earth Day Preview

How BU Honors Earth Day, Every Day

April 6, 2023

Photo: A Black man adjusts a small painting on the wall for his MFA thesis exhibition. The painting on his left is a curvy canvas (looks like an outline of the number 8) with a pink background and a nude woman on the front. The top painting is of a landscape with houses in the same form as the one on the left.

Exhibitions

BU Art Galleries Play Host to 2023 MFA Painting and Sculpture, Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Shows

April 6, 2023

Photo: Jay Eddy (CGS’23) (left), the writer, composer and performer of Alligator-A-Phobia in 3D!, clowning around with director Shamus (CFA’23) on set. A woman with red hair and wearing a purple jump suit is shown mid-air as she jumps with a large, blow-up alligator in her arms. To he right, a man with dark brown curly hair and wearing a teal shirt and jeans peaks out from behind a set piece window. He has puppet alligators on his hands as looks to the woman to his left.

Theatre

Alligator-a-Phobia in 3-D! at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Chomps on Our Anxieties

April 6, 2023

Photo: The BU Women's Softball team, wearing white and red jerseys, celebrates in the dugout during a recent game

Athletics

Softball Team Hosts Lafayette April 8 in Patriot League Home Opener

April 6, 2023

Photo: The Boston University Terriers play the Minnesota Golden Gophers during game one of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Frozen Four Championship Semifinal at the Amaile Arena on April 6, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. Multiple hockey players in full equipment clash in front of a goalie doing the splits. (Photo by Rich Gagnon/BU Athletics)

Frozen Four

BU Men’s Hockey Falls to Minnesota in Frozen Four Semifinal

April 6, 2023

BU Men’s Hockey Falls to Minnesota in Frozen Four Semifinal