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Photo: A sunny shot of the BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Building as students sit and study at modern, round, white tables.

Comm Ave’s Newest Landmark

February 21, 2023

Alan & Sherry Leventhal Center. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Admissions

Six Takeaways So Far from This Year’s Admissions Season

February 21, 2023

BU swimming and diving head coach Bill Smyth with Anastasia Belyakov (CAS’24) at a recent meet. On February 21, he announced plans to retire after 18 years helming the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. Photo by Kyle Prudhomme

Sports

BU Swimming and Diving Coach Bill Smyth Announces Retirement

February 21, 2023

Photo: A birds-eye-view shot of the dining hall with ten round tables scattered about. All tables have some amount of various clothing and supplies on them. Some are void of people, the belongings there marking their space. Some tables host one, two, or three individuals eating, conversing, or preparing to leave the dining hall.

Dining Hall

New Fall Meal Plans Will Include More Dining Points, Greater Venue Flexibility

February 21, 2023

FILE - President Joe Biden listens as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

University News

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Address BU School of Law Convocation in May

February 21, 2023

BU Today 02-21-2023

February 21, 2023

Photo: A image of four individuals circled around a black and white fluffy dog petting him. They are all wearing masks, have various comfy clothes on, and are kneeling to be close to the dog. The dog has on a leash, and is looking to the left of the camera, his mouth open as he pants.

Things-to-do

The Week Ahead: February 21 to 26

February 17, 2023

Photo: A generic isle in CVS of their period products.

GENDER EQUITY

CVS Is Making Efforts to Combat Effects of Pink Tax and Period Poverty

February 17, 2023

Professor Wesley Wildman, a tall white man in a blue collared shirt, teaches a Data and Ethics class at CDS on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Artificial Intelligence

Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty

February 17, 2023

Photo: BU students are painting on mini canvas on a plastic table. Various different painted landscapes are on the canvases with miscellaneous paintbrushes on the table.

Spiritual Paint Night? At Marsh Chapel, of Course

February 17, 2023

BU Today 02-17-2023

February 17, 2023

Photo: Colorful movie poster for Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania. Features Ant-Man in the center and those in the movie all around in colorful blues, reds, pinks, and purples.

Film

We Have Your Friday Night Plans! How about Two Free Tickets to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania?

February 16, 2023

Photo: Black and white photo or Soloman Carter Fuller, the nation's first the nation’s first Black psychiatrist, looking into a microscope.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Why the Story of Solomon Carter Fuller Matters to BU—and for Black History Month

February 16, 2023

1/20/23 -- Boston, Massachusetts The opening of the Mathemalchemy Project Jan 20 at the 808 Gallery. The Mathemalchemy project became in 2020 an exciting collaborative enterprise, driven by the energy and enthusiasm of twenty-four mathematical artists and artistic mathematicians including BU’s Research Assistant Professor, Dr. Li-Mei Lim. After more than a year of meeting only remotely and fabricating components in their separate locations, they met in the summer of 2021 and built a large multimedia art installation that celebrates the creativity and beauty of mathematics. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Visual Arts

Mathemalchemy: Art and Math Converge in New Show at 808 Gallery

February 16, 2023

A photo of Stuvi II on Boston University's campus against a sunny sky background

Campus & Facilities

StuVi 2 Community Shaken by Jumping Death of Non–BU Affiliated Person

February 16, 2023

Bonnie Shao [playing Quack] and Echo Kaufman [Playing Mack] throw their hands in the air in the duck costumes they wear for Make Way For Ducklings, a musical at the Wheelock Family Theatre.

In the City

Make Your Way to Make Way for Ducklings, the Musical at Wheelock Family Theatre

February 16, 2023

Photo: Sushmita Udoshi (COM’24) as Amal and Vidisha Agarwalla as Mashal in Jado Jehad, a coming-of-age drama set in Pakistan. Two young Brown woman look down and despondent as they act on stage. The woman in the front wears a brown shirt and the other stands behind her, wearing a blue collared shirt. A soft spotlight shines on both.

Jado Jehad at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre

February 16, 2023

BU Today 02-16-2023

February 16, 2023

Photo: Brian Durocher, a white man wearing a tan suit, looks off to the right during a women's ice hockey game. He stands with arms crossed as he leans to the right to get a closer look.

Women's Ice Hockey

Brian Durocher to Step Down after 18 Years Leading BU Women’s Hockey

February 15, 2023

Image: Black background with the word "Resistance" in bold, capital letters. The outline of the words is shown above and below the center word with a red, yellow, green gradient.

Black History Month

What “Black Resistance” Means to Me

February 15, 2023

What “Black Resistance” Means to Me