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BU Today 09-12-2023

September 12, 2023

Photo: Two Black young women, one wearing a cropped long-sleeved white shirt, glasses, and olive green pants and the other wearing a grey sweatshirt and black pants, strike extravagant poses for a selfie photo.

Showing Up & Showing Out

September 12, 2023

Photo: A woman with long, light brown hair and a cream sweater looks over her shoulder for a portrait shot. On her left, there is a contrasting greenery and behind, blurred out beginnings of a building.

QUESTROM

BU Dual Master’s Program Aims to Produce Graduates Versed in Environmental Science—and the Economics of Climate Change

September 11, 2023

Photo: David Chard, a white man with short gray hair and short gray beard. He wears a blue suit and maroon tie, smiles and stands at a wooden podium with a red "Boston University" sign on it. He holds a small microphone in one hand as he looks to an unseen audience.

University News

Wheelock’s David Chard Leaving as Dean, Proud of Faculty and Staff Who Built Something Together

September 11, 2023

Photo: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (center) with two of this year’s BU City Scholars Summer Fellows: Kevin Chin (ENG’25) (left) and Jiefu Huang (Questrom’24). All are wearing semi formal attire. Photo by John Wilcox, courtesy of the city of Boston

Student Life

What Does It Take to Run Boston? We Asked These Terriers

September 11, 2023

Photo: Two darker-skinned young women looks at and hold up small succulent plants from a long white table. They stand in Marsh Plaza at Boston University.

Greening of the Dorms

September 11, 2023

BU Today 09-11-2023

September 11, 2023

Photo: A man with a button-up shirt sits behind three stuffed creatures, all with huge eyes and long limbs. They are characters from the children book that one of the creatures holds, a book for sustainability for kids.

Innovation

Questrom Student Creates Stuffed Animals and Books to Teach Kids about Sustainability

September 8, 2023

Photo: The concept of artificial intelligence and computer technology is shown with a photo of a person typing on a black laptop. AI techno-themed illustrations hover above the hands as they type, signifying the use of AI.

University News

BU Forms AI Task Force

September 8, 2023

Photo: A college student wearing jeans and a red t shirt leans back on a stone wall on BU's campus.

Student Life

Video: Getting to Know Comm Ave

September 8, 2023

Photo: A large crowd sits outside on a grassy area at night with a large projector screen playing The Little Mermaid in the distance

Who Doesn’t Love The Little Mermaid?

September 8, 2023

BU Today 09-08-2023

September 8, 2023

Image: collage of artists either hosting concerts in Boston in September 2023 or with new albums coming out in September. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Lil Yachty, Tove Lo, and Becky G. Each photo has white, polaroid-style borders. At left, Lil Yachty performs in concert, mic in hand; he is a Black man wearing a black hoodie and black pants. At right, Becky G, a tan young woman with black hair tied in a high ponytail and wearing a white dress, smiles with mic in hand. Center, Tove Lo is shown performing in concert. A white woman wearing a black leather bra and cut-out pants set, performs with mic in hand on stage. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern.

New Music

New Music September 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

September 7, 2023

Photo: A group of individuals hugging and embracing each other as the look up at the camera. A woman with braces smiles, behind her a man with a flannel and glasses holds her shoulder and smiles, next to him, another woman with her hair pulled back smiles with their heads next to each other. On the right, a woman with glasses nuzzles into the embrace, peaking a look at the camera with her one visable eye.

Student Life

Video: A Bittersweet Ritual: Parents Bid Their BU Freshmen Goodbye

September 7, 2023

Photo: A young black man in a pink sweater stands with a smile and one hand in a pocket

Students

Meet BU’s Newest Terriers: Mohamed Mohamed

September 7, 2023

Photo: A young man wearing a white and red shirt and jeans shorts rides an inflatable shark in a large inflatable structure.

Comm Ave Fest 2023

September 7, 2023

BU Today 09-07-2023

September 7, 2023

Photo: A woman wearing a red shirt and jeans laughs as she holds a large pillow in her hands. The person in front of her hold various clothes and places them away in a dresser in front of them/

Campus Life

Highlights from Move-in 2023

September 6, 2023

Photo: Various baskets of multiple peppers. Some are green, others are red, some are stout, others are longer.

THINGS-TO-DO

The Weekender: September 7 to 10

September 6, 2023

Photo: Poet Robert Pinsky, a white man with a full head of gray hair, stands at a mic with a black button down as he reads his poetry. A single spotlight illuminates him.

Arts & Culture

Poetry, Jazz, and BU’s Robert Pinsky Headline at WBUR’s CitySpace Saturday

September 6, 2023

Poetry, Jazz, and BU’s Robert Pinsky Headline at WBUR’s CitySpace Saturday