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Photo: The choir director of Inner Strength Gospel Choir, Herbert Jones, leads his choir by demonstrating what to sing. His mouth is agape in the photo, mid-singing, and he wears a black hoodie.

CHOIR

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Celebrates 50th Anniversary

April 26, 2023

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 27 to 30

April 26, 2023

Photo: Jaden Bridges (CFA’25), in tank top, and Talia Sulla (CFA’23) rehearsing for Nathan Alan Davis’ “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea,” directed by Malika Oyetimein, April 18. Photo by Will Chapman (COM’26)

Theatre

Nathan Alan Davis’ Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea Opens at CFA’s Studio ONE

April 26, 2023

Photo: President Biden is speaking to a crowd on a mic'd podeum in a black suit with the American flag behind him.

Campaign REELECTION

Age, Inflation, Abortion, Culture Wars, and More: Issues That Will Define President Biden’s Reelection Campaign

April 26, 2023

BU Today 04-26-2023

April 26, 2023

Photo: A row of BU's Drumline students in all black t-shirts perform for a showcase.

Drum Roll, Please!

April 25, 2023

This is a birds eye view photo from a Boston University commencement ceremony. Seniors are wearing black graduation caps with red gowns and are sitting down in rows. The stage is in front of the graduates and there is someone shown speaking at the podium. Behind the speaker, there are rows of faculty/speakers/staff also in red and black graduation attire.

Commencement

Moving On: Tips for Dealing with Post-Commencement Blues

April 25, 2023

Photo: Melissa Holt, a white woman with shoulder length straight brown hair ad wearing a blue blouse with white polka dots and a black blazer smiles and poses with hands clasped in front of her. Holt poses for a portrait inside the lobby of Kilachand Hall.

New Appointment

Wheelock’s Melissa Holt to Lead Kilachand Honors College

April 25, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston sit at the front of Morse Auditorium on April 24, 2023. (from left) a tan man wearing a light blue collared shirt and navy blue suit looks and writes on sheets of paper, a Black man with white hair and a gray trimmed beard wearing a light blue collared shirt, blue blazer, and dark grey pants is turned to his right as he talks and gesticulates to a white woman wearing a red blazer, black dress, and black tights. They all sit in black chairs in front of a white background. A small table is at the center of them holding small plastic cups of water.

Arts & Culture

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Speaks of Migrants and Memory—and That Call from Sweden

April 25, 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: Boston Is Home to the World’s Oldest Hockey Rink

April 25, 2023

Photo: A woman and her son read books. The woman is wearing a headscarf. Women’s rights advocate Homeira Qaderi, pictured here with her son, Siawash, faced death for her activism when the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021.

Books

COM’s Mitchell Zuckoff Re-creates a Suspenseful Story from the Chaotic US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

April 25, 2023

BU Today 04-25-2023

April 25, 2023

Photo: Boston University staffers from (l-r) Trish Reed, Diandra Ross and Erin Lee grouped up to sort through clothing donations at Cradles To Crayons donation center in Newton, Massachusetts, Thursday, April 20, 2023. From left, a white woman wearing a grey "Boston University" long sleeved shirt, a Black woman wearing glasses and a black short sleeved shirt, and an Asian woman wearing a blue and white collared shirt and navy blue sweater vest laugh and chat as they fold clothes out of a large blue bin. Behind them other people can be seen sorting and folding clothes into various other bins.

External Affairs volunteers at Cradles to Crayons

April 24, 2023

Photo: a view of the west-facing entrance to BU's CAS. A large, ornate wooden metal door is shown in the background. In the foreground pink spring blossoms on a tree highlight the entrance.

Promotions

24 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

April 24, 2023

Photo: Lindsay London, a white woman with short brown hair, holds protest sign in front of federal court building. She stands with other protestors in support of access to abortion medication. The protestors are bundled up in scarves and fleeces. They have their sunglasses on and they stand in front of a tree.

Health & Medicine

Supreme Court Upholds FDA Approval of Mifepristone: What’s Next?

April 24, 2023

Photo: An array of re-purposed paper made into various colors is laid flat on a wooden table.

Sustainability

Sustainability Seed Grants Will Fund Ideas Ranging from Textbook Lending to Eliminating Dental Supply Waste

April 24, 2023

Photo: Tucker Carlson, a white man in a suit, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Journalism & Media

Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News: Two COM Media Experts React

April 24, 2023

BU Today 04-24-2023

April 24, 2023

Photo: Two young college students, Stephanie Kung (COM’23), left, and Kelly Ye (QST’23) cuddle with bunnies on the 14th floor of CDS on Boston University's campus. “Barn Babies” brought a petting zoo to BU on April 20, where students signed up for time slots to snuggle with their choice of pig, goat, bunnies, chicks, or kittens. The room was filled with smiles and the cooing of baby animals from start to finish. Photo by Will Chapman COM (’26)

Barn Babies Visit CDS

April 23, 2023

This is a collage of Boston University content creators. There are five individual pictures stitched together. The pictures are all solo shots of the content creators listed in the story.

Social Media

Get to Know These Five TikTok Stars from Boston University

April 21, 2023

Get to Know These Five TikTok Stars from Boston University

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