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Composite image: at left, a photo of two young women, students, writing letters to incarcerated survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Cards with lots of handwritten text and colorful envelopes are scattered across the table. At right, a wide shot of a group of students sitting at a classroom table, masked, with cards and envelopes before them.

Sexual Assault Awareness

SARP Student Ambassador Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to Support Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence

April 8, 2022

Dhruv Kapadia (CAS’24), incoming Student Government president, says his administration will be a “vehicle for change.” Photo by Arin Siriamonthep (Questrom’24). Here he is in a blue suit with a red tie on a sunny day

Student Life

Seven Questions for BU’s New Student Government President

April 8, 2022

Bright balloons and tables stocked with BU swag heralded the return of Giving Day to campus April 6, the first such in-person event since 2019. Photo by Dana J. Quigley

Giving

2022 Giving Day Raises over $3 Million

April 8, 2022

BU Today 4-08-2022

April 8, 2022

Photo of a person in a green winter hat and poofy jacket showing their phone to a young white woman with dirty blonde hair wearing a red jacket. She stands behind a table next to white man in a black rip up.

Giving Day 2022

April 7, 2022

Photo of the Senate Confirmation Hearing For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson, now an associate justice of the US Supreme Court (center), wears a purple blazer and black pencil skirt, and raises her right hand. A group of photographers sit before her and try to get a shot. Senators sit at tables in a U shape.

Supreme Court First

“She’s Earned This”: Angela Onwuachi-Willig Rejoices in Historic Confirmation

April 7, 2022

Stylized image of Ketanji Brown Jackson. At center, she appears in Black and white. She is a middle-aged Black woman who wears glasses, a pearl necklace, and black and white checkered dress. She loves off to the side triumphantly. At left and right the same image appears, pixelated, in yellow and white. The background of the image is a teal jewel tone.

Community Voices

BU Celebrates Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Rise to US Supreme Court

April 7, 2022

Photo of Valerie Fletcher, a middle-aged white woman with short red hair and bands. She smiles and wears thick black glasses and a white and black collared shirt. Behind her is a projected slide, she appears to be presenting something.

Diversity

Disability in the 21st Century: A Virtual Talk with Advocate Valerie Fletcher

April 7, 2022

Photo of Katie Anne Clark (left) as the Wicked Witch of the West with Lily Park as Dorothy in Boston University’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” during a dress rehearsal on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Clark wears a purple witch's hat and long patterned dress. Park wears a handkerchief around her head and overalls. Behind them are stacked metal beams and other debris.

Theater

At Wheelock Family Theatre, There’s No Place Like Home

April 7, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson responds to a question from Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., foreground, as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, during her confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Voices & Opinion

POV: Witness to History—Seeing Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing Was Magical

April 7, 2022

BU Today 4-07-2022

April 7, 2022

Social Media

Looking for a Laugh? Check Out These TikToks

April 6, 2022

tall yellow daffodils in front of a large modern building

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 7 to 10

April 6, 2022

Hanako Kawasaki holds a golf club behind her back and stares into the distance

BU Athletics

Hanako Kawasaki’s Passion for Golf Has Brought Her Halfway around the World

April 6, 2022

Photo of the facade of the supreme court at dusk. The white, Grecian facade is reflected in a puddle in front of the main steps. The sky is blueish purple and lights shine from behind the columns.

LAW

SCOTUS Civil Rights Ruling against Police Hailed by BU Faculty

April 6, 2022

Photo of a young woman in a brown tank top and green pants climbing up a cave wall at Cambridge CRG. Another young person at right in a black sweatshirt is also seen climbing.

Student Clubs

BU Climbing Club: Rookies, Vets Test Their Physical and Mental Agility

April 6, 2022

BU Today 4-06-2022

April 6, 2022

Home, on the BU Beach

April 5, 2022

BU Tennis Club secretary Scarlett Blydenburgh (COM’22, CAS’22) during a match. Photo courtesy of BU Tennis Club

Club Sports

Tennis Club Fundraises ahead of National Championship Tournament

April 5, 2022

Photo of Campus editor Jesus Marrero Suarez (COM’24), from left, reporter Emilia Wisniewski (COMN’25), and associate campus news editor Tanisha Bhat (CGS’22,COM’24) during print night Feb 24 at The Free Press office. All the students wear masks and a white sign at the back of the room reads "The Daily Free Press"

Student Journalism

Loftier Stories, Long Hours, High Standards Help The Daily Free Press Reach New Heights

April 5, 2022

Loftier Stories, Long Hours, High Standards Help The Daily Free Press Reach New Heights