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BU Today 11-21-2022

November 21, 2022

Photo: VP of Trans Listening Circle Lena Broach (CFA’25), left, and President of Trans Listening Circle Felix Wheeler (COM’23) paint the rock in the colors of the transgender flag after placing flags on Alpert Mall Nov 18 to honor the lives of trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered worldwide in the past twelve months. Two young women wearing blue, puffy coats paint a rock. Behind them, small, transgender flags are lined and placed into the lawn.

2022 Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 20, 2022

Business & Law

Does Twitter, under Elon Musk, Need Government Regulation?

November 18, 2022

Photo: Fiona Schicho (School of Social Work ’25) blows a kiss after walking down the runway during the fashion show at the Professional Clothing Closet’s Nov. 16 event. A young white woman wearing a bright yellow blazer and navy, knee length skirt, poses and blows a kiss in the middle of a fashion runway lined with red carpet. The audience sits on either side of said runway.

A Fashion First

November 18, 2022

BU Today 11-18-2022

November 18, 2022

A child taking a math test. Photo by Greg Rosenke/Unsplash

Voices & Opinion

POV: Plummeting Math Achievement Scores Confirm Pandemic’s Impact on US Public School Students

November 17, 2022

Photo: Graduate student, Yolanda He Yang (CFA 24) works on a sculpture at CFA on November 7, 2022. photo shows a young Asian person through a small crack. Light shines in from a window behind them and highlights the thread work they do on their sculpture.

Working in the Dark

November 17, 2022

BU Today 11-17-2022

November 17, 2022

transgender flag (top left), nonbinary flag (top right), gender non-conforming flag (bottom left), intersex flag (bottom right)

LGBTQIA+

Resources for Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming, and Intersex Students

November 16, 2022

Photo: Katarina Quach poses for a photo on November 15, 2022. A young, bald, tan woman with long lashes and wearing red lipstick and a large black, oversized blazer, poses for a photo in front of a dark backdrop. Blurred, green leaves in the foreground at dimension to the photo.

Accolades

COM Student among Inaugural Cohort of Obama Foundation Voyager Scholarship Winners

November 16, 2022

Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Business & Law

Donald Trump Is Running Again. Can He Win?

November 16, 2022

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court

Should Supreme Court Justices Have a Code of Conduct?

November 16, 2022

Photo: A group of people use snowboards on a small patch of snow in a convention center. Convention goers and booths are on the outskirts of the snow center.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: November 17 to 20

November 16, 2022

BU Today 11-16-2022

November 16, 2022

“I had the good luck to be raised among expert joke-tellers, complainers, arguers, schmoozers, boasters, and liars,” Pinsky says in his new memoir, Jersey Breaks. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun. Pinsky stands looking out over an ocean beach on a cloudy day

Books

In His New Memoir, Jersey Breaks, Robert Pinsky Traces His Journey to Becoming a Poet

November 15, 2022

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: The South End

November 15, 2022

Trustees Cynthia Cohen (MET’77) and Malek Sukkar (ENG’92) were elected vice chairs at Boston University. Here they are pictured in two separate head shots.

Administration

It’s a New Era for BU Board of Trustees, with New Chair and Vice Chairs

November 15, 2022

Anxiety stress in brain, overload in mind. Depression, adhd, ocd.

ADHD

Is It ADHD? Resources if You Have a Hard Time Staying Focused

November 15, 2022

BU Today 11-15-2022

November 15, 2022

Photo: Perkins Award Ceremony for 2020 and 2021 winners held on November 10, 2022 in the Metcalf Trustee Ballroom. Perkins award winners from left: Lena Landaverde, Aline Hillman, Kimberly Crosta, Ridiane Denis, and Colin D. Riley. Each person holds up a gold plated plaque in front of a grey stage.

Perkins Award Winners from 2020 and 2021 Honored

November 14, 2022