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BU Today 6-23-2022

June 23, 2022

Photo of a bright green bobcat machine and a larger, yellow machine with a large roller hanging off an arm, traversing Nickerson field. Large rolls of the astroturf being pulled off can be seen running North-South up the field. In the foreground, the gray bleachers of Nickerson are seen.

Nickerson Gets a Turf-lift

June 22, 2022

Photo collage of various women's athletic teams and players throughout the decade. The background is a turf field with a muted gray overlay. The images include: a black and white photo of the women's beanpot champions from 1981, a photo of BU women's golfer Hanako Kawasaki holding a golf club behind her back and wear a red visor; photo of Elizabeth Morse (CGS'14), left trying to keep possession of the ball with teammate Siobhan McCarthy (CGS'15) on defense during drills at BU women's lacrosse; photo of Stephanie Nasson (SAR'16) of the women's swim team mid-stroke, wearing a red cap and goggles; photo of Chiara Tibbitt (CAS'22) taking a shot during basketball practice; an old film photo of Jeanne Friedman and other women's rowing team members from the the mid-70s holding a trophy; black and white photo of Jennifer Lanctot O'Neill (Questrom'91), BU's first three-time female All-American, running with a relay stick; and photo of the BU women's soccer team in a team huddle. At center, an excerpt from Title IX is seen; it looks as if it has been torn from a page.

Gender & Sports

Title IX Turns 50: It Changed Society—but Now It Must Go Further

June 22, 2022

Photo of David Chard, a white man with short gray hair and short gray beard. He wears a blue-gray suit and maroon tie and sits with his hand folded over his knee in what looks like a study or office. At top left and right, rainbows are overlaid.

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: David Chard

June 22, 2022

A woman in a striped shirt and vest stands in a classroom full of children, facing the camera

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Roxbury International Film Festival

June 22, 2022

BU Today 6-22-2022

June 22, 2022

Photo taken from behind students seated at easels as they participate in an Introduction to Drawing class at CFA on June 7, 2022. The are back lit and are seen in silhouette. On a white wall in front of them, large black and white geometric drawings are seen. A white-ish blue box is seen in the left foreground.

Summer Drawing Class

June 21, 2022

An illustration by Sky & Telescope that depicts where certain planets will be in the sky on June 24th

Astronomy

Want to See Five Planets with Your Naked Eye This Week?

June 21, 2022

BU Today 6-21-2022

June 21, 2022

Composite image, three photos of students at BU's Juneteenth celebration. At top, a wide photo of students sitting in the GSU courtyard on picnic blankets and talking to one another. At bottom, left: Sabah Choudhury (CAS’24), at left, and Ekta Karkala (CAS’24) lay on a red and white checkered picnic blanket and smile for the camera. Both are young women of color with long dark hair. At bottom right,

Juneteenth Celebration Cookout

June 20, 2022

Composite image of ten book covers included in the summer reads listicle. Books include: “Love Marriage”. “Olga Dies Dreaming", ”Girl on Fire”, By the Book”, “Young Mungo”, “There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important", "Portrait of a Thief", "Girls Can Kiss Girls Now", and "Happy-Go-Lucky".

Arts & Culture

15 Great Summer Reads Sure to Keep You Turning the Pages

June 20, 2022

Screenshot of BUTV10 program Amber. Two young AAPI women wear black blazers and sit behind a news desk. At left, is Dalvina Bian, COM'23, who has brown hair and wears red lipstick. At right is Chunyi Xu, COM'23, who has black hair and smiles slightly. Behind them, on screen, a TV reads "Amber" in English and presumably in Chinese characters. The "A" of Amber is a broadcast towere and the design also features the figure of a chinese women in the lower right.

Film & TV

BUTV10 Wins Big—Again

June 20, 2022

Photo of two young women with long brown hair smiling and wearing crowns made of green leaves. The woman on the right has curly hair and wears black framed glasses and the woman on the left has straight hair.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Solstice Celebration at Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

June 20, 2022

Photo of a trader (a White, bald man wearing a blue jacket) working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. He has his left hand on his face and looks concerns as he types at a computer screen. Other people working on computers and large screens with stock information on them are seen blurred behind him.

Business & Finance

Interest Rates Are Up, Stocks Are Down. What’s Next for the Economy?

June 20, 2022

BU Today 6-20-2022

June 20, 2022

BU Today 6-17-2022

June 17, 2022

Photo of Young Chan Cho (ENG’24), left, and Jung Won “Ed” Park (ENG’24) during an electrical engineering lab called Thevenin Equivalence Oscilloscopes in Photonics June 15. Cho is a young AAPI man and wears a black t-shirt and holds two wires in his hand as he looks across the table towards Park. Park wears a gray button down with rolled up sleeves and clear glasses and types at his laptop as he looks towards Cho. other students working on the lab can be seen behind him.

Summer Lab

June 16, 2022

Photo taken from behind a Jewish worshipper as they sit in a synagogue. They wear a blue and white star of David kippah. The space is darkened but they are spotlighted.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Antisemitic Mapping Project Likely to Lead to More Anti-Jewish Violence

June 16, 2022

Photo of a family smiling and posing at an outdoor table during a the evening. A black man waves tot he camera as he hugs a young black girl next to him. Other black children sit around a table with a tan tablecloth and smile.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Museum of Fine Arts Juneteenth Free Open House

June 16, 2022

Photo of Sven Birkerts, left, and William Pierce in the AGNI offices on Bay State Rd. Birkerts, a white man with light brown curly hair and a silver grey beard, wears a blue shirt and jeans as he leans back with one arm on a bookcase behind him. Pierce, a white man with grey and brown curly hair wearing a white short sleeved shirt and light green pants, sits on an armchair to the right of Birkerts, also in front of the bookcase. The bookcase behind spans the entire wall and is made of a light wood. Many books on it feature the title "AGNI"

Writing

AGNI, BU’s Elite Literary Magazine, Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

June 16, 2022

AGNI, BU’s Elite Literary Magazine, Celebrates Its 50th Birthday