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BU Today 5-06-2022

May 6, 2022

Image: collage of artists releasing music in march 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Mariah the Scientist, Wet Leg, and Pusha T. Mariah the Scientist is shown performing at Coachella on polaroid-style borders. Wet Leg is shown on stage at the Pabst Theatre as they play guitars on a purple-lit stage on polaroid-style borders. Pusha T shown performing in concert. He holds a microphone to his mouth and one arms is raised as he faces the crowd within polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

New Music

New Music May 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

May 5, 2022

Photo of David Ortiz on stage with Questrom Prof. Susan Fournier in the Questrom auditorium during a one-hour Q&A on May 5. Fournier, a white woman who wears a black skirt and black and white blouse, claps her hands and smiles. Ortiz, a middle-aged Black man, is seen seated and smiling wide; he wears ripped jeans, a gray graphic tee and sunglasses. Next to Fournier on the ground is a canvas bag with the number 34, Ortiz's number, and behind them is a large red backdrop that reads "Insights@Questrom: LIVE"

Questrom Speaker

Big Papi Visits BU: “I Am So Proud of This Town”

May 5, 2022

Photo of Jay Pandolfo, at left, in a blue suit, assistant coaching during a BU hockey game. The light of screens in the arena are seen behind him. At front right are the backs of BU Hockey players.

Athletics News

Former Terrier and Bruin Jay Pandolfo Named BU Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach

May 5, 2022

Photo of BU men's lacrosse player Jake Cates. Action shot shows him mid throw, lacrosse stick up as he wears a white BU lacrosse uniform and red helmet. Similarly dressed players can be seen standing on the sidelines of the field.

BU Athletics

Men’s Lacrosse, Coming Off Best Season in History, Hosts Patriot League Playoffs This Weekend

May 5, 2022

BU Today 5-05-2022

May 5, 2022

Wide shot of a group of people gathered on Marsh Plaza. At left and right of the steps, large blue and yellow Ukraine flags fly. Some members of the group are masked, many hold small Ukrainian flags. It's an overcast day.

Vigil for Ukraine

May 4, 2022

Photo of Tess Ravick (ENG’22), back, and Trevor Melsheimer (ENG’22), front work on their senior design project April 29. The device harvests water from the air. Ravick has light brown skin, wears a t-shirt, a white face mask, and their hair in a bun. Melsheimer, who has light skin and a beard and wears a gray sweater, adjusts a level of the black device on the table in front of them.

Watch Now

Water, Water, Everywhere—They Hope

May 4, 2022

Photo of Rebecca Chang (CAS’22), left, June Lin (Questrom’22), middle and Victoria Phang (Questrom’22), right, smiling and laughing as they watching the slideshow during senior class breakfast at the GSU’s Metcalf Ballroom May 5. The three all appear to be AAPI women. Behind them, their table is covered with breakfast food and glasses filled with orange juice.

Commencement 2022

Pulitzer-Winning Journalist and Author Bob Woodward Will Be BU’s 149th Commencement Speaker

May 4, 2022

Professor Sean Andersson, left, listens to Franco Julia Wise (ENG’22), at right, as he explains the workings of his team’s Soft Robot with Integrated Soft Optical Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery following the May 4 press conference at Phototonics announcing ENG getting $4.4 million from Massachusetts High Technology Council to build a new robotics lab, BU RASTIC, to complement ENG's master's program in robotics and autonomous systems. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

University News

BU to Open New Robotics Lab to Foster More Student Innovators

May 4, 2022

Illustration of two circular caricatures, one sits at a table in front of a small plate of food. Another is seen on a laptop zooming in. Above the table, the text "Mama Meals" is seen in large, round letters.

Mama Meals

May 4, 2022

Photo of a blossoming lilac bush, with clusters of small purple, pink and white flowers, and large green, heart-shaped leaves.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: May 5 to 8

May 4, 2022

Coats over their arms, third-year medical students filing into a tent on the BU Medical Campus Talbot Green Monday for their in-person White Coat Ceremony. They’d had a pandemic-mandated virtual ceremony in August 2020, and Monday’s in-person ceremony was timed to coincide with the beginning of their third year, when their studies transition to clinical rotation.

Campus Life

Finally, a Two-Year-Delayed In-Person White Coat Ceremony for School of Medicine Entering Class of 2020

May 4, 2022

BU Today 5-04-2022

May 4, 2022

Just For Fun

Seven Memes That Describe Being a Second-Semester Senior

May 3, 2022

Photo the cast and crew, including artist in residence Paolo Scoppola, middle, of Exit the King running a tech rehearsal April 27 at CFA’s Studio One. A large golden throne is seen center stage; behind it, a wall that reads "EXIT THE KING" in blue and is splattered with red paint. At right, an actor, Declan Schliesmann (CFA’22), dressed as a king with red and gold robes sits and practices his lines, script in hand. Scoppola, in black pants, crimson shirt, and a face mask is seen at left.

Theater Technology

Exit the King, and Enter Random Actor

May 3, 2022

Photo of Aymen Yibrie, from left, N’Sikan Keendow, Abigail Mureithi, Axum Afework, Daniela Baez, and Naomi Boye work on their braiding during Naturally BU’s braiding demonstration at CAS. Various Black students stand around a mannequin head clipped to a desk as they practice and laugh. A few students wear masks.

Student Clubs

Promoting the Beauty of Natural Hair

May 3, 2022

Photo of a crowd of people gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington on the night of May 3. They protest overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade. Photo focuses on a young woman holding a sign mid-shout and holding a sign that reads "Abortions are Healthcare, Necessary, Justice. Keep them Legal!"

Politics

Is the End of Roe v. Wade Near? Leaked SCOTUS Brief Says Yes

May 3, 2022

BU Today 5-03-2022

May 3, 2022

Photo of Jordana Kasaato (ENG’23), left, and Kendall Lowe (CAS’22) try their hand at a fishing game on the COM lawn during the BU Brazilian Association’s Junina Party in honor of the annual Festas Juninas April 30, which in Brazil runs throughout June. Kasaato, a young Black woman with long braids, who wears a black jacket and jeans, laughs as her fishing line gets tangled with Lowe's. Lowe is a young Black woman with long braised who wears a black sweater and amber pants. She smiles as she holds up her fishing rod. The pair are sitting on lawn chairs and fishing from a large plastic bin filled with water. Other students on the COM lawn can be seen behind them, it's a sunny spring day.

BU Brazilian Association’s Festa Junina

May 2, 2022