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Social Media

Elon Musk Buys Twitter. Should We Worry?

April 26, 2022

BU Today 4-26-2022

April 26, 2022

Photo of Louis Chude-Sokei, an older black man wearing a dark blur shirt and black shoes sits with hands folded in front of him on the steps of a brick building. A red sign on the building reads "Boston University College of Arts and Sciences; African American Studies Program"

New Major

African American and Black Diaspora Studies Is BU’s Newest Major

April 25, 2022

A picture of a sign in Union Sqaure in Somerville that reads "Union Sqaure"

Things-to-do

Explore Somerville’s Union Square Thanks to the New MBTA Green Line Extension

April 25, 2022

BU Today 4-25-2022

April 25, 2022

Photo of Neytra, a young Indian American woman with light brown skin and long brown, highlighted hair. She wears a green sweater and holds a spatula in her right hand. Behind her, you can see two black pots on a stove and a kitchen backsplash. At the top left of the photo is an image of the dish she cooked: curry made with red kidney beans and pureed tomatoes and flavored with spices like cloves, tumeric, and cinnamon with a side of roti. White play button is overlaid.

Watch Now

[Video] How to Make Rajma

April 22, 2022

Campus News

Conservative Speaker Michael Knowles’ Speech at BU Sparks Walkout

April 22, 2022

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Politics

Why the CROWN Act Is Needed

April 22, 2022

BU Today 4-22-2022

April 22, 2022

4 dancers contort their bodies on stage for Visions 2022

Visions 2022

April 21, 2022

Candid photo of BU women's tennis head coach Lesley Sheehan. She is shown wearing a plain white tee, large black sunglasses, gray cap, and great sweatpants as she smiles and gestures a swing with her hand on a clear, sunny day. A blurry figure is seen behind her.

Varsity Sports

Women’s Tennis Riding High into This Weekend’s Patriot League Tournament

April 21, 2022

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Earth Week

BU Celebrates the 52nd Observance of Earth Day

April 21, 2022

BU Today 4-21-2022

April 21, 2022

Photo of the BU Women's Golf team posing with the Patriot League trophy. From left, Kristen Min Ju Kim, Flair Kuan, Hanako Kawasaki, Alice Fan, Christy Chen, and Victoria Takai all stand and kneel around the trophy, each using one or two arms to touch and hold it up in the center of themselves, as they hold up a large silver trophy with a large wooden base.

Patriot League Golf Champs x 3

April 20, 2022

Photo of Yunus Akbas playing Guglielmo as he rehearses the Opera Institute’s Cosi fan tutte at the Tsai Performing Arts Center. On stage, a man with a stern facial expression and wearing a red face mask stands with arms splayed out to his sides and a person behind him helps hi put on a black jacket. Various people wearing masks behind him look out to the crowd with questioning and gossiping looks on their faces.

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Mozart’s Classic Così fan tutte on Stage at Tsai Performance Center

April 20, 2022

Photo of the BU Sustainability Festival. Various open tents and booths are shown set up around Marsh Plaza on Commonwealth Ave. Various students and people congregate and interact at booths featuring giveaways, farmer's markets, and plants.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 21 to 24

April 20, 2022

A screenshot of the Savor App, which allows the reduction of food waste. The app screen says "recommendations" followed by many food options, similar to a menu in a restaurant except virtual

Campus Life

Student Dreams of a Meal Planning App to Avoid Waste

April 20, 2022

Carrie Welter (CAS’23) as Rousseau (from left), Nic Rowe (CAS’23) as Shakespeare, and Bruce Hallgren (CAS’22) as Dido rehearse for a play written by Alexandra Mascarello (CAS’23) that defends humanities studies. Photos by Mohan Ge (COM’22)

Arts & Culture

Our STEM Era Needs the Humanities, Undergrad’s Play Argues

April 20, 2022

Photo of SARP student ambassador Hannah Zobair, a young white woman with long brown hair and wearing a black sweatshirt, holding a large blue stencil to a sidewalk and spraying a can of light blue paint onto it on a sunny day. Three other young women stand behind her with similar stencils as they survey the ground.

“I Will Walk with You”

April 20, 2022

Photo of 2 people walking in the fjords of Iceland. A man and woman face away from the camera in a field of yellow flowers. They face large looming mountains in front of them covered by large low clouds.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Global Programs Annual Photo Contest Captures Moments of Joy

April 20, 2022

Global Programs Annual Photo Contest Captures Moments of Joy