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Photo of Alexis Michelle, of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame, doing a split in a very sparkly jumpsuit as a student sitting next to the stage shouts and reacts in excitement

First-Ever Purim Drag Show

March 23, 2022

BU Today 3-23-2022

March 23, 2022

Photo of Martha Schick (MDiv’22) lighting a candle in Gordon Chapel. A white woman with short hair wearing a mask lights a candle with a long match in a darkened chapel

Religion

Photo Essay: What My Faith Means to Me

March 23, 2022

Wellness

10 Ways to Cope with Current World Events

March 22, 2022

Downtown Stockton, California at night

Urban Problems

Majority of US Mayors Worried about the Racial Wealth Gap in Their Cities

March 22, 2022

Louis Chude Sokei sits in front of a gray background in a green shirt

African American Studies

University Lecture: Louis Chude-Sokei Aims to Challenge Conventional Narratives about Race and Technology

March 22, 2022

Aerial photo of BU and non-BU students celebrating Holi on Cummington Mall Rd on March 20 in-person for the first time in three years. Most young people in the crowd wear white or light colored shirts, and a cloud of orange dust rises in the air. The people are covered with an array of bright colors and look joyful as they talk with their friends.

In-Person Holi Celebration Returns

March 22, 2022

BU Today 3-22-2022

March 22, 2022

Photo of Students for Reproductive Freedom co-presidents Molly Baker (CAS’22), left, and Charlotte Beatty (CAS’22) cutting the ribbon on the new vending machine during a launch party in the GSU. Two masked students bend and cut a large red ribbon tied around the machine as masked onlookers circle around and clap.

Reproductive Rights

New Plan B Vending Machine in GSU Dispenses Low-Cost Emergency Contraceptives to the BU Community

March 21, 2022

Photo of Nirisha Commodore, left, and Korede Yoloye reveal each others’ matches and celabrate on Match Day March 18 in the Metcalf Hall in the GSU. Commodore is a young Black woman wearing a burnt umber pant suite, with her hair pulled back in a bun; she extends her hands jubilantly and holds her match sign. Yoloye, a young Black woman with shoulder length hair wearing a black dress, is similarly exuberant and holds her "I Matched!" sign.

Student Life

Match Day 2022 Filled with Anticipation, Joy, Relief

March 21, 2022

an image of a gas pump in california showing prices as high as 5.99/gallon for regular gasoline

Politics

We’re Paying More at the Pump. How Long Will That, and High Inflation, Last?

March 21, 2022

The CleanTech Club executive board members: Anastasiia Sviridenko (Questrom’21 CAS’21) (from left), Natali Shilotri (Questrom’22), Amelia Murray-Cooper (CAS’22), Lekhya Sathi (Sargent’23), Ella Ciccone (ENG’24), and Charles McGinn (ENG’23). Photo courtesy of McGinn

Student Clubs

CleanTech Club Unites Students through Technology, Sustainability

March 21, 2022

BU Today 3-21-2022

March 21, 2022

Photo of Tima Dasouki, a young woman wearing a white blazer and knee-length black dress rifling through a rack of business attire.

Student Life

New Professional Clothing Closet Provides Free Dress Clothes to Students Who Need Them

March 18, 2022

Photo of the panelists who participated in the Ukraine Town Hall hosted at the LAW Auditorium March 17. The panelists sit in black metal chairs, in the following order, from left: Neta Crawford, CAS professor of political science, Kaija Schilde, Pardee School of Global Studies Associate Professor of International Relations and acting director, BU Center for the Study of Europe, Joe Wippl, US diplomacy, Carrie Preston, Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor and Kilachand Honors College director and a CAS professor of English and of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Nicholas Micinski, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine and a former visiting visiting researcher at BUs Center for the Study of Europe, Daniela Caruso, School of Law professor of Law, Robert Sloane, LAW professor of law, Igor Lukes, CAS professor of History, and Alexis Peri, CAS associate professor of History. Behind them, a projector shows a map of Ukraine and the areas Russian is attacking.

International Crisis

Ukraine Town Hall Draws Large, Engaged Audience

March 18, 2022

two students vlogger Anna Malygin and Yashika Chari are smiling with a white play button overlayed on top of the image

Student Life

Want to Get to Know Someone Better? Try Out a Conversation Kit from Student Wellbeing

March 18, 2022

BU Today 3-18-2022

March 18, 2022

Photo of Brandon Bell, a young man with dark hair and bear who wears a gray sweater, who works for Polestar Boston talking about electric vehicles with a group of four other men who stand and listen with coffees in their hands, on Metcalf Plaza. Tents and other passersby are seen behind them.

Electric Vehicle Expo

March 17, 2022

Photo of Temple Grandin. She slight smiles, has short gray hair that curls up, blue eyes and freckles. She wears a bejeweled black button up and a red neck tie. Behind her, a field and small hills are seen on an overcast day.

Neurodiversity

Renowned Autism Advocate and Scientist Temple Grandin to Speak at BU

March 17, 2022

Photo of students doing yoga on the BU Beach during a sunny day. they stand on a lush, green lawn in the doggy down pose.

Wellness

New Name, Mission, and Website for Health Promotion & Prevention

March 17, 2022

New Name, Mission, and Website for Health Promotion & Prevention