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Weekender

The Weekender: January 20 to 23

January 19, 2022

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Resolutions

Why Is It So Hard to Keep New Year’s Resolutions?

January 19, 2022

Photo of Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible, during his Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.

Politics

One Year after Joe Biden’s Inauguration, BU Experts Give Him a Mixed Review

January 19, 2022

BU Today 1-19-2022

January 19, 2022

Photo of Simeon Seth (CGS'25) practicing basic words on a colored paper during the the January Calligraphy and Cocoa events at George Sherman Union sponsored by Student Activities Office. She wears a blue face mask and looks intently at the paper as she writes. Others writing can be seen behind her and the table is covered with colored paper.

Weeks of Welcome 2022: Calligraphy

January 18, 2022

Photo of BU law professor, Katharine Silbaugh on January 4, 2022. She clasps her hands, smiles, and leans against the trunk of a tree. She has brown hair and wears a blue, speckled jacket over a black blouse.

Law & Health

Can Brookline’s New Anti-Smoking Law Create a Tobacco-Free Generation?

January 18, 2022

BU Today 1-18-2022

January 18, 2022

Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston branch of the NAACP (from left) and Saida Grundy, College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of sociology, African American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies, discuss Black suffrage rights during Boston University’s virtual celebration of the lives and legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) and his wife, Coretta Scott King on Monday, January 17. The event was co-sponsored by the City of Boston and the New England Conservatory. The event was livestreamed from the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. Photo by Siyi Yang (COM’22) for Boston University Photography

MLK Legacy Celebration

January 17, 2022

photo of Fiona Brymer had and her partner, Brian Freitas posing after a dance competition. She wears a red dress and he wears black shirt and pants. Both wear blue face masks

Student Life

College of General Studies Welcomes a New Class

January 14, 2022

LISTEN NOW

Do COVID Vaccines Affect the Menstrual Cycle?

January 14, 2022

Photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium. Mask are required indoors, but distancing is not. Students sit in the rows with their notebooks open and look towards Beffert who wears a black jacket and jeans.

Campus Life

Everything to Know about COVID and BU Campus Life

January 14, 2022

BU Today 1-14-2022

January 14, 2022

Photo of BU's point guard Sydney Johnson making a layup against Army's Lauren Lithgow during the Jan 12th game at Case Gym. Johnson wears BU's white and red uniform and her hair is tied back with a red headband. An army defender raises their hand to block the layup.

Women’s Basketball Win

January 13, 2022

black and white photo of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being accompanied by his wife, Coretta Scott King, as he appears at a press conference. His hand is raised and waving, as they both look on smiling

Martin Luther King

Michelle Wu to Headline Virtual MLK Day Celebration Monday

January 13, 2022

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Voices & Opinion

POV: The Great Resignation. It’s Not as Great as Screaming Headlines Suggest

January 13, 2022

BU Today 1-13-2022

January 13, 2022

Black and white photo from March 1965, in which Martin Luther King, towards the right, in a suit, and his wife Coretta Scott King, in a hat and light pant suit, lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery. Among those pictured are, front row, politician and civil rights activist John Lewis (1940 – 2020), Reverend Ralph Abernathy (1926 - 1990), Ruth Harris Bunche (1906 - 1988), Nobel Prize-winning political scientist and diplomat Ralph Bunche (1904 - 1971), activist Hosea Williams (1926 – 2000 right carrying child).

Things-to-do

The Weekender: January 13 to 17

January 12, 2022

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Accolades

BU’s Entrepreneur Education and Entrepreneurial Alumni Earn High Rankings

January 12, 2022

BU Today 1-12-2022

January 12, 2022

Caspian Chaharom (CAS’23) (left), Kelsea Mann (CFA’23), Chloe Adamowicz (CAS’22), and Harunobu Ishii (MET’22) pose for a photo after their autopcb app, which makes circuit design easily accessible, was awarded the Judges’ Choice Award for Innovation Fellows at the BU Spark! Fall 2021 Demo Day, December 10, 2021.

Campus Life

App That Automates Circuit Design Wins Big at BU Spark! Demo Day

January 11, 2022

App That Automates Circuit Design Wins Big at BU Spark! Demo Day