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Photo of a student and possibly his father walking with a green moving build filled high with his belongings.

Student Life

What Did Move-In 2021 Look Like? These Photos Tell the Story

September 2, 2021

Photo of Emily Chua’s class WR120 K8 Planet Ocean, a first-year writing seminar focused on ocean science in CAS September 22, 2020. Students sit in rolling desks and look at their laptops; many of them wear sweatshirts and all of them wear facemasks in the dimly lit classroom.

Voices & Opinion

POV: University’s Course Guidance for Fall Is “Wishful Thinking” and “Inadequate”

September 2, 2021

Photo of students walking down Comm Ave past an orange and yellow sign that says "BU is Back". Students are dressed in summer attire and the trees along the street are green.

Student Life

“Hopeful.” “Safe.” “Engaged.” Students Share Hopes for the Fall Semester

September 2, 2021

Photo taken at street level on Comm Ave towards the sidewalk and the Tsai Performance Center, where a runner in a gray shirt and black shorts runs by. Flowers are seen in the foreground.

Faculty Reflections

“Joyful.” “Humbled.” “Anxious.” Faculty Open Up about Returning to Class

September 2, 2021

BU Today 09-02-2021

September 2, 2021

Photo of Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius, wearing a dress and a face mask, giving an elbow bump to a student on stage, during the Menino Scholars and Community Service Awards event, held August 31, 2021 at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. President Brown is seen at left in a black face mask.

2021 Menino Scholars and Boston Public Schools Community Service Awards

September 1, 2021

Student Health

What You Need to Know about BU’s Good Samaritan Policy

September 1, 2021

People walk along Commonwealth Ave outside the storefront for Gopchang Story Korean BBQ restaurant.

Campus Life

What’s Closed, What’s New, and What’s Opening Soon along Comm Ave

September 1, 2021

BU Today 08-31-2021

September 1, 2021

Photo of Jake Dietiker (Questrom’25), from left, Victor Verma (CAS’25), and Jeremy Gay (COM’25), playing spike ball on BU Beach August 30. They all wear bright yellow shirts and Verma reaches up to spike the small yellow ball as the others look on, Behind them, students sit in the grass or walk by.

Fun on the (BU) Beach

August 31, 2021

BU Today 08-31-2021

August 31, 2021

Photo of (Left to right) Joe D’Innocenzo (ENG 25) Derek Dong (QST 25), Kaylee Sanderson (QST 25) and Maddie Beery (QST 25) playing cornhole at the Terrier Tailgate on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Dong throws a blue sand bag towards the opposing whole. The students wear red shirts with terriers on them.

Freshmen Just Want to Have Fun

August 30, 2021

Photo of a black woman entrepreneur holding an chalkboard open sign at the front of her business. She wears a face mask and a stylish apron.

Business

COVID-19 Led to More Start-ups by Black Americans, BU Researcher Finds

August 30, 2021

Members of the Boston University Class of 2025 walk past Marsh Chapel on Commonwealth Ave towards their Matriculation Ceremony at Agganis Arena.

Beginning: Four Years of Learning, Growth

August 30, 2021

Photo of William Guo, left, Francis Kwok, Henry Lei, right, all of Alameda, and about a thousand demonstrators listen to speakers during an anti-Asian American hate march and rally at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. The march, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, started at city hall and ended at Union Square. They are dressed in fall clothing, many in black t-shirts that say "Stop Asian Hate" and face masks, and cardboard protest signs.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Can’t Un-Coin “Chinese Virus,” but We Can Tell Our Stories

August 30, 2021

BU Today 08-30-2021

August 30, 2021

Members of the Boston University Class of 2025 react during the Matriculation ceremony at Agganis Arena.

Class of 2025

Class of 2025 Matriculation

August 29, 2021

Students wearing protective face coverings sit at tables and benches on the lawn outside the Boston University College of Communication

Back2BU

22 Important Questions and Answers for BU’s 2021–2022 School Year

August 27, 2021

BU Today 08-27-2021

August 27, 2021

Photo of Kayleigha Zawacki (CFA’14,MFA’21) stands in the middle of her installation "Panthera tigris,” a 360 degree immersive mixed media experience on view at the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre. Zawacki crosses her arms across her chest, and wears a crimson sweater. Around her are swirling lights and a neon figure of a tiger.

Panthera tigris

August 26, 2021