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Portrait of Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of Boston University’s Initiative on Cities, as he walks out of a brick building with a white door and trim with a bag over his shoulder. He wears a black bomber jacket and blue pants. On the left, a red plaque on the building reads “Boston University, Initiative on Cities, 75”

University News

Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of BU’s Initiative on Cities, Will Retire

June 8, 2021

BU Today 06-08-2021

June 8, 2021

Photo taken from behind the podium and stage as Kenneth Elmore delivers the keynote address during the BU Academy graduation. In the stands in front of him, graduates in red caps and gowns and face masks watch Elmore as he speaks.

Two BUA Grad Ceremonies

June 7, 2021

BU Today 06-07-2021

June 7, 2021

Black and white photo of the author’s grandmother, Marie Moran, in Breezy Point, 1947. She wears a mid-thigh length skirt, hat, and pulls a wagon with a child in it.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Know the Water Is Coming. But I Can’t Bear to Sell My Family’s Cottage

June 7, 2021

Food

National Donut Day: The Best Places in Boston to Get Your Fix

June 4, 2021

Photo of a group of students, some masked, other unmasked, sitting outside on BU beach in colorful Adirondack chairs. In the foreground, a bright green tree is seen and the day looks sunny and bright.

Sunny Beach Day

June 4, 2021

A composite photo of Reece Eddy and Chase Levesque

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Attend a Lacrosse Game at Gillette Stadium

June 4, 2021

Photo of retiring BU comptroller Gillian Emmons sitting at her desk. She wears a blue sweater, and smiles; a window behind her looks out into Boston. A stack of red booklets sits on the desk behind her.

University News

BU Comptroller Gillian Emmons, National Leader in Higher Ed Accounting and Financial Reporting, Retiring

June 4, 2021

BU Today 06-04-2021

June 4, 2021

A photo of Trump supporters holding signs that read "Arrest the Traitors" and "Biden is Not My President"

Voices & Opinion

POV: America’s Greatest National Security Threat

June 3, 2021

BU Today 06-03-2021

June 3, 2021

The painting Six Crimee

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation at the MFA

June 3, 2021

Photo of Jan Block (COM’23), sitting at a social distant desk in the GSU, wearing a face mask and looking at his laptop as he attends his Summer Term 1 global health class virtually from the GSU on May 27.

Summer Studies

June 2, 2021

Photo of President Robert A. Brown looking at a papers on his desk, in front of his laptop, as he prepares for the Wednesday morning town hall via Zoom in his office. He wears a blue suit; his wood-paneled office is seen in the background.

University News

At Town Hall, President Brown Urges BU Community to Get Vaccinated, Acknowledges Anxiety about Return to Work

June 2, 2021

Photo of the “The Bacon Truck,” a pink food truck decorated with cartoon bacon strips. A man with a green shirt, baseball hat and face mask walks by with his dog.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Grab a Bite at the Greenway Food Trucks

June 2, 2021

BU Today 06-02-2021

June 2, 2021

Photo of a person, seen in silhouette, on a scissor lift using an electric screwdriver, to hanging fins on the Rajen Kilachand Center.

Spring Spruce-up

June 1, 2021

Photo taken from the top floor of Kilachand Center which shows the he Data Science Center Construction, at right, and the COM lawn onMarch 23. The lawn is yellowish green, as the grass has just begun growing, and the sky is clear blue.

Construction

Erector Crew Error Blamed for Beam Accident at Center for Computing & Data Sciences Construction Site

June 1, 2021

A composite of portrait photos of William Giraldi and Josephine Halvorson

University News

William Giraldi and Josephine Halvorson Named BU’s Latest Guggenheim Fellows

June 1, 2021

William Giraldi and Josephine Halvorson Named BU’s Latest Guggenheim Fellows