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BU Today 05-02-2025

May 2, 2025

Image: A cartoon character with a long nose and blue skin, resembling Squidward from SpongeBob SquarePants, is wearing a black graduation cap with a yellow tassel. The character has large, teary eyes and is holding what appears to be a diploma or certificate. The background is blurred with shades of orange and pink.

Commencement

10 Hilarious Memes That Perfectly Capture the Life of a Second-Semester College Senior

May 1, 2025

Photo: A group of individuals, mainly students, sit around two white clothed round tables.

Student Life

Incorporating Student Voices at the Dean of Students Office

May 1, 2025

Ryan Rosenberger (Questrom’25) at the long jump event at the Duke Invitational, April 11. The men’s and women’s teams will compete for the Patriot League Outdoor Championship this weekend in Worcester, Mass. Photo by Peyton Williams/BU Athletics

Sports

BU Men’s, Women’s Track & Field Teams Head to Patriot League Outdoor Championship

May 1, 2025

Photo: A picture of many people celebrating with their arms raised as they sit around round tables

Commencement 2025

Class of 2025 Celebrated at Friday’s Senior Breakfast

May 1, 2025

Photo: A view of boats docked at Jamaica Pond, with trees lining the sides and a building in the distance

In the City

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

May 1, 2025

Photo: BU President Melissa Gilliam (left) and MA Representative Richard Neal posing together

President Gilliam Meets with Bay State Congressional Delegation

May 1, 2025

BU Today 05-01-2025

May 1, 2025

Photo: A group of students on the lawn at BU.

Urban Health

Why Is Everybody Talking About “Third Places” Right Now?

April 30, 2025

Photo: A group of BU student athletes that won awards at the annual Scarlet and White honors

Athletics Awards

2025 Scarlet & White Ceremony Honors Top Student Athletes and Coaches

April 30, 2025

Photo: Exterior of the BU School of Law on a sunny day in Boston, MA

Business & Law

Law School Applications Surge amid Economic, Political Uncertainty

April 30, 2025

Photo: A BU student studying in Mugar Library with a stack of books in the foreground

Where to Study

Best Places to Study for Finals at Boston University

April 30, 2025

Photo: A picture of the SoWa Open Market, a parking lot that is full of white tents selling food, art, and trinkets

Weekender

The Weekender: May 1 to 4

April 30, 2025

Photo: A group of women in white tennis gear smile and pose around a trophy and a sign claiming their championship.

BU Women’s Tennis Scores 7th Patriot League Title

April 30, 2025

BU Today 04-30-2025

April 30, 2025

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Technology

YouTube Turns 20—How Have Its 20 Billion Videos Changed Us?

April 29, 2025

“I had the good luck to be raised among expert joke-tellers, complainers, arguers, schmoozers, boasters, and liars,” Pinsky says in his new memoir, Jersey Breaks. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun. Pinsky stands looking out over an ocean beach on a cloudy day

University News

Robert Pinsky, America’s Ambassador for Poetry, Retiring from Teaching After 36 Years at BU, More Than 1,000 Students

April 29, 2025

Emma Powers (SPH’22) and Josh Lucas (SAR’23) work together to cleanup riverside trash on April 16th, as a part of BU’s team in the 26th annual Charles River Cleanup. BU alumni, students, and staff collected trash from the esplanade between BU Bridge and 1 Silber Way, in observance of #EarthDay365 and Global Days of Service. Photo by Ajani Hickling (CAS’27).

Many Hands Make Light (if Somewhat Damp) Work

April 29, 2025

BU Today 04-29-2025

April 29, 2025

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WATCH NOW

See Life at BU Through a Student’s Camera Lens

April 28, 2025

See Life at BU Through a Student’s Camera Lens