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The BU Women’s basketball head coach Marisa Moseley advises her players as they practice in pods on December 9 in Case Gym.

Practicing in Pods

December 10, 2020

Collection site specialist Jessica Sandberg guides a visitor through the test collection process at the Rajen Kilachand Center August 25, 2020. According to the BU COVID-19 Testing Data Dashboard there have been 14965 tests administered as of August 23, 25 of which are positive.

Health & Medicine

COVID-19 Tests Will Be Available to Category 4 Employees and Grad Students during Holiday Break

December 10, 2020

two hands pulling on a rope

University News

BU Rolling Out New Student Conflict Resolution Program

December 10, 2020

A photo of Commonwealth Mall with snow on the ground and holiday lights strung up on the trees

Things-to-do

The Weekender: December 10 to 13

December 10, 2020

BU Today 12-10-2020

December 10, 2020

Photo of Ryan Blake (QST’21) working on a final project for the semester in the Stuvi2 Lounge. He wears a mask and has his feet on the window sill as he works on his laptop. A view of Cambridge across the Charles River is seen outside the window; it's partly cloudy.

Stunning Perspective

December 9, 2020

Photo of the exterior of Taco Bell on Commonwealth Ave. Two people are seen about to walk in the door, and one person in a purple sweatshirt and face mask walks by.

Food & Dining

Students Like the New Taco Bell Cantina. But Does the Boston Globe Food Critic?

December 9, 2020

Photo of Katrina Lau (QST’21) working on her final project for the semester on her laptop in her Stuvi2 home which she shares with Casey Evans (COM’21), not pictured. The suite is decorated, including a door that is wrapped with bright red wrapping paper and cut-out paper snowflakes hang from the ceiling.

Snowing in StuVi 2

December 9, 2020

Photo: White text on red background reading "Its On Us"

Community Health

BU’s It’s On Us Chapter Members Pledge to Promote Consent

December 9, 2020

University News

“If You Do Nothing, Racial Inequality Persists”—Ibram X. Kendi Honors Howard Zinn in Annual Zinn Lecture

December 9, 2020

BU Today 12-09-2020

December 9, 2020

PPE discarded in medical waste bin

Science & Technology

Can the Science of Safe Cooking Solve Our Looming PPE Shortage?

December 9, 2020

Photo of a right pubis bone of a dinosaur fossil.

Fossils

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China

December 8, 2020

Photo of Megan Berkowitz (STH’21, SSW’21) leaning over a loom while backstrap weaving by hand. A tree with bright yellow leaves is seen in the background.

Pandemic Hobbies

Photo Essay: BU Community Takes Up New, Sometimes Not-So-New, Hobbies during Pandemic

December 8, 2020

BU Today 12-08-2020

December 8, 2020

A photo of two people talking on Marsh Chapel

University News

New Community Safety Advisory Group to Foster “Physical and Psychological Safety”

December 7, 2020

Gifts

2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Presents to Make Those on Your List Look Good

December 7, 2020

Gifts

2020 Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Gifts That Give Back

December 7, 2020

A photo of a stethoscope on a clipboard with data lines overlayed.

Public Health

Five Big Ideas for Reimagining Healthcare Post-Coronavirus

December 7, 2020

BU Today 12-07-2020

December 7, 2020