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BU Today 09-01-2020

September 1, 2020

Paige Stathapoulos (CAS’16) wears a mask tosses a rugby football to her Rugby teammate Jenny Kronish at Nickerson field on the West Campus move in August 28. The rugby football is seen in flight.

A Rugby Workout on Nickerson

August 31, 2020

Graphic novel panels illustrated by Ajay Ramnarine. On the left, 4 panels illustrated in black show a young man enter a kitchen with a question mark above his head. He looks at the oven and realizes that it’s 8:55am. A panel then zooms in on the shock in his eyes, framed by thick black glasses, and underneath it says “F-f-f-five minutes!?!“. The panel to the right makes the young man look like a larger-than-life super hero on fire, and the text reads: “Just enough time… to make breakfast!”

Graphic Novels

Action. Racism. Hope. Students Show Their COVID-19 Lives in Graphic Narratives

August 31, 2020

COVID-19 safety signage on a BU dining hall table

Campus Life

Nine Ways COVID-19 Will Change Eating and Dining at BU This Fall

August 31, 2020

A photo of n empty court at the scheduled start of an NBA basketball first round playoff game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Sports

NBA Players Strike for Social Justice. What Comes Next?

August 31, 2020

Photo of the glass door at the entrance of the Rajen Kilachand Center at Boston Univeristy. Paper signs on the door read “COVID-19 Testing Collection Site Entrance” and “Stop! Have you completed your required daily symptom survey?”

Wellness

New BU Healthway Help Line Answers Students’ Questions about Coronavirus Testing

August 31, 2020

Photo of a body of water during what looks like an evening storm.

Reflections

“Always Female, Always Black, Ever Dangerous”

August 31, 2020

BU Today 08-31-2020

August 31, 2020

Reverence Robert Hill gives a sermon during at Marsh Chapel during an outdoor service on the day of Boston University Matriculation 2020

Marsh Chapel Matriculation Service

August 30, 2020

Photo of cloudy blue skies reflect in the windows at CILSE where COVID testing is also being made available to members of the BU community August 19. A student in a mask holds a bagged lunched and walks by.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Got COVID-19. Here’s What You Need to Know

August 30, 2020

2020 boston university matriculation ceremony via zoom projected on a big screen tv

Matriculation

Boston University Matriculation 2020: Unlike Any Other

August 30, 2020

Student Stories

Lessons from 2020: Making Sense of a World That Doesn’t

August 28, 2020

composite image showing a window sign marking COVID-19 testing site, an empty Boston University dorm courtyard with yellow moving carts, and two students wearing medical facemasks

Student Life

How Was Move-in? Three Students Vlog about Their Experience

August 28, 2020

Screenshot of zoom call between Tyler Davis’ and Natalie McKnight, dean of CGS, during a meeting in which they discuss and analyze female-directed films. Both women appear to be zooming in from their homes.

Film

Exploring the Work of Women Directors in Hollywood

August 28, 2020

Photo of an apartment building in Williamsburg, NY with a brick facade and a series of black fire escapes from the ground level looking up. A blue sky with a few clouds is seen behind the building.

Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Has Unmasked an Unprecedented Housing Crisis—Here’s How to Fix It

August 28, 2020

BU Today 08-28-2020

August 28, 2020

20-1388-WESTMOVE-178 - The two week long move-in continues on West Campus August 27, despite the rain. Classes start September 2.

Rainy Day Move-In

August 27, 2020

Will Paquin sits in the back of his father's autobody garage in West Newton

Student Life

Coronavirus Shifted Students’ Summer Plans, Sometimes Dramatically

August 27, 2020

Photo taken from Boston Seaport looking towards the Boston skyline. The water is light blue, and the sky is blue with some clouds.

Weekender

The Weekender: August 27 to 30

August 27, 2020

Photo of Sabrina Scotti (CFA’20) in a light blue dress holding Katamari Damacy REROLL, one of the children’s video games she studied as part of her an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program–funded research into whether games use diverse music styles to further music education. She smiles and bushes are seen in the background.

Music

Do Children’s Media Serve Up a Properly Diverse Musical Diet?

August 27, 2020

Do Children’s Media Serve Up a Properly Diverse Musical Diet?