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John Thomas

Take the leap

June 6, 2019

Mariette DiChristina

Technology

New College of Communication Dean Is Scientific American Editor-in-Chief

June 6, 2019

Walter Fluker

Religion

Walter Fluker, MLK Professor of Ethical Leadership, to Retire after Coming Academic Year

June 5, 2019

Dahod Family Alumni Center

In Dahod

June 5, 2019

This visualization of Twitter activity shows how tweets about fake news (orange) spread farther than tweets about real news (teal). Image credit: (image) Peter Beshai; (data) Soroush Vosoughi, Deb Roy, and Sinan Aral

Social Media

Could Taxes Deter the Spread of Harmful Fake News?

June 4, 2019

From top to bottom and left to right, Sanaya Shroff (ENG'21), Mounika Vutukuru(ENG'20), Radost Stanimirova(GRS'24), Professor Kim McCall, Cynthia Brossman, Dr. Beverly Brown, Professor Emerita Deborah Belle, Professor Sheryl Grace, Dr. Angela Seliga, Dr. Winnie Pong, and Dr. Daniel Kleinman take a moment to get picture taken at the Graduate Women in Science and Engineering 10-year Anniversary Gala on Thursday, May 30, 2019

Gala’s night out

June 4, 2019

A picture of gelato for the scooper festival

Arts & Culture

To Do Today: Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl

June 4, 2019

Hundreds of members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts will march from Faneuil Hall to the Boston Common and on to the Old South Church in the annual June Day Parade

Things-to-do

To Do Today: June Day Military Parade

June 3, 2019

Max and his owner playing fetch

Fetch on the BU Beach

June 3, 2019

A rendering of what the north side of Kenmore Square will look like when construction on Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue is completed.

Campus & Facilities

Construction Begins on Former BU Buildings in Kenmore Square

June 3, 2019

ORLEANS, MA - AUGUST 31: A shark flag blows in the wind at an entrance point to Nauset Beach in Orleans, MA on Aug. 31, 2018. Shark sightings are an almost daily occurrence on Cape Cod over the summer. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Cape Cod, Sharks, and a New Reality

June 1, 2019

A female Boston University student sits crosslegged on her Myles Standish Hall dorm room bed laughing.

Decked-Out Dorms

June 1, 2019

Rosa Cardoso smiling

Staff

Lost & Found: How $1,784 Made Its Way Back to Owner

June 1, 2019

Cups of Gelato

In the City

To Do Today: Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth at This Weekend’s Gelato Festival

May 31, 2019

The BU men’s rowing team on the water

Varsity Sports

Terrier Rowers Head to West Coast for IRA National Championship Regatta

May 31, 2019

John Bercow MP

John Bercow

May 31, 2019

In this May 10, 1970, file photo, Boston Bruins' Bobby Orr flies through the air after scoring the winning goal past St. Louis Blues' goalie Glenn Hall during overtime in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals in Boston.

Sports

Looking Back at the Original Bruins vs. Blues Stanley Cup Battle

May 31, 2019

Boston University School of Education students engage in parallel bar practice in the Sargent Gym

Raising the bar

May 30, 2019

someone types code into a computer with a small robot next to them

Classes

Look, Mom, I Built a Robot

May 30, 2019

The New England Aquarium IMAX theatre

Journalism & Media

To Do Today: Science Storytelling at the New England Aquarium

May 30, 2019

To Do Today: Science Storytelling at the New England Aquarium