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Students talk and laugh at the BU senior breakfast in Metcalf Hall, May 3, 2019.

Commencement

National Academy of Sciences President Announced as 146th Commencement Speaker

May 3, 2019

Brendan Homire playing lacrosse

Men's Sports

Men’s Lacrosse to Battle Lehigh in Patriot League Semifinals

May 2, 2019

the twin towers smoking as seen from the street a few blocks away

History

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11

May 2, 2019

black and white photo of students studying in a library

Studying

May 2, 2019

Max Bard standing next to Deborah Kahn

Culture

Using Our Junk, Sculptor Wins 2019 Kahn Award and $20,000 Prize

May 2, 2019

Sports analytics track every movement and heartbeat, and help coaches optimize teams and play.

BU Athletics

Sports Is Now Science. How Did That Happen?

May 1, 2019

Charley Leonard deadlifts at the Colliegate Beanpot Push/Pull weightlighting challenge at FitRec

Beanpot Deadlift

May 1, 2019

Food at the Painted Burro

Lifestyle

The Weekender: May 2 to 5

May 1, 2019

a calculator, 100 dollar bills, glasses, a pen, and papers scattered across a surface, all indicating trying to work out finances

Students

POV: Student Debt Is Hurting Our Wallets and Our Health

May 1, 2019

Gabrielle Salcido in her Air Force Uniform

ROTC

ROTC Cadet Gabrielle Salcido: Taking to the Sky after Commencement

May 1, 2019

Augustine Jimenez being interviewed while wearing his Residence Life shirt

Accolades

BU Student Wins Coveted Truman Scholarship

May 1, 2019

portrait of Ann McKee

Awards

Four BU Professors Receive University’s Highest Faculty Honor

April 30, 2019

The book cover of Robin by Dave Itzkoff

Arts & Culture

Robin Williams Revealed, with Big Help from BU Archives

April 30, 2019

Nicholas Farina sitting in 1 Hotel Central Park

Alumni

Jump-start Your Job Search: General Manager, Luxury Hotel

April 30, 2019

The Lathe of Heaven

April 30, 2019

Nicole Ramos, Joe Kennedy III, and Sarah Sherman Stokes sit behind a table with a red wavy tablecloth as panel members

Humanitarianism at the border

April 29, 2019

close up of George Annas teaching

Health & Medicine

Did Researchers Bring Dead Pigs Back to Life? And Would That Be OK?

April 29, 2019

University Barber Shop owner Rino DeStefano gives a haircut

Students

University Barber Shop: a Campus Institution

April 29, 2019

Provincetown

Travel

Three Perfect Cape Cod Day Trips

April 29, 2019

Robert Pinsky standing on a beach

Voices & Opinion

POV: Robert Pinsky Extols the Virtues of Cape Cod

April 26, 2019

POV: Robert Pinsky Extols the Virtues of Cape Cod