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Strategy & Innovation

BU’s Second Innovation Week Celebrates Creativity with Added Student-Led Events

April 22, 2019

Bruce Bucci, Deaf Studies instructor at Boston University Wheelock College, poses for a portrait in his office.

Faculty

Office Hours: Bruce Bucci

April 21, 2019

A BU expert suggests businesses avoid “shark tourism,” like this artwork in a Chatam store in 2017, after last summer’s tragedy. Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Will Sharks Scare, or Attract, Cape Cod Tourists?

April 21, 2019

Public Safety

Why You Should Keep a Tourniquet in Your Beach Bag

April 20, 2019

Freshman Hanako Kawasaki on the gold coruse

Golf

Golf Team Begins Patriot League Championship Play Saturday in Richmond

April 19, 2019

Black and White portrait of Jessica Korhumel

Obituaries

A Memorial for Senior Jessica Korhumel April 23

April 19, 2019

Stairs leading to Great Pond, one of a few freshwater ponds in Wellfleet. (Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

What if Sharks Scare Cape Cod Beachgoers to the Fragile Kettle Ponds?

April 19, 2019

Pete Siozios with his tennis racket

Men's Sports

Men’s Tennis to Face Bucknell in Conference Quarterfinals Friday

April 19, 2019

School of Theater Director Jim Petosa, at right, and CFA Dean Harvey Young, at center, chat with Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans April 10, 2019 at Booth Theater.

New Orleans Mayor

April 19, 2019

Photo of a paper copy of the redacted Mueller Report with cover page up front.

Politics

BU Political Analyst Reviews Mueller Report: “Impeachment Is Going to Happen”

April 18, 2019

people milling about near the chowderfest booth

Sustainability

BU’s Annual Earth Day Festivals Kick Off Today on Medical Campus

April 18, 2019

South Africa is one place where anti-shark netting has been widely deployed. Photo by Stuart Philpott / Alamy Stock Photo

Nets, Smells, Sounds, and Technologies That Might Protect Us from Sharks

April 18, 2019

Director Yo-EL Cassell, a CFA assistant professor of movement, working with sophomore Derek Crosby (CFA) as Chama (far left) and sophomore Michael Valladares (CFA) as Orville (left), in rehearsal for Sunlight Interior

Music

Finding the Inner Light in Painter Edward Hopper’s Characters

April 18, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

African Studies

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

Co-leader for DivestBU Masha Vernik (CAS'19) speaks during a rally for divestment in Marsh Plaza

Divest BU

April 18, 2019

portrait of Boston University Trustee Marshall Sloane

Trustees

Marshall Sloane, BU Trustee Emeritus and Overseer, Dies at 92

April 17, 2019

BU Figure Skating team

BU Figure Skating Club at USFS Nationals

April 17, 2019

Food & Dining

The Weekender: April 18 to 21

April 17, 2019

Design

CFA Student Wins Poster Contest for Zach Braff Movie

April 17, 2019

Study Abroad

Around the World with BU

April 17, 2019

Around the World with BU