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Helen Zou (SED '18) (center) completes a puzzle with special needs student Jackson Schuh (left) during a Valentine's Day themed Friday Night Club event Feb. 12, 2016 in the GSU. The Friday Night Club, run by Student Volunteers for Special Needs, gives students with disabilities the chance to hang out with volunteers from BU and other local universities. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM'17)

Valentine’s Day Fun

February 17, 2016

Metropolitan College holds an Open House for perspective students in certificate and graduate programs.

Rankings

MET’s Online Criminal Justice Program Tops U.S. News Rankings

February 17, 2016

Boston University Matriculation 2015

Admissions

Getting in: A Little Tougher Every Year

February 16, 2016

Donald Trump

Science & Technology

POV: Comparing Trump to Hitler Misses the Point

February 16, 2016

Even paper roses have thorns. Tara Kavanaugh (COM'16) reacts as Emily Sheehan (COM'16) places a paper rose in her ear. The two, along with Claire Jennings (COM/CAS'18), were making paper roses as part of the Mugar Memorial Library Valentine's Day celebration at GSU on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Pankaj Khadka (COM'16)

Celebrating with Flowers

February 16, 2016

Senior lecturer Dave Sullivan says changes in the Introduction to Computer Science course CS 111 have made it more appealing to students in general and women in particular. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Science & Technology

Interest in Computer Science Surges

February 16, 2016

George Washington Boston Public Garden

Playwrights' Theatre

Celebrating Presidents’ Day Weekend

February 12, 2016

Cold Weather

Boston

Arctic Chill Expected This Weekend

February 12, 2016

Suspended planets. Kallie Marske (COM'19) gazes at "The Planets," a blown glass and wood piece created by Molly Kosiarek and Zoe Snape. The art piece, along with more than 50 other art submissions, some of which were by BU students and faculty, were at display at the Annex of the Metcalf Ballroom at the George Sherman Union as a part of the one-day only 'The Art of Astrophysics' show organized by the BU Astronomy department on Wednesday, February 10. (Photo by Pankaj Khadka)

Planet Gazing

February 12, 2016

Roomful of Teeth

Music

CFA Alum’s Group Nominated for a Grammy

February 12, 2016

Modern Love Podcast WBUR

Alumni

Love Is on the Air

February 12, 2016

Yume Wo Katate, Porter Square

Local

Nightlife: Yume Wo Katare

February 11, 2016

Juliana Rabadjija

University News

Young Alum Up for Humanitas Prize Fellowship

February 11, 2016

Caitlin Fournier (CAS'18) from left, Chris Remillard (CAS'18), Taylor Tessitore (CAS'18), and Jason Fox (CAS'16) run a tech rehearsal for their upcoming Tech Show, "when the actors tech, the techies act, and the audience stays the same". Generally based on a movie or TV show, the Tech Show's show is a surprise to everyone but those performing and teaching for it. Performances will be on Feb 12 at 7PM, and Feb 13 at 12AM and 7PM. Photo by Cydney Scott

Stage Troupe Presents…

February 11, 2016

Paul Emmanuel The Lost Men France

Arts & Culture

A Ghostly Tribute to the Fallen of World War I

February 11, 2016

Melissa Jesser (from left), Amanda Collins, and Evan Horwitz as college friends whose lives are upturned by a campus assault in Melinda Lopez’s Back the Night. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

Health & Medicine

A Tangled Web of Campus Sexual Assault

February 10, 2016

Daniel Alford

Medicine

New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse

February 10, 2016

Boston University Women's Hockey Beanpot versus Harvard

She shoots…

February 10, 2016

Canada Goose Jackets

Students

Canada Goose Jackets Popular Target for Thieves

February 10, 2016

Zach Sanford scores the winning goal of the 2016 Beanpot Tournament Championship

Sports

Beanpot Championship: BU Falls to BC in OT

February 9, 2016

Beanpot Championship: BU Falls to BC in OT