OSCARS PREVIEW
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Building Hospitality
New master’s degree teaches the real estate side of the hospitality industry
March 11, 2026 -
BU Undergrads Are Making a Difference Through Research—from Saving Bumblebees to Tracking Fiber in Our Diet
Students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program roll up their sleeves, work with faculty mentors, and make meaningful contributions to scores of projects
November 25, 2025 -
BU President on How the University Community Is Helping Shape BU’s Future
Melissa Gilliam says the strategic framework is “an invitation for all of us to contribute to our future together”
March 10, 2026 -
Biologist Jeffrey Marlow Awarded National Academies’ New Voices Honor
Boston University expert in how microbial life endures in inhospitable places joins two-year program for nation’s outstanding emerging leaders
March 10, 2026
THINGS TO DO
Make the Most of Spring Break with These Events
Southie Film Fest, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and more
History
Five Phone Calls That Changed or Documented History—After Alexander Graham Bell’s Invention
If Bell’s call on March 10, 1876, to Thomas Watson, while on paid leave from Boston University’s School of Oratory, was the most important call ever made, what were some other calls that helped shape history?
Alexander Graham Bell
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BU, Bell, and Celebrating 150 Years of the Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a Boston University faculty member on paid leave when he changed the world with an experiment. But another chapter of his legacy is his complicated relationship with the Deaf community
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Alexander Graham Bell: The BU Years
From 1874 to 1879, Bell was a professor of the mechanism of speech in Boston University’s School of Oratory
March 2, 2026
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Running This Year’s Boston Marathon to Help Others? We’d Like to Hear from You
Tell us the charity you’re running to support, and why
March 2, 2026 -
Some 30 Terriers Embark on Alternative Service Breaks
BU students travel to locations across the country to conduct immersive and ethics-driven community work
March 6, 2026 -
Boston University Scholar, a Former British Ambassador to Cuba, on the Island Country’s Challenges
As oil blockade continues, BU’s Pardee School of Global Affairs’ Paul Hare says Cuba and Venezuela are “indissolubly linked”
March 4, 2026 -
Can AI Help Predict the Earth’s Climate a Decade from Now?
For BU’s Elizabeth A. Barnes, integrating AI and Earth sciences is the next step toward solving some of the biggest, most complex challenges we face
March 4, 2026
Video: Leaders Among Us—President Gilliam in Conversation with Maisha Kazi (CAS’26)
Menino Scholar and editor of Off the Cuff talks about what it takes to be a good manager
Featured Events
Scene at BU
Creating Cities and Volunteering at a Thrift Store and a Diaper Ministry
This year’s Alternative Service Break volunteers in Memphis, Tenn., helped with the Neighborhood Christian Center’s Annual Spring Jam on March 9, creating cities from around the world using PVC tubing, spray paint, and cardboard boxes to help inspire kids to explore what’s beyond the city’s borders. They also pitched in at the Junior League Memphis Repeat Boutique Thrift Store, the Sweet Cheeks Diaper Ministry, and Junior Achievements Finance Park Volunteering Program.
Photo provided by Clara Armon (ENG’27) (front, second from left)
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TV & FilmBU Alum Is “a Muppet Legend”
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Alternative Service BreaksSome 30 Terriers Embark on Alternative Service Breaks
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Environmental HealthBringing Cleaner Air to Boston Homes—One Stove at a Time
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