Meet BU’s New Center for First-Generation Students

Ceremonial ribbon cutting October 26 for BU’s Newbury Center for first-generation students

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Meet BU’s New Center for First-Generation Students

When the BU Newbury Center opens in January, it will be a critical support hub for first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and nontraditional students — from matriculation through graduation.
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Steve Kornacki (COM'01)NOTABLE ALUMNI
Steve Kornacki Shines in Election 2020

BU alumnus Steve Kornacki (COM ’01) is drawing universal praise for his command of MSNBC’s “big board” of electoral returns during a hectic election season.
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Woman in military with PTSD.RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Three Discoveries for Diagnosing and Treating PTSD and Gulf War Illness

BU and VA scientists are applying machine learning, blood analysis, and genetic sequencing to improve the quality of life for U.S. veterans. Discover what’s happening

 

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Seven BU alumni and faculty are among the Boston Business Journal’s “50 professionals changing Boston for the better”BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig comments on UPS’s decision to permit natural Black haristyles at work in The New York TimesIbram X. Kendi of the BU Center for Antiracist Research writes about the divide between America’s two souls of justice and injustice in The AtlanticForbes profiles Doug Densmore of the BU College of Engineering on his vision for a revolution in biotechnology… Christopher Robinson of the BU School of Law explores why conservatives no longer support Affordable Care Act policies they once embraced in The Conversation Kevin Gallagher of the BU Global Development Policy Center hosted a webinar on China and the international monetary system with Dr. Zhongxia Jin, the executive director for the People’s Republic of China at the International Monetary Fund.