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In a photo essay, the BU community reflects on the significance of the holiday. Graduate student Tomeka Frieson (SPH’23) says, “Juneteenth, for me, then, is equal parts celebration and remembrance.”<\/p>\n Reflect on the holiday<\/a><\/p>\n It “transformed the\u00a0trajectory of my career by allowing me to fulfill my full potential,” says Angela Wang (COM’23, Pardee’23).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Celebrate Pell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Climate leaders from Boston University and around the country hosted Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) for a Congressional briefing on how they are working to train the next generation for careers solving the climate crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n Build the future<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n In Case You Missed It…<\/strong><\/p>\n BU political scientist Katherine Levine Einstein<\/strong> tells WBUR<\/em> that decisions by local land use boards may be skewed because they are dominated by white, male homeowners<\/a>… Joshua Goodman<\/strong> of BU Wheelock College of Education &\u00a0Human Development explains how air conditioning in schools can improve academic performance<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Marketplace<\/em>… Spencer Piston<\/strong> of the BU College of Arts & Sciences highlights steps policymakers can take to close the racial\u00a0wealth gap<\/a> in The Hill<\/em>… BU historian Bruce Schulman<\/strong> discusses how Watergate contributed to a decline in trust in public institutions<\/a> in The Washington Post<\/em>… Wendy Heiger-Bernays<\/strong> of the BU School of Public Health says that certain pesticides may be more harmful than we realize<\/a> in Scientific American.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ON THE CHARLES RIVER What Juneteenth Means To Me In a photo essay, the BU community reflects on the significance of the holiday. Graduate student Tomeka Frieson (SPH’23) says, “Juneteenth, for me, then, is equal parts celebration and remembrance.” Reflect on the holiday STUDENT LIFE Pell Grant 50th Anniversary: BU Students Share How It Changed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14445"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14451,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445\/revisions\/14451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhat Juneteenth Means To Me<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSTUDENT LIFE<\/h4>\n
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\nPell Grant 50th Anniversary: BU Students Share How It Changed Their Lives<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBU IN DC<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nBuilding a Diverse, Strong Climate Workforce<\/h4>\n
\nTHOUGHT LEADERS<\/h4>\n
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