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Business & Economics

My Big Idea: An App That Helps Journalists Find Diverse, Reliable Sources

July 8, 2024

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Boston Sports

When Celtics Star Derrick White Banged Up His Smile in the NBA Finals, This BU Alum’s Dental Office Fixed Him Up

June 28, 2024

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Obituaries

Rev. James Lawson, Crusading Confidant of MLK, Dies at 95

June 14, 2024

Theatre

His First Broadway Show Just Earned This CFA Alum a Tony Award Nod

June 11, 2024

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Michele Courton Brown (CAS’83)

May 29, 2024

Awards

BU Researcher Named a 2024 Hertz Fellow; Award Honors “Innovators with the Greatest Potential”

May 28, 2024

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Commencement 2024

BU’s Commencement Student Speaker Is Proud of Being a Changemaker

May 16, 2024

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Abortion

Permanent Birth Control—Vasectomies and Tubal Ligations—Up following Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

May 15, 2024

Schanaya Barrows as Chloe, Sydney Jackson (CFA’26) as Dailyn, and Asilinn Brophy as Nat in Kirsten Greenidge’s Morning, Noon, and Night, a Company One production with Boston University. Photo by Ken Yotsukura

Theatre

BU Plays a Big Role in New Production from Boston’s Company One Theatre

April 29, 2024

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Policy

Could Boston Be the Next City to Impose Congestion Pricing?

April 10, 2024

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University News

BU Marks 50 Years of Changing Lives behind Bars

April 8, 2024

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Giving

Tenth Annual Giving Day Raises More Than $3.8 Million

April 4, 2024

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Astronomy

Alum Has Traveled the World to Witness Total Solar Eclipses

April 4, 2024

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GIVING DAY

Giving Day 2024: BU Celebrates 10 Years of Giving Back

April 2, 2024

Science & Technology

Opening Doors: Rhonda Harrison (ENG’98,’04, GRS’04)

March 28, 2024

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Books

Reading List: What the Pandemic Revealed

March 22, 2024

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One Good Deed

One Good Deed: Christine Kannler (CAS’96, SPH’00, CAMED’00)

March 22, 2024

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Arts & Culture

Spreading Art Appreciation

March 22, 2024

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Books

Restoring the “Black Angels” to Medical History

March 22, 2024

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Feedback

Feedback: Readers Weigh In on BU’s New President, COM’s New Expert on Misinformation, and What’s Really Dividing the Nation

March 22, 2024

Feedback: Readers Weigh In on BU’s New President, COM’s New Expert on Misinformation, and What’s Really Dividing the Nation