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Photo of Covid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center. A young person in a red t-shirt in a testing both takes a COVID testing swab out of a tube as a testing site worker looks on.

Campus Life

Citing Student Privacy, BU Says Faculty Won’t Be Told if Students Test Positive for COVID-19

August 25, 2020

A Zoom screenshot of Sarah Koenig speaking to a CGS class

Student Life

Serial’s Sarah Koenig Visits Virtually with CGS Freshmen

August 3, 2020

Photo of a group of Chelsea, Mass. residents lined up, many in sweatshirts or jackets, to pick up food at a food pantry. The photo shows a long line on the other side of the street, with a car and a "Resident Parking Only" Sign in the foreground. The photo is black and white.

Academics

MET Class Offers Lessons in the Power of Language to Remake the World

July 29, 2020

A photo of Andrew David working from his Watertown home on his laptop teaching his class on the history of the American presidency.

Academics

Trump and Nixon: Separated at Birth?

June 30, 2020

An image of an Islam crescent, Star of David, and Christian cross

Campus Life

Must Islam and the West Fight? Religion and Politics Class Tackles Sensitive Topics

June 25, 2020

A photo of a student with their suitcase on BU move in day

University News

BU Campuses to Reopen, In-Person Classes Will Resume This Fall

June 10, 2020

Photo of long-distance runner, Rylan Pettit (ENG’23), running down a street. Grass is seen in the foreground, Pettit wears his BU jersey. Pettit made a video discussing his improvised training regimen when the pandemic sent him home to Virginia for remote learning.

Student Life

Culture of College Class Creates a Video Record of Learning—and Living—during Pandemic

June 3, 2020

Photo of the Charles River from the 26th floor of Student Village 2 May 7. Blue skies with puffy clouds are seen, as well as Storrow Drive and the Boston skyline.

Coronavirus

Testing and Flexibility Are Keys to Reopening, BU President Tells Virtual Panel

May 20, 2020

Female silhouette in front of a BU themed Zoom virtual background

Zoom Flair

Dress Up Your Next Zoom Meeting with BU Backgrounds

April 30, 2020

A photo of informational signage related to COVID-19 at the Howard Thurman Center

University News

University Outlines COVID-19 Recovery Plan

April 10, 2020

Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Binyomin Abrams gives a remote lecture using a laptop and his smart-podium at Boston University.

Remote Teaching & Learning

Remote Teaching and Learning in the Time of COVID-19

March 20, 2020

Illustration of a woman working on a laptop at home in bird cage as pathogens of the COVID-19 virus float around. A cat sits on top of the bird cage.

Coronavirus

Coping with Being Cooped Up

March 20, 2020

Photo of students walking along Comm ave in late February 2020.

Student Life

A Guide for BU Students On and Off Campus as Remote Teaching and Learning Begins

March 16, 2020

Photo of empty desks in a classroom.

University News

Updated: BU Moves All Classes Online Due to Coronavirus—Questions and Answers

March 11, 2020

Classroom of students with hands raised, with instructor out of focus in the background.

University News

First Year Students and Seniors, Here’s a Chance to Tell BU What You Think of It

February 27, 2020

Trump Supporters in Make America Great Again and Keep America Great hats at a rally for President Donald Trump at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Friday, Feb, 21, 2020.

Politics

If Identity Politics Elected Trump in 2016, What Will Happen in 2020?

February 25, 2020

Paul Schneider and Debbie Danielpour seated in an office-like setting.

Film & TV

COM, Katzenberg, and Spielberg Embrace Short-Form Videos

February 21, 2020

COM student Abby Parsons stands between two people holding up signs for political candidates.

Journalism & Media

Filling a Local News Void

January 29, 2020

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement photo

Culture

Just for Fun: Six BU Classes That Might Help Harry and Meghan

January 13, 2020

Teachers and graduate students in the Boston University Cadaver Lab advanced anatomy class point and discuss features of a dissected human heart

Life Sciences

Have You Held a Human Heart? An Afternoon Inside BU’s Cadaver Lab

December 18, 2019

Have You Held a Human Heart? An Afternoon Inside BU’s Cadaver Lab