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Student Life

FYSOP Goes Virtual This Year

August 7, 2020

Emily Gibb offers testing advice to Ahmad Al Khafaji during a visit to the Boston University Medical Campus COVID-19 testing site

Coronavirus Testing

BU’s COVID-19 Testing Passes Its First Test

August 6, 2020

New cameras are seen at the Agganis Arena parking garage on August 3, 2020. The new parking program will read license plates instead of stickers or hang tags. A camera with orange lights hands next to a parking lot arm. Blue sky is seen in the background.

Charles River Campus

New Daily Parking Program Means Goodbye to Stickers and Hang Tags for Many on Charles River Campus

August 5, 2020

Portrait of Crystal Williams, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English, who leads BU efforts on diversity and inclusion who has been recently promoted to Vice President and Associate Provost of Community and Inclusion. In the portrait, Williams wears a black blouse and earrings, and looks off into the distance on a dark green backdrop.

Promotions

Crystal Williams Promoted to New Position with Focus on Building Community

August 4, 2020

A photo of the new COVID testing protocol at Boston University.

COVID Testing

Robots, Nanobeads, and Data Modeling—The Science behind BU’s Coronavirus Testing Plan

August 4, 2020

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Career Advice

Career Building in the Time of Coronavirus

August 4, 2020

Dining hall workers dressed in black with hats carve and serve Thanksgiving dinner to eager students. Across the glass, Felicia Gordon (CAS '20) squeals with excitement as she waits for her first and seconds of Thanksgiving dinner in the West Dining Hall Thursday Nov. 16, 2017.

Campus Life

BU Academic Calendar for Fall Semester Will Not Change

July 29, 2020

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Academics

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

July 29, 2020

A photo of the new COVID testing protocol at Boston University.

Coronavirus Testing

7 Key Questions and Answers about BU’s Coronavirus Testing Plans

July 28, 2020

Sign at the the Covid-19 testing collection site on the BU Medical Campus on July 27, 2020. Sign reads “BU Medical Campus COVID-19 Testing Collection Site” in a red box with an arrow pointing to the right. Bolded text below reads “Testing by appointment only.”

BUMC

Medical Campus Begins COVID-19 Test Pilot Program

July 28, 2020

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Deforestation

Why Combating a Pandemic Is 500 Times More Expensive Than Preventing One

July 26, 2020

Composite image headshots for playwrights Melinda Lopez, Kate Snodgrass, and Kirsten Greenidge

Huntington Theatre Company

Dreaming of Boston, When the Pandemic Is Behind Us

July 24, 2020

A BU employee shovels mulch from the back of a truck into a wheelbarrow in front of the Tsai Performance Center. A white video play button is over the image.

Campus Life

Answering the Call: BU’s Essential Workers

July 23, 2020

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

July 21, 2020

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Trump vs. WHO

Why Withdrawing the United States from the WHO “Is a Terrible Decision”

July 17, 2020

A Boston Police officer in silhouette on the street

Social Justice

Five New Studies to Probe Pandemic’s Impact on Vulnerable Urban Populations

July 17, 2020

A photo of the season four cast of Vanderpump Rules

Film & TV

Can Vanderpump Rules and Temptation Island Still Exist in a Coronavirus World?

July 17, 2020

Photo of incoming student Adam Katz (CAS’24), sitting and smiling, as he prepares homemade masks for donation. A pile of masks sit on a kitchen table before him.

Student Life

Incoming Freshman Spearheads Homemade Mask Donations for BU’s Student Health Services

July 14, 2020

Photograph of Marsh Plaza from across the street with CAS building in background. The plaza is busy with people.Red banners seen throughout image. It's a sunny day at the start of the fall semester.

University News

BU Vows to Push for Reversal of New ICE Rule for International Students

July 9, 2020

Mental Health

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care

July 9, 2020

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care