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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

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 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

A photo of slash and burn landscapes in the Marancar area of Tapanuli Selatan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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

A composite image of the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom and U.S. President Donald Trump

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

Photo of an empty classroom from inside CAS March 18, 2020, after campus cleared out due to the pandemic. A professor's podium sits at the front of a classroom of rows of teal single-person desks.

Voices & Opinion

POV: BU Should Go Fully Online This Fall

July 9, 2020

A photo of server Jeffrey Ney along with patrons Chris Strang and Laura McDougall in Cornwall's Pub

Restaurants

Cornwall’s Reopens and Adds Breakfast Service, Sidewalk Dining

July 9, 2020

A group of students sit on blankets in the grass behind Marsh Chapel, a tree is seen in the top left of the photo.

Student Life

Surveys Are Asking Students to Indicate Their Fall Plans

July 8, 2020

Center for Regenerative Medicine researchers Aditya Mithal, Claire Burgess, and Andrew McCracken prepare samples collected from Boston Medical Center patients suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus.

Campus & Facilities

How BU Responded to a Historic Public Health Crisis

July 7, 2020

Photo of Adirondack chairs on a wooden dock on a calm lake in Muskoka, Ontario Canada. Cottages nestled between trees are visible across the water.

Finance

Retirement Savings Hit Hard by COVID-19? Here’s What to Do Next

July 7, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19