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Coronavirus

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COVID and Fertility

COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Cause Infertility or Harm Pregnancy Chances, BU Research Shows

January 20, 2022

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Essay Collection

War? More COVID? Irreversible Climate Change? What 2022 Could Bring

January 20, 2022

Detail photo of a tray of nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing in containers with red caps. The photo is tinted yellow and teal.

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University COVID-19 Report: January 20

January 19, 2022

Photo of a field of white flags around the Washington Monument. Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s temporary art installation on the National Mall, In America: Remember, features white flags that symbolize a life lost to COVID-19. Behind the mall, the sky is ominous and dark.

Coronavirus

Uncovering COVID-19’s Hidden Deaths in the United States

January 14, 2022

Photo of Uwe Beffert’s cell biology class September 2, 2021 in Morse Auditorium. Mask are required indoors, but distancing is not. Students sit in the rows with their notebooks open and look towards Beffert who wears a black jacket and jeans.

Campus Life

Everything to Know about COVID and BU Campus Life

January 14, 2022

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Vaccines

Could COVID Pandemic and Vaccine Hesitancy Let HPV, Polio, and Measles Return?

January 13, 2022

Photo of Anne Herrera (Wheelock’19), triage specialist at Healthway, wearing a floral face mask and blue floral blouse, receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Student Health Services Director of Nursing Anne Patey, MSN, at the vaccine clinic January 15 at FitRec. Patey wears gloves, a face mask and face shield.

Campus Life

Taped Lectures, Workplace Flexibility among Changes as BU Adjusts for Spring Classes

January 5, 2022

Photo of Mohsan Saeed, a School of Medicine assistant professor, getting a first vaccine dose in January of 2021. He wears a red and blue plaid shirt and gray hat, while the nurse, in a face mask and shield gives him a vaccine in his left arm.

Health & Safety

BU to Require Boosters, Will Stop Daily Attestation Requirement

December 13, 2021

Photo taken from behind students in an auditorium attending the SHA Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series, with Katie Potter, president and chief executive officer of Five Star Senior Living, and Arun Upneja, dean of SHA, who are sitting at the front of the room on stage.

Hospitality

School of Hospitality Administration Celebrates 40th Anniversary amid a Time of Rapid Change

December 13, 2021

photo of Randall skiing in a place called Echo Glacier. She is between a glacier and a mountain, where the ice has melted around the sides.

Climate Science

On Alaska’s Glaciers, Life Is Harsh—and So Is the Reality of Climate Change

December 13, 2021

photo of Third year PhD student Jackie Turcinovic, left, and John Connor, PhD in the Connor Lab. Turcinovic wears a light blue PPE layer over her clothes and purple gloves while Connor wears a grey lab coat and leans back onto the counter.

COVID ON CAMPUS

BU Scientists Are Prepared to Detect Omicron—and Other Variants

December 8, 2021

Photo of the GSU and Marsh Plaza on an overcast fall day. Students walk to class and the American flag blows in the wind.

AID

BU Distributing Federal American Rescue Plan Money to Students

December 6, 2021

Social Sciences

How Technology Has Transformed Social and Behavioral Research

December 6, 2021

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Public Policy

Initiative on Cities: US Mayors Concerned about Residents’ Mental Health, Students’ Lost Classroom Time

December 2, 2021

International Students

Like Many Chinese International Students, Cecilia Kwok Hasn’t Been Home in Two Years: How Covid-19 Tavel Bans Impact International Students

December 1, 2021

photo of the BU variant sequencing team working with COVID tests and tracking the genetic lineage of the coronavirus amidst our community and identifying variants of concern such as Delta and Omicron.

PANDEMIC

Omicron Variant: “A Little Too Much Hype, Saying This Is the Next Scary Thing”

November 30, 2021

Screenshot of Kat J. McAlpine, Nahid Bhadelia, and Syra Madad talking via Zoom. All 3 look at the screen with backgrounds blurred. White triangle play button is overlaid.

COVID Boosters

With COVID-19 Booster Shots Recommended for All US Adults, Infectious Disease Experts Weigh In

November 24, 2021

Black and white portrait of Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87), smiling, in a black suit. A background with blue, purple, yellow and orange gradient coronavirus molecules are seen behind him.

Healthcare Technologies

How Scientists Drew Weissman (MED’87, GRS’87) and Katalin Karikó Developed the Revolutionary mRNA Technology inside COVID Vaccines

November 18, 2021

photo collage of three international Chinese students. From left to right: Kristi Li, Shilu Wang, and Yuli Wen. Shots are all taken outside on the Bu campus.

International Student Life

These BU International Chinese Students Haven’t Been Home in Almost Two Years

November 18, 2021

Dr Judy Platt leans on a classroom wall in while wearing a mask and a blue dress

Campus Life

What Is the Future of Masks at BU?

November 17, 2021

What Is the Future of Masks at BU?