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Dining Services

Photo: Students are pouring and making coffee at Saxby's coffee bar. They are wearing a red uniform. One individual is wearing a black bucket hat, a tan vest, and a cream shirt.

Student Life

Saxbys, New Student-Run Café, Opens at Center for Computing & Data Sciences

February 23, 2023

Photo: A birds-eye-view shot of the dining hall with ten round tables scattered about. All tables have some amount of various clothing and supplies on them. Some are void of people, the belongings there marking their space. Some tables host one, two, or three individuals eating, conversing, or preparing to leave the dining hall.

Dining Hall

New Fall Meal Plans Will Include More Dining Points, Greater Venue Flexibility

February 21, 2023

Photo: Clear green to-go containers are shown with orders in them on wire racks. They're each labeled with receipts for what is in the order.

Campus Life

Going Green: Reusable Container Initiative Starts at GSU

February 10, 2023

Photo: A young white woman stands in the middle of the photo, smiling, with a white t-shirt on, with red lettering that reads BOSTON. She has freckles. She is also wearing a black BU cap. She is in front of a brick background.

Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Tabitha Fortner (CAS’24)

February 1, 2023

Collage: Left photo shows a pile of raw food including slabs of meat and veggies. The right photo shows piles of dirt. The photos are split diagonally in the middle.

Sustainability

Video: Where Does BU’s Food Waste Go?

November 4, 2022

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New Appointment

Meet BU’s New Head of Dining, Housing, FitRec, Transportation, and More

October 26, 2022

Photo: Marcial Matos, a Puerto Rican cook at Granby kitchen in the Hillel House, smiles as he grabs hold of a fryer basket in a dark kitchen. A large window lets in light behind him.

DINING HALL

Video: From Dishwasher to Lead Cook at Granby Commons

October 5, 2022

Photo of a small white lobster boat at sunset or sunrise. The sky is mostly yellow with some blue and a few thin clouds. On the boat, you can see what looks like two people working with lobster traps. Land is seen at right in the distance.

Student Life

BU Dining’s Popular Lobster Night Returns

September 13, 2022

Photo: Students studying at Mugar Memorial Library. They sit at long tables and private spaces as they read and study off books and laptops. A large window brightens the room.

Where to Study

Best Places to Study for Finals at Boston University

May 4, 2022

Photo of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi at What the Science Tells Us: Racial Health and Economic Inequities during the Pandemic Symposium presented by The BU Center for Antiracist Research in the Metcalf Hall October 1. He wears a blue suit and a patterned blue button down. He sits on stage with hands folded in lap as he looks on to the audience.

Lacrosse

The Weekender: April 28 to May 1

April 27, 2022

Carmen Quijada adds sprinkles to a batch of brownies. There is a white play button overlayed on top of the image

Dining Hall

Baked with Love

March 16, 2022

Photo of Emma Moneuse (CGS ’22), in a red sweatshirt and white, plastic lobster bib, digging into her lobster at Marciano Commons Dining Hall. Other students are seen in the background.

Dining Services

The Art of Cracking a Lobster

September 9, 2021

Detail photo of a bowl of Chili Con Carne on a wooden table with recipe ingredients.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: February 18 to 21

February 18, 2021

Photo of Amy Goodrich, director of catering at BU, in a colorful sweater posing at the bottom of a staircase.

Food in Quarantine

Meet the Woman Responsible for Feeding Students in Quarantine

November 19, 2020

Photo of the recently renovated GSU Food Hall. Single person tables with teal seats are spread out in the foreground, a few students sit and eat. In the background, the white lights and walls and a few food stalls are seen.

Renovations

George Sherman Union Food Hall Gets a Major Makeover

November 9, 2020

Photo of Brigid Kane (COM’22) sitting at a small dining hall table by herself with a face mask on. A paper to-go container and drink sit in front of her; she rests her hand on her face. Overlay has a video play button.

Student Life

What Is Fall Semester Campus Dining Like? This BU Student Offers a Glimpse

September 17, 2020

Photo of a lobster roll in a red and white checkerboard to-go container. To the left sits a lobster cracker in the form of two lobster claws.

Dining Services

Lobster Night Is Back, but with a Twist This Year

September 10, 2020

COVID-19 safety signage on a BU dining hall table

Campus Life

Nine Ways COVID-19 Will Change Eating and Dining at BU This Fall

August 31, 2020

A sign on a Bay State Road residence informing students they will lose swipe access by March 30

Housing

BU Announces Prorated Housing, Dining Credits and Refunds for Upended Semester

April 3, 2020

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Sustainability

Bamboo Toothbrushes? Reusable Plates? Zero Plastic? How to Make BU More Sustainable

February 18, 2020

Bamboo Toothbrushes? Reusable Plates? Zero Plastic? How to Make BU More Sustainable