Boston University

Diversity

(left to right) Black and white photos of Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Aretha Franklin

Martin Luther King

MLK Day Celebration Will Honor Three Women for Important Roles in the Civil Rights Movement

January 16, 2020

A black and white portrait of Raul Fernandez, BU Wheelock College associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion

Higher Education

Charting a Career in Diversity at Boston University

November 18, 2019

Joyce Wong at the podium delivering the Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecture at Boston University in 2017

Women in STEM

Here’s How to Really Improve Gender Diversity in STEM Research

November 12, 2019

An illustration of a slave auction in Virginia, USA.

Public Health

Making a Case for Black Reparations

November 5, 2019

Portrait of author and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl

Health & Medicine

Are White Americans Harming Themselves by Backing GOP Policies?

November 3, 2019

Black and White portrait of Rev. Mariama White-Hammond at the New Roots AME church where she pastors.

Religion & Activism

Building Bridges Between the Environmental and Racial Justice Movements in Boston

October 15, 2019

La Tia Martin

Government & Law

Helping Young Women from Public Schools Get Interested in the Law

September 30, 2019

Illustration showing faces from different races and ethnicities.

Lectures

New Diversity & Inclusion Lecture Series to Explore Race in America

September 25, 2019

Science & Technology

The Transformers

September 20, 2019

Portrait of Wynter Duncanson, biomedical engineer and assistant dean of outreach and diversity at Boston University

Accolades

Wynter Duncanson Recognized for STEM Diversity, Inclusion Efforts

September 16, 2019

A portrait of Erin Edwards

Obituaries

Posse Scholar, COM Junior Remembered for Her Energy and Her Empathy

August 22, 2019

A black and white portrait of Danielson Tavares

Government & Law

Building a Pipeline of Talent in Boston

August 12, 2019

Theatre

Pop Quiz for the Parents Council: What Does Progressive Mean?

July 17, 2019

Portrait of Adelaide Cromwell in her office.

Tributes

Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.’95), Founder of BU’s African American Studies Program, Dies at 99

June 20, 2019

opening doors series

Diversity

Opening Doors

May 7, 2019

veronica Serrato helps immigrants attain citizenship

Diversity

Paving the Way to Citizenship

May 1, 2019

side by side portraits of Rosina Georgiadis and Khiara Bridges

Physical Science

Two BU Faculty Members to Be Honored Today

April 25, 2019

closeup of two caucasian men holding hands with a rainbow-patterned wristban on their wrists

LGBTQ+

The Key to BU’s Diversity Efforts? Powerful Allies

April 23, 2019

BU law students listening intently around a table

Jobs

First-Generation LAW Students Bond through Shared Backgrounds

April 23, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Music

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther