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Diversity

ESPN’s Kevin Merida says athletes can help focus attention on issues that concern them.

Technology

Second BU Play It Forward Summit Tackles Race and Gender

April 12, 2017

Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of its Unity Week 2017.

Arts & Culture

Umoja Turns 50

April 6, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Public Policy

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Ryan Corbett, Xinia Bermudez, Sarah Sherman-Stokes, Victoria Baratian, and Mario Paredes

ISSO

Help for Those Concerned about Immigration Status

February 24, 2017

Azer Bestavros at podium, behind him Katie Conboy, Evelyn Murphy, Marty Walsh, and Eddie Ahmed

Diversity

Tackling the Wage Gap with Code

January 27, 2017

Ruibo Qian and Jon Norman Schneider in Tiger Style!

Huntington Theatre

Tiger Style! Takes on Racial Stereotypes

October 24, 2016

Students hold signs and chant during a Black Lives Matter protest on Marsh Chapel Plaza at Boston University

Social Justice

Rally on Marsh Plaza in Support of Black Lives Matter

October 7, 2016

students on campus

Faculty

BU Moves Forward on Commitment to Faculty Diversity

October 6, 2016

BU Student Kelsey Williford works with a high school student during the Boston University GROW program for women interested in STEM careers

Education

GROWing in the Lab

August 1, 2016

Academy Awards

Film & TV

YouSpeak: Hollywood’s Abysmal Lack of Diversity

February 22, 2016

Senior lecturer Dave Sullivan says changes in the Introduction to Computer Science course CS 111 have made it more appealing to students in general and women in particular. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

University News

Interest in Computer Science Surges

February 16, 2016

Milk Like Sugar

Theatre

Huntington’s Milk Like Sugar Probes Fears, Dreams of Teen Girls

February 3, 2016

Julian Cook (STH'16) Howard Thurman Center

Diversity

Increased Visibility, Programming Pondered for Thurman Center

February 2, 2016

LAW librarian Ronald Wheeler

Staff

Leading LAW Libraries into the Future

January 26, 2016

Stephen Scully

Exhibitions

Black Classics Scholars, an Untold Story

January 15, 2016

University News

Muslims Embraced at BU, Bothered by Social Media

December 17, 2015

The six Questrom students who got the restrooms’ designation changed are Benji Hadar (Questrom’16) (from left), Alex Paroda (Questrom’16), India Mazzarelli (Questrom’17), Halle Gecawich (Questrom’16), Zach Cracknell (Questrom’16), and Zack Robinson (Questrom’16). Photo by Dana J. Quigley

University News

Class Project Brings All-Gender Bathrooms to Questrom

December 16, 2015

Politics

One Class, One Day: The Wire Teaches Politics and Policy

November 18, 2015

Elise Morgan (left), a College of Engineering professor of mechanical engineering and of biomedical engineering, and Cynthia Brossman, founder and administrative director of BU’s Learning Resource Network (LERNet) are cofounders of BU’s Summer Pathways outreach program. Morgan photo by Cydney Scott; Brossman photo courtesy of Brossman

Science & Technology

Two from BU Cited for Encouraging Women in STEM

October 29, 2015

A new task force comprised of 18 faculty and staff members from both the Charles River and the Medical Campuses will address how to increase faculty diversity at BU. Photo by Cydney Scott

Diversity

Task Force Focusing on Faculty Diversity Created

October 13, 2015

Task Force Focusing on Faculty Diversity Created