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Photo: Michele Courton Brown (CAS’83), a Black woman with short hair, red glasses, wearing a persimmon color dress, smiles for the camera. Brown is the chair of YouthBuild USA board of directors poses for a photo on May 22, 2024. She’s the first woman and the first Black woman to lead the body.

Alumni

Opening Doors: Michele Courton Brown (CAS’83)

May 29, 2024

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University News

Boston University Removes the Myles Standish Name from Dorm

May 23, 2024

Photo: Michael Arellano, a young individual with short black hair wearing a white crew neck, sits casually on a stone wall overlooking a vast landscape. They smile for the photo.

Commencement 2024

BU’s Commencement Student Speaker Is Proud of Being a Changemaker

May 16, 2024

Photo: Marie Grochowski (CAS’26) gave a talk titled “What Fungi Can Teach Us About Global Immigration” at the annual TEDxBU conference. A woman stands in front of a large audience and the words "Tedx BU" are on the screen behind

Campus Life

This Year’s TEDxBU Talks: Childhood, Privilege—and Fungi

April 25, 2024

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Student Life

BU Student Aviator Soars to New Heights

April 12, 2024

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Immigration

Do Immigrants and Immigration Help the Economy?

April 4, 2024

Science & Technology

Opening Doors: Rhonda Harrison (ENG’98,’04, GRS’04)

March 28, 2024

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University News

College of Fine Arts Names New Directors for Schools of Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts

March 20, 2024

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Expert Take

All Americans Deserve a Healthy Diet. Here’s One Way to Help Make That Happen

March 12, 2024

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Aging Reimagined

Rethinking Our Idea of “Old Age”

February 21, 2024

Photo: A composite image with seven different shows, movies, podcast, and books of Black artists and art.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

This Year, Black History Month Celebrates African Americans and the Arts

January 31, 2024

Photo: Guardsmen watch as migrants try to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. They wear their military uniform.

Immigration

Digital Cages: How ICE Uses Digital Surveillance to Track Migrants

January 26, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Photo: Adriana Craciun, a CAS professor of English, outside Mine 3, a shuttered coal mine near Longyearbyen in Svalbard. A white woman bundled up in black winter gear stands and poses in front of an old coal railway in a snowy landscape. Snowy mountains can be seen in the distance.

Arctic Classes

Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic

December 1, 2023

Image: Vector illustration shows diverse peoples' faces made of paper cut-outs and arranged in a collage to create one new face. Mixed in the faces are random bits of typed paper, as well.

Antiracism

Are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Helping Workers—or Dividing Them?

November 28, 2023

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LGBTQ+

Don’t Say Gay: Three Alumni Authors Speak Out on LGBTQ Book Bans

November 16, 2023

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Business & Law

Building a Better City with Hospitality

November 3, 2023

Photo: Black and white close up shot of an older, Black women's hands resting on a blanket.

Black Women’s Health

Racism, Sexism, and the Crisis of Black Women’s Health

October 31, 2023

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Gentrification

Can We Stop the Gentrification of Cities?

October 24, 2023

Books

Meet Hatchet Girls, Just in Time for Halloween

October 16, 2023

Meet Hatchet Girls, Just in Time for Halloween