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COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: December 9 to 15

December 17, 2020

BMC staff receive shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 Vaccine

The COVID-19 Vaccines: Everything You Need to Know

December 16, 2020

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Faculty & Staff

Tips for How to Have a Virtual Holiday Party That Isn’t Terrible

December 11, 2020

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: December 2 to 8

December 9, 2020

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Fracking

What Is Biden’s Stance on Fracking?

December 9, 2020

Photo of Megan Berkowitz (STH’21, SSW’21) leaning over a loom while backstrap weaving by hand. A tree with bright yellow leaves is seen in the background.

Pandemic Hobbies

Photo Essay: BU Community Takes Up New, Sometimes Not-So-New, Hobbies during Pandemic

December 8, 2020

Hannah Emily Landsberg, (SAR ’12, SPH ‘13) at center, Director of Case Management and Contact Tracing with her Contact Tracing team.

Contact Tracing

Meet BU’s COVID-19 Contact Tracing Team

December 4, 2020

Azer Bestavros, associate provost for computing and data sciences, standing with his arms crossed in a gray sweater and looking off into the middle distance as he leans on a fence near the site of the future data sciences building.

Academics

Computing & Data Sciences Now Accepting Applications for Its New PhD Program

December 4, 2020

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: November 25 to December 1

December 2, 2020

A portrait photo of Margarita Guillory

Africana Religion

From Secrecy to #WitchTok: How the Internet Is Demystifying Africana Religions

November 30, 2020

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: November 18 to 23

November 24, 2020

COVID on Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: November 11 to 17

November 19, 2020

A syringe in front of text that reads "Moderna"

COVID-19 VACCINES

With Two COVID-19 Vaccines on the Way, “We Are in New Territory”

November 17, 2020

Composite image: left, Black and white portrait of Sigrid Nunez with her hand on her face. Right, Book cover for Sigrid Nunez's work "what are you going through" The cover is teal and pictures a cat sitting on the arm of a couch.

Books

National Book Award Winner Sigrid Nunez Explores Life, Death, and Empathy in New Novel

November 13, 2020

COVID on Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: November 4 to 10

November 12, 2020

Pop art photo illustration of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

Madam Vice President

Voices of BU Women Rejoicing with Kamala Harris

November 11, 2020

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Veterans' Health

Three Discoveries That Could Impact Diagnosis, Treatment of PTSD and Gulf War Illness

November 10, 2020

A photo of a needle in front of a sign that reads "Biotech Pfizer"

COVID-19 Vaccine

What Does Pfizer’s Vaccine News Mean for the Coronavirus Pandemic?

November 10, 2020

Photo of a worker at the Agganis arena testing site in purple gloves holding a COVID test.

Public Health

Provost Issues Holiday Travel Guidance for Faculty and Staff

November 10, 2020

A photo of President Donald Trump taking questions in the White House briefing room

Voices & Opinion

POV: Many Americans Distrust the Media, but It’s Not a New Phenomenon

November 10, 2020

POV: Many Americans Distrust the Media, but It’s Not a New Phenomenon