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Housing

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Housing

BU’s Initiative on Cities Builds a Tool for Fighting Displacement

February 18, 2025

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University News

Warren Towers to Get Multiyear, $550 Million Renovation—AC Included

January 23, 2025

Photo: Dr. Melissa Gilliam and the BU community celebrate the opening of Lavender House

University News

Lavender House Is Officially Open on Bay State Road

November 7, 2024

Photo: A picture of people moving items into a brick, BU dorm building using large, yellow rolling bins with "BU Housing" on the side.

Move-in 2024

Move-in 2024: Everything You Need to Know

August 20, 2024

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Style

50 Dorm Design Tips for Your BU Digs

August 19, 2024

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Housing Crisis

How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers

July 25, 2024

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University News

Boston University Removes the Myles Standish Name from Dorm

May 23, 2024

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Politics

A BU Class Tackles the Massachusetts Housing Crisis

May 22, 2024

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Campus Life

A Video Tour of Myles Standish Hall

April 30, 2024

Photo: Yadira Cabrera, a young woman with shoulder length curly hair and bangs, at StuVi dorm buildings front door.

Campus Life

A Video Tour of StuVi I and StuVi II

April 24, 2024

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Expert Take

Should People Be Fined for Sleeping Outside?

April 18, 2024

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Public Health

Rats! Does Boston Need a “Rat Czar”?

April 8, 2024

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Everything Guide

Your Everything Guide to Living Off Campus

April 8, 2024

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Hospital Design

How the Design of Hospitals Impacts Patient Treatment and Recovery

March 14, 2024

Photo: Two stacks of coins, one large and one small. Depicts wealth inequality

Aging Reimagined

The Ingredients of Unequal Aging: Housing, Income, and Health

February 21, 2024

Photo: Darien Alexander Williams, a man with short, dark hair and a beard poses with his hands clasped, arm resting on a wall shelf. He wears a green button up and a white shirt with a red collar.

Urban Planning

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?

January 3, 2024

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Watch Now

Video: Terriers Give Thanks to Favorite BU Staffers

November 17, 2023

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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

Photo: A woman wearing a red shirt and jeans laughs as she holds a large pillow in her hands. The person in front of her hold various clothes and places them away in a dresser in front of them/

Campus Life

Highlights from Move-in 2023

September 6, 2023

Highlights from Move-in 2023