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Student Voices

POV: I’m from Lebanon, and I’m Caught Between Two Worlds

November 5, 2024

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Journalism & Media

COM Students to Give Boost to Nonprofit News Organizations

November 4, 2024

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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK

BU Celebrates International Education Week with Cooking Demonstrations, a Fashion Show, and an AI Panel Discussion

November 3, 2023

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GLOBAL PROGRAMS

Life at BU Can Be Scary for International Students. This Mentorship Program Pairs Up Peers

October 16, 2023

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Student Voices

“As a Jew, I Find It Important to Live Here”: BU Grad Student on Living through War

October 12, 2023

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PODCAST

New Terrier-Run Podcast Aims to Be a Resource for First-Gen Latina Students

May 8, 2023

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WATCH NOW

My Own Boston: Paulina Preciat (SHA’23)

April 28, 2023

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Academics

CAS Writing Program Offers New Social Justice Emphasis

April 21, 2023

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Student Life

Her Name Is Qiongyue. You Can Call Her “Joanna”

February 24, 2023

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Student Voices

Anger, Pride, Fear: BU’s Iranian Students React to Mahsa Amini’s Death

September 28, 2022

Composite image of the three grad students who collaborated to create the grad student guide. At left, Abel Aruan, a young man of color who wears a gray blazer, brown sweater, pink tie and smiles. He has light brown skin and dark black slicked-back hair. At center, a photo of Yuandi Tang (COM’23), an international student from China, who wears glasses with black frames. He wears a blue button-down shirt, smiles, and leans against the exterior of building with rusted steel on the outside. At right, Gizem Kaftan, a youngish Turkish woman with long, crimson hair who smiles and wears a black blouse.

International Students

Are You an International Grad Student? Check Out This Guide

September 14, 2022

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Student Profile

Introducing the Class of 2026: Selina Manua

September 2, 2022

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Student Life

BU Journeys: Warren Liu (CAS’22, COM’22)

April 15, 2022

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Student Life

My Own Boston: Mira Dhakal (COM’22)

March 15, 2022

Student Voices

How a Change in Life Plans Led Me to BU

February 23, 2022

International Students

Like Many Chinese International Students, Cecilia Kwok Hasn’t Been Home in Two Years: How Covid-19 Tavel Bans Impact International Students

December 1, 2021

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International Student Life

These BU International Chinese Students Haven’t Been Home in Almost Two Years

November 18, 2021

Photo of Luyi Chen (Sargent’22), looking at her laptop and smiling, as she prepares the dish sticky rice, a photo of which is seen in a small circle at the left top of the image; the dish has a yellow circle as an outline. Chen holds a bottle of oil in her hands and other ingredients she's using are seen on the island table in front of her. The dish is served in a wooden bowl and has scallions and meat floss on top.

STUDENT LIFE

[Video] How to Cook Sticky Rice, Wenzhou Style

October 16, 2021

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Safety

Phone, Email Scams Target Asian, Other BU Students

September 16, 2021

Photo of William Guo, left, Francis Kwok, Henry Lei, right, all of Alameda, and about a thousand demonstrators listen to speakers during an anti-Asian American hate march and rally at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. The march, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, started at city hall and ended at Union Square. They are dressed in fall clothing, many in black t-shirts that say "Stop Asian Hate" and face masks, and cardboard protest signs.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Can’t Un-Coin “Chinese Virus,” but We Can Tell Our Stories

August 30, 2021

POV: We Can’t Un-Coin “Chinese Virus,” but We Can Tell Our Stories