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Aerial photo of BU and non-BU students celebrating Holi on Cummington Mall Rd on March 20 in-person for the first time in three years. Most young people in the crowd wear white or light colored shirts, and a cloud of orange dust rises in the air. The people are covered with an array of bright colors and look joyful as they talk with their friends.

Year In Review

2022: Pictures That Defined the Year

January 13, 2023

Photo: Associate director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center Stephanie McMains (GRS’06), seated, with Arielle Moore (GMS’26) in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center in CILSE Dec 1. A white woman sits in a chair gesticulating as she sits in front of a table in front of window that shows the fMRI room. A black woman wearing a blue face mask stands behind her listening attentively.

Life Sciences

Neurobiology Class Gets a Peek Inside a Volunteer’s Brain

December 22, 2022

A meme of a sleep-deprived Goob from Meet the Robinsons on a purple patterned background.

Social Media

22 Memes That Got Us Through 2022

December 19, 2022

Border of various eco holiday decor on white textured background.

Sustainability

5 Ways to Make the Holiday Season More Sustainable

December 16, 2022

Sam Weinberger (CFA’21) paints the BU rock with holiday flair as the student a cappella group the Allegrettos watches and sings on. A group of students wearing holiday hats and scarves sing as a young man bends down to spray paint a giant rock with a snowman holiday scene.

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A Special Holiday Video Message from All of Us at BU Today

December 16, 2022

Photo: A young dark-skinned Black man models blue scrubs and a white lab coat in front of a large rose bush. The name "VERDE" is shown to the left of him in bold, white letters.

Learning Public Relations

COM’s PRLab Takes On Medical Apparel Brand VERDE as a Client

December 16, 2022

Students

25 Tuesdays, 25 Terriers, 25 Inspiring Pieces of Advice

December 16, 2022

Photo: exterior of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. An old building with elaborate Greek style arches is shown.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: December 16 to 18

December 15, 2022

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Bruce Willis at a speaking engagement wearing a blue collared shirt with a white undershirt, Photo of BU Medical student, Molly Jia Yong Zhao gives a flu shot to a patient during a clinic on September 29, 2020, vector illustration of a brain pixelating and dissolving from left to right, and Photo of Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Science, Hagere Yilma, posing for a photo. A Black woman with shoulder-length black hair styled in a twist-out hairstyle wearing a black, tunic-style blouse stands in front of a brick wall and smiles to the camera.

2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

December 13, 2022

n this Dec. 1988 file photo, a police officer walks past the wreckage in Lockerbie, Scotland of Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York. The Dec. 21, 1988 explosion would quickly transform the Scottish town into a byword for international terror. Now it is being remembered again because of the 2011 conflict in Libya, the country that accepted responsibility for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103. (AP Photo)

Parents

Mother of Terrier Killed in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Says Arrest “Only Brings Sadness”

December 13, 2022

Photo: Melisa Osborne, a woman wearing a blue face mask and floral burgundy dress, leads a multi-disciplinary CAS class taking a look at the racism implicit in science and healthcare and trying to unpack it. She stands in front of a large lecture class room facing the class as she lectures.

Life Sciences

This BU Class Aims to Undo a History of Racism in Science and Healthcare

December 12, 2022

Photo: A young Asian woman wearing glasses and a white puffer jacket leans to the right to look at the screen of a young white man's laptop which is sitting in his lap. He looks over to his right at the woman and smiles and gestures knowingly. They both sit in front of a pinkish wall.

Academics

Biannual Cross-College Challenge Expo, Featuring Projects That Address Real-World Problems, on Tuesday

December 12, 2022

Image: A Modern wire frame mesh design vector illustration of the year "2022". Numbers are depicted with glowing neon blue low polygonal digits on dark blue background. .

2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

Beautiful new Christmas tree ornaments

Holiday Movies

A Crowdsourced List of the Best Holiday Movie Classics

December 9, 2022

Photo: Overhead shot of Fiorella Polit (CAS’24) studying for her neuropsychology exam on the fifth floor of LAW Dec 5. A young woman in a white puffy jacket writes in a notebook in front of an open Apple laptop. Various snacks and an open colored pencil case sit around her on the table she writes on.

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Video: It’s Time for Finals: That Means It’s Also Time to Stock Up on Snacks

December 9, 2022

A series of five photos featuring Rachel Li a Boston University business student in the class of 2024

Career Experience

My Experience Taking a Semester off to Pursue a Co-op Opportunity at Wayfair

December 9, 2022

Photo: View of the Center for Computing and data Sciences from Commonwealth Ave. From this viewpoint, the sides of the building alternate a copper color and a reflective mirror side. It is shown from below to highlight the "bookcase" design and the reflective nature of the sides.

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Video: Terriers React to Data Science Building Design

December 7, 2022

Collage: (from left to right) Photos of en Gardiner, Elizabeth Rosen, Serena Theobald, and Louie Belile. Ben Gardiner poses in front of dark grey backdrop with Apple laptop in hands. Elizabeth Rosen, a young white woman wearing glasses, a green blouse, white cardigan, and ripped jeans, stands with hands on hips and poses in front of a beige backdrop. Serena Theobald poses in front of dark grey backdrop. A young woman with long black hair and wearing a navy blue long-sleeved shirt and black pants, smiles and stands sideways to the camera with hands on hips. Louie Belile, a young Black mean wearing a white polo shirt and jeans, sits and poses with legs crossed in front of a grey backdrop.

Student Life

For These BU Students, Data Science Is Their Present and Their Future

December 5, 2022

Photo: COM’s new renovated podcast studio. A grey table features a large black mixer, microphone, and professional grade headphones in a podcast studio recording room.

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On the Hunt for a New Podcast? WTBU Students Talk Sports, News, Romance Novels—and More

December 2, 2022

Photo: (from left to right) Michael Quinn, Tim Uzoegbu, and Jordan Tab at BU West Dining Hall after a team lift. A young white man, a young Black man, and a young tan man sit at a black bar area as they joke around over dinner.

Student-Athletes

The Life of Walk-On Student-Athletes Plays Out on BU’s Men’s Basketball Team

December 2, 2022

The Life of Walk-On Student-Athletes Plays Out on BU’s Men’s Basketball Team