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Staff Excited about Remote Work Policy, although Some Want More
Employees mostly laud improved work-life balance, calling change “compassionate,” “fair,” “great for morale”
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NFL’s Carl Nassib Comes Out: A Watershed Moment for Pro Sports
Wheelock’s John McCarthy on the significance of the announcement by Raiders defensive lineman
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Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines
NEIDL, Broad scientists say next-generation vaccines could stimulate another arm of the immune system, imparting better protection against coronavirus variants
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To Do Today: Get Out on the Water at Jamaica Pond
Kayaks, rowboats, and sailboats available to rent
June 24, 2021 -
How’s Job Hunting Going for the Class of 2021? We Checked In with Some Soon-to-Be Grads
Seniors share their strategies for finding employment
1April 21, 2021
Today’s Close-up
Check-up for Trees on the BU Beach
Hutyra Research Lab postdoc Joy Winbourne collecting data from trees on the BU Beach June 16. Among what the system she’s checking measures are the trees’ photosynthesis and water use. The lab investigates carbon dynamics in forest systems and urban areas, studying forest ecology, urban carbon and nitrogen cycling, land use change impact on ecosystem productivity, fossil fuel emission patterns, and more. Photo by Cydney Scott
Photo by Cydney Scott
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POV: My Son Was Killed in Iraq 14 Years Ago—Who’s to Blame?
The Islamic Republic? George W. Bush? Both answers feel like evasions
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University Promotes 25 Charles River Campus Faculty
Representing diverse fields, these individuals are “having demonstrable impact in their disciplines”
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BU Students’ Hackathon-Winning Project Could Help Combat a Neglected Tropical Disease
Terriers create innovative pill pack to help prevent lymphatic filariasis
June 22, 2021
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Reinventing the Outboard
As cofounder of Flux Marine, Daylin Frantin is looking to change boating
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Business & Law
- BU to Permit Remote Work for Eligible Staff, Up to Two Days a Week
- It’s National Selfie Day: Check Out These Selfie Etiquette Dos and Don’ts
- The Ivory Tower Is Like the Real World in One Way: Mothers Still Do Most of the Childcare, BU Researcher Finds
Campus Life
- BU Study Abroad Programs Return
- My Coming Out Story: Ethan Sobel
- Gauguin Had Tahiti, Shantel Miller Has Dorchester: CFA Grad Has Big Plans for $20,000 Kahn Award
Health & Medicine
- Pooled Testing for COVID-19 to Begin This Week
- BU to Require All Employees to Disclose Vaccination Status or Plan
- To Do Today: Seaport Sweat
In the City
- To Do Today: Drag Show at Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville
- To Do Today: Roxbury International Film Festival
- To Do Today: Tour Fenway Park
Science & Technology
- BU Students’ Hackathon-Winning Project Could Help Combat a Neglected Tropical Disease
- Are UFOs Visitors from Space? Government Report Won’t Rule It Out
- Reinventing the Outboard
Sports
- Playoff Host BU Going for Third Consecutive Softball Title
- BU Athletics Honors Standout Student-Athletes
- Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams Gear Up for Patriot League Championship
University News
- Staff Excited about Remote Work Policy, although Some Want More
- BU to Permit Remote Work for Eligible Staff, Up to Two Days a Week
- University Promotes 25 Charles River Campus Faculty
Voices & Opinion
- POV: My Son Was Killed in Iraq 14 Years Ago—Who’s to Blame?
- POV: Supreme Court Rules That over 400,000 Immigrants are Ineligible to Permanently Remain in United States
- Are UFOs Visitors from Space? Government Report Won’t Rule It Out