Bioarchaeology
Public Health
There’s Now a New Low-Cost Emergency Contraception Vending Machine on the Medical Campus
Effort was spearheaded by BU Medical Students for Choice, BUMC Student Affairs, and Student Health Services
Arts & Culture
BU Talent on Display in Venice, Italy, Exhibitions
CFA alums, faculty, and students are exhibiting alongside Venice Biennale, world’s longest running arts and architecture festival
Expert Take
A Double Threat to Reproductive Health: Environmental Contaminants and a Lack of Access to Healthcare
BU epidemiologist writes that communities with limited access to reproductive healthcare are also at the highest risk from exposure to pollutants, like heavy metals and PFAS
Journalism & Media
Sports Broadcaster and COM Alum Tyler Murray Heads to the NBA
Worcester Red Sox play-by-play announcer lands dream job with the New York Knicks
Social Media
“Too Many Balls” Had Too Little Foresight
BU advertising expert Doug Gould on what went wrong with that spectacularly disastrous ad campaign from Boston’s new professional women’s soccer club
Voices & Opinion
POV: Join Me in Supporting Ballot Question 4, a Step Toward Safer, Regulated Psychedelic Therapy in Massachusetts
A yes vote “offers Massachusetts the chance to embrace a future where psychedelic therapy is not only legal but also regulated, safe, and accessible”
Today’s Close-up
BU MOTION ART 2024
BU’s Dance Theatre Group presented MOTION ART 2024, its annual artistic showcase featuring student creative groups from across BU, on October 17 at the 808 Gallery. The collaborative site-specific performance of dancers, singers, and artists featured guests and works from a variety of University student art-makers, including the Dear Abbeys, Bulletproof Funk, BU on Tap, and the Dance Theatre Group. Among the diverse range of entertainment: a Fashion and Retail Association runway show and a BU Kung Fu Club event. A coordinated expressive dance by Fraying closed the show.
Photo by Ajani Hickling (CAS’27)
Engineering
BU Students Head to Paris to Compete in International Synthetic Biology Competition
Team will present their device, AgriNOVA, that can detect toxic metals in soil
Student Life
BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer
Allie Baptiste (MET’25) has been working in an Orlando- and Tampa Bay-area shelter for the past two weeks
University News
Seven-Month Strike Ends as BU Graduate Workers Union Ratifies Contract
Union calls deal “significant improvements in our wages and benefits”
CTE Series: Part 5
What Is CTE?
Families who donate their loved one’s brain to BU’s CTE Center are helping researchers such as Ann McKee push the boundary of what we know about neurodegenerative diseases
CTE Series: Part 4
10 Things BU CTE Center Research Has Taught Us about the Brain Dangers of Contact Sports and Military Service
From amateur athletes’ brain injury risk to how sports hits change the brain’s white matter, here are some of the latest findings from BU researchers
CTE Series: Part 3
Research on CTE and Concussions Changed the NFL. Experts Say That’s Not Enough
New equipment, new rules, new attitudes won’t matter unless they trickle down to college, high school, and youth football
Best Of
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CTE Series: Part 1Searching for Answers—One Brain at a Time
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CTE Series: Part 2“It Will Make CTE a Treatable Disease”: The Race for a Diagnosis in Life
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Arts & Culture
- BU Talent on Display in Venice, Italy, Exhibitions
- Smithsonian Channel to Air Segment on BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences
- Comm Ave Runway: October Edition
Business & Law
- “Too Many Balls” Had Too Little Foresight
- Would Japanese Ownership of US Steel Really be a National Security Threat?
- Feeling Anxious about This Year’s Election? You’re Not Alone
Campus Life
- Unlock Your Career Potential: Tips and Tools to Land Your Next Internship or Entry-Level Job
- BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer
- BU Students Head to Paris to Compete in International Synthetic Biology Competition
Health & Medicine
- There’s Now a New Low-Cost Emergency Contraception Vending Machine on the Medical Campus
- BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer
- Student Health Services Launches Togetherall, a New Online Peer Support Platform for Students
In the City
- Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Harvard Square
- The Weekender: October 17 to 20
- 13 Ways to Spend Indigenous Peoples’ Day Weekend
Science & Technology
- BU Students Head to Paris to Compete in International Synthetic Biology Competition
- Three Essential Cybersecurity Tips for Students
- What Is the Role of Universities after October 7?
Sports
- BU Rowers Eager to Compete in Annual Head of the Charles Regatta
- POV: It’s Unthinkable That Athletes End Up Hospitalized by Workouts Designed to Make Them Better
- Men’s Hockey Opens at Home Saturday against Holy Cross
University News
- Seven-Month Strike Ends as BU Graduate Workers Union Ratifies Contract
- Smithsonian Channel to Air Segment on BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences
- Three Essential Cybersecurity Tips for Students
Voices & Opinion
- BU Undergrad Helps Hurricane Victims as a Red Cross Volunteer
- The Weekender: October 17 to 20
- POV: Join Me in Supporting Ballot Question 4, a Step Toward Safer, Regulated Psychedelic Therapy in Massachusetts