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Arts & Culture

The BU Queer Activist Collective executive board during a Zoom meeting.

LGBTQ+

BU’s Queer Activist Collective Celebrates Pride at Home

June 12, 2020

An illustrated series of six different toasts, some have butter and jam, others have cucumber and tuna, on a white background.

Food

A Cookbook for Your COVID Kitchen

June 11, 2020

Photo of Sarah Greisdorf, showing off Holdette’s blue blazer, which has six pockets: two on the outside, and four on the inside. Gresidorf rests her hand on a clothes rack to her left.

Strategy & Innovation

Clothes for Women, with (Much Needed) Pockets

June 11, 2020

Image of a character sheet, die, mechanical pencil and microphone cords during a recording of the YMBWHWGH podcast. A blurred energy drink can is in the foreground on the bottom right.

Student Podcast

BU Students Produce Dungeons and Dragons Podcast

June 9, 2020

19th century engraving of Charles Dickens sitting in his study.

Books

Charles Dickens: A Novelist for Our Times

June 9, 2020

A photo of anchor Will Reeves on live television with no pants on

Sociology

Is Beauty’s Double Standard for Women in the Public Eye Dead?

June 8, 2020

Black and white print illustration of Dante bowing before the angel pilot from the Dore Gallery by Edmund Ollier - Cassel, Petter and Galpin (London-New York) 1870. A figure next to Dante comforts him as a boat with an angel approaches.

Books

What Happens Next? Four Literary Classics for a Post–COVID-19 World

June 5, 2020

Photo of long-distance runner, Rylan Pettit (ENG’23), running down a street. Grass is seen in the foreground, Pettit wears his BU jersey. Pettit made a video discussing his improvised training regimen when the pandemic sent him home to Virginia for remote learning.

Student Life

Culture of College Class Creates a Video Record of Learning—and Living—during Pandemic

June 3, 2020

Composite image of members of BU’s Inner Strength Gospel Choir performing their “Unity Medley,” featuring songs by Alma Bazel Androzzo, Carole King, and Bill Withers. Current and former choir members recorded their parts remotely. Most students wear Boston University shirts. A white video play button is seen over the image.

Music

BU’s Inner Strength Gospel Choir: Lifting Voices from a Distance

May 29, 2020

Photo of the stars of the siticom, The Social Distance, Michael Williams (from left), Quentin Nguyen-Duy (CFA’20), Lorin Sklamberg, and Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21). They group poses in front of a brown wall on the sidewalk.

Film & TV

When Life Gives You a Pandemic, Make a Sitcom

May 28, 2020

A photo of a pan of Shakshuka

Weekender

The Weekender: May 28 to 31

May 28, 2020

News anchors for BUTV10 show Primary Focus on the set.

BUTV10

BUTV10 Scores Four 2020 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards

May 26, 2020

Illustration of lit-up marquee sign with a red arrow and text reading "From A Distance: BUTV 10 Variety Hour" on a dark gray background.

Film & TV

Don’t Miss BUTV10’s Star-Studded Variety Show, Airing Tonight

May 21, 2020

Composite image of the 2020 Kahn Awards winners; clockwise from left, top: Diana Walsh, Tak-Cheung Hui, Saskia Martinez, Alex Stern, Nicholas Walker, Eric Carey.

Student Awards

2020 Kahn Career Entry Awards Go to Six CFA Graduates

May 20, 2020

Photo of Lance Martin and The Lance Martin Trio perform during JazzFest in West Roxbury last year. Martin plays a flute, a bassist and drummer are seen in the background at an outdoor venue.

Obituaries

A Loss for the Medical Campus—and the Boston Jazz Scene

May 19, 2020

A photo of the graduation ceremony held on John Krasinski's Some Good News show

Class of 2020

Two BU Seniors Appear in John Krasinski’s Some Good News Graduation-Themed Episode

May 7, 2020

A photo of the inside of Brookline Booksmith

Local Business

10 Local Businesses to Support during the COVID-19 Shutdown

May 7, 2020

Composite image of stills from videos of BU classes being taught remote. In the bottom left, Maura Smith, a College of Communication master lecturer in film, is seen standing at a standing desk. In the top left and bottom right, Yo-EL Cassell, a College of Fine Arts assistant professor of movement, reads from a computer and demonstrates movements. In the top right, students for Yo-EL's class are seen moving in door frames.

Remote & Innovative

The Challenge of Remotely Teaching Classes That Usually Demand Hands-on Learning and Collaboration

May 7, 2020

Female silhouette in front of a BU themed Zoom virtual background

Zoom Flair

Dress Up Your Next Zoom Meeting with BU Backgrounds

April 30, 2020

Gallery view of a Time’s Arrow rehearsal conducted on Zoom. Students sit playing instruments or waiting. Photo courtesy of Rodney Lister

Music

CFA Ensemble Time’s Arrow to End the Year with a Zoom Concert Thursday

April 29, 2020

CFA Ensemble Time’s Arrow to End the Year with a Zoom Concert Thursday