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Back2BU

22 Important Questions and Answers for BU’s 2021–2022 School Year

August 27, 2021

Photo of Terrence Samuel organizing textbooks at the BU Bookstore on August 18, 2021. He wears jeans and a black t-shirt, and stands on a wooden stool. In the foreground, the labels on a bookshelf are seen.

Student Life

Textbooks 101: Before You Purchase or Rent, Here’s What You Need to Know

August 26, 2021

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Student Life

New to BU? Check Out Our Tips for Getting around Campus, Boston, and Beyond

August 25, 2021

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Student Life

Get Ready for BU’s Biggest Matriculation Ceremony Yet

August 24, 2021

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Student Life

FYSOP 2021 Kicks Off, Offering Both In-Person and Remote Service Opportunities to New Students

August 20, 2021

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Campus Life

BU in Summer: Video Captures a More Mellow Campus

August 18, 2021

Student Voices

My Experience as a Transfer Student during a Global Pandemic

August 16, 2021

Student Life

Seven Items I Wish I Had as a Freshman in Boston (and Where to Get Them)

August 3, 2021

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SAFETY

Students Warned to Look Out for Rental Scams

July 6, 2021

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Recent Grads

How’s the Hospitality Industry Doing? We Asked Three 2021 School of Hospitality Administration Grads

July 6, 2021

Kelly Lawrence, women’s assistant head soccer coach, poses for a photo on June 19, 2021. She wears a white long sleeve boston university sweatshirt and has her hands in her pockets.

Pride

My Coming Out Story: Kelly Lawrence

June 25, 2021

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Study Abroad

BU Study Abroad Programs Return

June 15, 2021

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: Ethan Sobel

June 10, 2021

Photo of Shantel Miller (CFA’21) sitting on the ground and smiling. She wears a blue sweatshirt, black pants, polka-dotted socks, and yellow glasses frames. Behind her, a desk with a computer is seen and a painting that shows the back of the heads of a group of white men as two young black women walk down the street.

Fine Arts

Gauguin Had Tahiti, Shantel Miller Has Dorchester: CFA Grad Has Big Plans for $20,000 Kahn Award

May 21, 2021

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Commencement 2021

BU Commencement 2021: Over in a Flash

May 21, 2021

2 students stand on the podium surrounded by a group of graduates posing for a photo after students flooded the stage following Commencement.

Commencement 2021

Photo Gallery Captures BU’s One-of-a-Kind 148th Commencement

May 20, 2021

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Class of 2021

Mortarboards: Class of 2021 Sends Messages of Thanks, Joy

May 18, 2021

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Parents

BU Class of 2021 Parents Watch Commencement from Everywhere—Cafés, Couches, Cars

May 17, 2021

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Commencement 2021

There for Each Other

May 16, 2021

Photo of Archelle Thelemaque (COM’21) in black jeans and a black shirt sitting on a granite bench outside of one of buildings on campus. She has long brown braids and rests her hands on her lap as she smiles.

Commencement

Student Commencement Speaker Will Talk about “Dreams and Nightmares” and Breonna Taylor

May 14, 2021

Student Commencement Speaker Will Talk about “Dreams and Nightmares” and Breonna Taylor