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Student Life

Terriers, What Advice Do You Have for the New Dean of Students?

April 28, 2023

This is a birds eye view photo from a Boston University commencement ceremony. Seniors are wearing black graduation caps with red gowns and are sitting down in rows. The stage is in front of the graduates and there is someone shown speaking at the podium. Behind the speaker, there are rows of faculty/speakers/staff also in red and black graduation attire.

Commencement

Moving On: Tips for Dealing with Post-Commencement Blues

April 25, 2023

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Today I Learned: Boston Is Home to the World’s Oldest Hockey Rink

April 25, 2023

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Sustainability

Sustainability Seed Grants Will Fund Ideas Ranging from Textbook Lending to Eliminating Dental Supply Waste

April 24, 2023

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Student Voices

Terriers Offer Advice to Boston’s New “Nightlife Czar”

April 19, 2023

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MOVE IN

You’ve Been Accepted to BU. Now, What to Bring?

April 18, 2023

Photo: Sharlene Chang (SHA’24) and Irene Kim (COM’23), two young Asian women holding boba teas, smile and pose resting together. They sit in front of a backdrop of large boba tea recreations made out of cardboard and puff balls.

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Video: Boba Showdown

April 14, 2023

Collage: (from left) Photos of Linzi Scholarship recipients and Zilu “Pete” Tang. Liyu Chen poses against a wooden wall. A young Asian woman wearing a white, red, and black sweater, and long white skirt, smiles as she poses next to a light wooden wall. Zilu “Pete” Tang, a young Asian man wearing glasses and a long sleeved blue-gray shirt, smiles and poses next to a cement wall. Behind him, a white board filled with notes on equations can be seen.

Scholarship

Ten Years after BU’s Lu Lingzi Died in the Boston Marathon Bombings, the Scholarship in Her Name Keeps Student Dreams Alive

April 12, 2023

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Safety

Students May Think BORG Drinking Is Safe. It’s Not

April 11, 2023

Photo: Kellie Finley-Call, a white college student with a medium build wearing a bandana and a necklace, stocks the food pantry at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development on March 27, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Campus Life

BU Launches New Initiative Aimed at Fighting Student Hunger

April 11, 2023

Photo:Joshita Manohar (CAS’240, left, and Esther Gilbert (CAS’22) look through their poster options at the Happy Cactus gifts tents during BU’s annual Earth Day Festival not he GSU Plaza. A young South Asian woman wearing a tan jacket and a young Asian woman wearing a black jacket smile as they look through posters. Next to them, a large variety of green plants is displayed.

Earth Day Preview

How BU Honors Earth Day, Every Day

April 6, 2023

Photo: Sarah Rho (left) and Sarah Kirk poses back to back with arms crossed. Each holds their back foot against the other as the look towards the camera. The both stand in front of a large, brick, tower-style dorm residence.

Campus Life

Video: A Tour of The Towers

April 3, 2023

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Video: A Visit to BU’s Professional Clothing Closet

March 29, 2023

Photo: Food for Thought founder Ben Myers (CGS’22, CAS’24) outside Emmanuel Church, a day shelter on Newbury Street where he films his videos. A young white man with dark brown hair stands with hands in pockets in front of a church with large wooden doors. He wears a black hooded sweatshirt, dark grey puffer vest, and olive green cargo pants. An unhoused person's belongings can be seen scattered in front of the entrance of the church.

Social Justice

BU Student Documents the Local Homeless Experience on TikTok

March 28, 2023

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Student Stories

Women Who Tell Their Stories

March 27, 2023

Photo: Brianna Bourne. a Black young woman with a kinky curly twist out smiles as she holds up a Jamaican flag. She wears a light blue hooded sweatshirt and tan pants as she holds up the flag behind her.

Terriers in Charge

Terriers in Charge: Brianna Bourne (CAS’24)

March 24, 2023

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Match Day

BU’s Graduating Medical Students Find Their Future in a Match Day Envelope

March 20, 2023

Photo: Trip chaperone and BU Residence Hall Director Tim Hegan, from left, trip coordinator Rohin Bajaj (ENG’25), Chloe Rowan (CAS’25), InihAbasi Sunday (CAS’24), and trip coordinator Ari Burns (CAS’25) pull invasive arrowhead vine from an area of The Nature Conservancy which borders a resident’s property as part of their Alternative Spring Break work March 8. A group of young adults wearing purple shirts and pants hold and fill a large bag of dried grass. Various other students cut shrubs and brush with large cutters. An older white man wearing a rainbow tie-dye shirt helps with the gathering.

Student Life

For These Terriers, Spring Break in Florida Was All about Volunteering

March 16, 2023

Photo: Kathya Correa Almanza (CAS’25), vice president of Alianza Latina, sits and poses on the floor of a brightly sunlit hallway. A young, Latina woman wearing a pink, orange, and white long-sleeved floral shirt and jeans, poses with one leg bent and arm resting on knee as she smiles for the camera.

Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Kathya Correa Almanza (CAS’25)

March 15, 2023

Screenshot of three young white women sitting at a table in front of a light grey backdrop. The woman on the left wears glasses and a grey sweatshirt and looks at the woman in the center. The woman in the center wears a black shirt and jeans with glasses resting on top of her head. She pint to her right towards the woman on the right. The woman on the right wears a black sweatshirt and looks straight ahead to the camera and is caught mid-speaking. An Apple laptop lays open in front of her.

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Video: What’s It Like to Transfer to BU? These Veterans Offer Some Advice

March 10, 2023

Video: What’s It Like to Transfer to BU? These Veterans Offer Some Advice