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PODCAST

New Terrier-Run Podcast Aims to Be a Resource for First-Gen Latina Students

May 8, 2023

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Video: “BU at Its Best”

May 5, 2023

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Commencement 2023

David Zaslav (LAW’85), President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, Is BU’s 150th Commencement Speaker

May 3, 2023

Photo: Grad student Lindsey Cohen, a young white woman wearing a white shirt, poses for a thumbnail photo for her terriers in charge video produced by the BU Today team.

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Terriers in Charge: Lindsey Cohen (Questrom’23)

May 3, 2023

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In The City

Red Sox Ticket Buying Tips

May 2, 2023

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Film & Television

Two COM Film & Television Students Win Inaugural Sony Future Filmmaker Award

May 1, 2023

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My Own Boston: Paulina Preciat (SHA’23)

April 28, 2023

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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

Photo of Tima Dasouki, a young woman wearing a white blazer and knee-length black dress rifling through a rack of business attire.

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Video: A Visit to BU’s Professional Clothing Closet

March 29, 2023

Video: A Visit to BU’s Professional Clothing Closet