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Construction crews building the Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences

Campus & Facilities

BU Construction Roundup: New Buildings, Updated Labs, and Bathroom Renovations

September 16, 2021

Photo of construction at the Data Science Center at 645-665 Commonwealth Avenue. You can see the skeleton of the building in steel beams, the concrete elevator shaft in the background, and a few construction workers on the ground.

University News

MassMutual Donates $1 Million to BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

August 24, 2021

Students and parents wearing protective face masks move into dorms on the Boston University campus, August 2020

Back2BU

Move-In 2021: What You Need to Know

August 20, 2021

A class is lead in discussion sitting in a circle of colorful adirondack chairs beneath a tree on BU Beach, Boston University Charles River Campus.

Campus Life

BU in Summer: Video Captures a More Mellow Campus

August 18, 2021

Photo of Triage nurse specialist Victoria Cunningham, in pink scrubs, blue gloves, and a blue face mask, at the Moderna vaccine clinic at FitRec May 4. She holds a vial and extracts a dose of the vaccine with a needle.

University News

BU Updates Its COVID Data Dashboard, as Employee Vaccination Deadline Looms

August 17, 2021

One of two MBTA Green B Line Cars damaged in a collision.

Campus & Facilities

Two MBTA Green Line Trolleys Crash on Comm Ave; 23 Injured

July 30, 2021

Photo of a young woman with her face in her hands as she sits on a couch in front of a laptop.

SAFETY

Students Warned to Look Out for Rental Scams

July 6, 2021

Photo of President Robert A. Brown looking at a papers on his desk, in front of his laptop, as he prepares for the Wednesday morning town hall via Zoom in his office. He wears a blue suit; his wood-paneled office is seen in the background.

University News

At Town Hall, President Brown Urges BU Community to Get Vaccinated, Acknowledges Anxiety about Return to Work

June 2, 2021

Photo of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, MA. At center, a statue of a woman in bronze is seen.

University News

BU School of Medicine Adds St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center as New Teaching Hospital

May 3, 2021

A photo of the green line b branch with a sign that says "Pleasant St. is Closed"

MBTA

MBTA Speeds Up Green Line B Branch Station Project

April 15, 2021

A photo of the interior of the Howard Thurman Center.

Campus Life

Despite Pandemic, Howard Thurman Center Is Still BU’s “Campus Living Room”

April 14, 2021

Photo of a classroom is set-up in one of the ballrooms at 1 Silber Way, the desks are spaced six feet apart and have red stickers underneath to indicate social distancing guidelines. Six fancy chandeliers hang from the ceilings.

Campus Life

Coming This Fall for BU: Nearly Normal

March 12, 2021

A photo of Marsh Plaza on a sunny day

University News

University to Seek Staff Opinions in Creating More Equitable, Diverse, Inclusive Culture

March 10, 2021

New waste bins in student residences are part of the Zero Waste Plan

University News

A Bold New Plan to Reduce the University’s Waste

March 4, 2021

A photo of the MBTA green line running down Comm Ave.

MBTA

MBTA B Branch Station Consolidation to Begin February 15

February 9, 2021

Photo of Jose Ferreira in a yellow rain suit clearing the snow from the steps near Mugar Memorial Library in 2011 as a student with a black umbrella walks by. Snow falls around him.

Obituaries

BU Remembers Two Custodians Lost to COVID-19

February 5, 2021

Crews working at the new Center for Data Sciences

University News

Update on BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences

February 3, 2021

Photo taken during a Nor'Easter in 2018; the sidewalk is covered with snow as figure in jacket walks down. Snow falling blurs the image.

University News

Anticipating Major Snowfall, Charles River Campus to Close Monday, Classes to Proceed Remotely

January 31, 2021

Photo of BU president Bob Brown sitting on a couch in the lobby of the Booth Theater. He wears a suit and a colorful face mask and looks toward the camera.

University News

President Brown on BU’s Lessons Learned from the Fall, Hopes for Spring

January 25, 2021

A gathering of family, friends, city officials, bicycle advocates, and others from the BU community filled the sidewalk on Saturday, November 21, 2020, to celebrate the life of Christopher Weigl with a memorial ghost bike installation ceremony on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street in Boston, where he was killed on his bike by a truck driver in December of 2012.

University News

New Ghost Bike, and Finished Bike Lanes, Honor BU Student Killed in 2012 Crash

December 2, 2020

New Ghost Bike, and Finished Bike Lanes, Honor BU Student Killed in 2012 Crash