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Campus & Facilities

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

Photo of two large white wind turbines in South Dakota. Black angus cows are seen grazing in a field in the foreground.

Sustainability

BU-Supported Wind Farm Now Up and Generating Clean Electricity

December 1, 2020

Photo of Amy Goodrich, director of catering at BU, in a colorful sweater posing at the bottom of a staircase.

Food in Quarantine

Meet the Woman Responsible for Feeding Students in Quarantine

November 19, 2020

Photo of the recently renovated GSU Food Hall. Single person tables with teal seats are spread out in the foreground, a few students sit and eat. In the background, the white lights and walls and a few food stalls are seen.

Renovations

George Sherman Union Food Hall Gets a Major Makeover

November 9, 2020

Photo of construction at Data Services Center, including the addition of a massive crane September 13. The sky is bright and has white fluffy clouds.

Construction

What Did It Take to Reopen Campus This Fall?

October 21, 2020

Photo of August Menchaca (CAS’23) in a face mask, black t-shirt and jeans, collects his things from a UPS truck and wheels them away in a yellow cart while moving in on Bay State Rd on August 26.

Back2BU

Fall Move-out, Intersession, Spring Move-in: What You Need to Know

October 20, 2020

Photo of Bishop Edwards (CFA’23) moving within his 14-foot square during instructor Liz Roncka’s improv dance class at FitRec September 3. The yellow tape grid is there to ensure physical distancing. Bishop raises both his hands in the air gracefully and wears a blue mask.

Campus & Facilities

Like Everything Else, FitRec Will Be Different This Fall

September 9, 2020

A photo of Robert Brown wearing a mask walking in front of the Booth theater.

University News

President Brown: “It Is Important We Learn How to Do This and Make It Better As We Go”

September 2, 2020

composite image showing a window sign marking COVID-19 testing site, an empty Boston University dorm courtyard with yellow moving carts, and two students wearing medical facemasks

Student Life

How Was Move-in? Three Students Vlog about Their Experience

August 28, 2020

A photo of Kurt Mahnke (CAS’04) behind the counter at Barnes and Nobles at BU

Coronavirus

E-Books, Touchless Pickup, and More on Tap at Barnes & Noble @ BU This Fall

August 24, 2020

A photo of the new COVID testing site at Boston University

University News

BU Launches COVID-19 Dashboard of Data

August 17, 2020

Jiaxin (Jack) Tong (COM’22) moves into his Bay State Rd residence on August 14. After his flights home to China got cancelled five times in the spring and early summer, Tong stayed on campus for the summer, taking classes.

Move-in

Will Move-in 2020 Be Different from Years Past? Very.

August 14, 2020

New cameras are seen at the Agganis Arena parking garage on August 3, 2020. The new parking program will read license plates instead of stickers or hang tags. A camera with orange lights hands next to a parking lot arm. Blue sky is seen in the background.

Charles River Campus

New Daily Parking Program Means Goodbye to Stickers and Hang Tags for Many on Charles River Campus

August 5, 2020

A photo of the new COVID testing protocol at Boston University.

COVID Testing

Robots, Nanobeads, and Data Modeling—The Science behind BU’s Coronavirus Testing Plan

August 4, 2020

Elijah Ercolino, director of the Facilties Engineering Group, inspects an HVAC air filter on the roof of 1047 Commonwealth Ave.

Campus & Facilities

BU Aims to Move More, and Cleaner, Air through Buildings

August 3, 2020

A photo of the exterior of the new BU Children's Center

University News

BU Children’s Center Gets Expanded Home, Now Accepts Infants

July 27, 2020

BU Children’s Center Gets Expanded Home, Now Accepts Infants