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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS

Is the Government Concealing UFO Craft and Dead Extraterrestrials?

June 22, 2023

Photo: Students stand and pose for a photo at the bottom of a set of stairs. From right to left, top to bottom: Daniel Skahill (CDS ‘23), Samantha Chen (CDS ‘23), Zining Ye (CDS ‘23), Yile Wang (CDS ‘23), and Edward Wong (CDS ‘23).

Commencement 2023

Inaugural Class of BU Computing & Data Sciences Majors Prepare to Graduate

May 16, 2023

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Listen Now

Today I Learned: Honors Linear Algebra Can Be Fun, Cool, Even Beautiful

May 9, 2023

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why I Left the Bird: NPR, Twitter, and Disinformation

April 19, 2023

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Business & Law

LAW’s Jay Wexler Fires Up Arguments to Normalize Pot in New Book

April 14, 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

University News

BU’s Adil Najam to Become New President of World Wildlife Fund

April 4, 2023

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Gotlieb Center

How BU Helped Modern-Day Explorers Find a Lost Treasure on a Remote Glacier

March 29, 2023

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SCHOOL SHOOTING

Once Again, Our Nation Is Forced to Talk to Children about Guns, Deaths

March 28, 2023

Professor Wesley Wildman teaches a Data and Ethics class at CDS on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Data Sciences

Student-Designed Policy on Use of Generative AI Adopted by Data Sciences Faculty

March 24, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

What Did You Miss Most in the Weird Winter? Snow Days, Warm Foods, Complaining, Fires, Winter Runs, and More

March 17, 2023

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Infectious Diseases

Bird Flu Is Making Headlines but Doesn’t Threaten a Pandemic…Yet

March 14, 2023

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Astronomy

Astronomy Class Ponders Life Beyond Earth

March 3, 2023

Professor Wesley Wildman, a tall white man in a blue collared shirt, teaches a Data and Ethics class at CDS on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

Artificial Intelligence

Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty

February 17, 2023

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World events

BU Students Raising Money for Earthquake Victims

February 7, 2023

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Campus & Facilities

Photo Gallery: BU’s Newest Building Is a Big Hit

January 24, 2023

Brian Walshe, of Cohasset, Mass., stands during his arraignment in Quincy District Court, in Quincy, Mass., on Jan. 9. The evidence against him includes his own lurid Google search history. Photo by Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool

Technology & Crime

How Smart Technology Is Outsmarting Criminals

January 24, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

POV: With ChatGPT’s Arrival, Should Educators Be Mourning the End of the College Essay?

January 20, 2023

Photo: Associate director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center Stephanie McMains (GRS’06), seated, with Arielle Moore (GMS’26) in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center in CILSE Dec 1. A white woman sits in a chair gesticulating as she sits in front of a table in front of window that shows the fMRI room. A black woman wearing a blue face mask stands behind her listening attentively.

Life Sciences

Neurobiology Class Gets a Peek Inside a Volunteer’s Brain

December 22, 2022

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2022 in Review

The Top 10 Most-Read Stories on BU Today in 2022

December 19, 2022

The Top 10 Most-Read Stories on BU Today in 2022