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Photo: BU men’s soccer players Gianluca Arlotti (CAS’23) (left) and Quinn Matilus (CAS’23) celebrating a goal against Lehigh October 29. Two young men wearing white and red soccer uniforms grip hands and raise their other arms in cheer as they smile and run down the field.

Varsity Sports

Men’s Soccer Hosts First Patriot League Semifinal since 2014

November 7, 2022

Photo: Women's basketball player Maren Durant jumps up to shoot a basketball into the hoop. She wears a white and red basketball jersey and shorts with the number 33 on the front of the jersey top. Three players in blue watch from around her as she takes her shot.

Varsity Sports

Championship Hopes for BU Basketball Teams as Play Opens

November 6, 2022

Photo: Terriers field hockey topped Bucknell 2-1 on October 30 to claim their sixth Patriot league regular season title in eight years. Three BU field hockey players run down field with sticks at the ready as a Bucknell field hockey player stands to defend in front of them.

Varsity Sports

Field Hockey, Women’s Soccer Advance to Patriot League Semifinals

November 2, 2022

Photo: The backs of the three women BU cross country runners are shown as they line up at the start of a race. They face a vast green field and wear BU track and field jerseys.

Varsity Sports

Terriers Head to Bucknell to Compete in Patriot League Cross Country Championships This Weekend

October 27, 2022

A photo of Agganis Arena in Boston Massachusetts on a cloudy day

New Appointment

Meet BU’s New Head of Dining, Housing, FitRec, Transportation, and More

October 26, 2022

Women’s Soccer

Former Terrier Star Casey Brown Has 6-2 League Record in First Season as BU Women’s Soccer Head Coach

October 25, 2022

Photo: The BU women’s lightweight rowing team practicing on the Charles River ahead of this weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta. Four young women wearing BU wet suits row down the Charles. A blurry bridge can be seen in the distance.

Varsity Sports

Head of the Charles Regatta: BU Men’s, Women’s Teams Will Compete This Weekend

October 20, 2022

Aaron Goldberg directing the BU Pep Band at the 2019 Women’s Beanpot Championship. BU captured the trophy for the first time since becoming a club sport. Photo by Ally Kallfelz (COM’21)

Watch Now

BU Bands: Celebrating the “Heartbeat of the University”

October 19, 2022

Brian Durocher, BU women’s hockey head coach, says his skaters “have been busy as all get-out, they have a good leadership group, and they're excited.” Photos by Olivia Fox/BU Athletics. Here Durocher stands in front of his team on the ice, who are kneeling.

Varsity Sports

BU Women’s Hockey Season Opens at Home Friday against RPI

October 6, 2022

BU men’s ice hockey players and new head coach Jay Pandolfo (CAS’96), who says his players are driven going into the 2022-23 season opener: “We had a lot of guys come back that maybe could have moved on. I don't think they want to leave anything on the table this year.” Photos by Jenna VanSickle

Varsity Sports

BU Men’s Ice Hockey Opens Season under New Leadership

September 29, 2022

Photo: CGS professor Kari Lavalli, a white woman with shoulder-length blonder hair wearing a blue floral blouse and black pants, sits and poses with her dog, a black, seven-year-old Portuguese Water Dog Bell.

Dog Training

Teaching Dogs to Jump off a Boat—and Ignore the Ducks

September 16, 2022

Photo: A group of BU women's field hockey players stand next to each other as they hold one leg up and hold it in a figure four. They all wear red shorts and white tank tops and stand on a green turf field.

Field Hockey

BU Field Hockey Begins 2022 Season without a Home of Its Own

September 8, 2022

Photo of 2022 Women’s soccer captain Amy Thompson. A young white woman wearing a White BU soccer uniform is shown mid-kick to a soccer ball on the soccer field.

BU Athletics

BU Soccer Squads Kick Off 2022 Campaigns amidst Changes for Both Teams

September 1, 2022

Black and white photo of Bill Russell, of the Boston Celtics, driving to the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers in the teams' final NBA playoff game in Los Angeles, May 5, 1969.

Boston Sports

POV: Remembering Boston Celtics Legend Bill Russell (Hon.’02)

August 1, 2022

Photo collage of various women's athletic teams and players throughout the decade. The background is a turf field with a muted gray overlay. The images include: a black and white photo of the women's beanpot champions from 1981, a photo of BU women's golfer Hanako Kawasaki holding a golf club behind her back and wear a red visor; photo of Elizabeth Morse (CGS'14), left trying to keep possession of the ball with teammate Siobhan McCarthy (CGS'15) on defense during drills at BU women's lacrosse; photo of Stephanie Nasson (SAR'16) of the women's swim team mid-stroke, wearing a red cap and goggles; photo of Chiara Tibbitt (CAS'22) taking a shot during basketball practice; an old film photo of Jeanne Friedman and other women's rowing team members from the the mid-70s holding a trophy; black and white photo of Jennifer Lanctot O'Neill (Questrom'91), BU's first three-time female All-American, running with a relay stick; and photo of the BU women's soccer team in a team huddle. At center, an excerpt from Title IX is seen; it looks as if it has been torn from a page.

Gender & Sports

Title IX Turns 50: It Changed Society—but Now It Must Go Further

June 22, 2022

BU Athletics News

BU Women’s Soccer Taps Former Terrier Star Casey Brown as New Head Coach

June 3, 2022

Richard Mark Laursen sits in a white collared shirt underneath a banner reading "Athletic Training Services"

BU Athletics

Richard Mark Laursen, Long-Serving Head of BU’s Athletic Training Services, Retires

June 1, 2022

Photo of flags on Boston Common in Boston, which are placed there for Memorial Day, on a sunny day. Small American flags are planted in the ground in neat rows. in the distance tall city buildings can be seen, as well as people waling on a pathway below the flags.

Things-to-do

How to Spend Memorial Day Weekend in Boston

May 26, 2022

Photo of two rowing boats on a river during an overcast day. One boat is full of rowers from the back wearing white tops, the other further in the background shows rowers wearing red.

Varsity Rowing

BU Rowing Teams Continue Trophy Chase

May 26, 2022

Action photo of Marina Sylvestri. She is caught mid-swing, about to hit a softball thrown by the opposing pitcher wearing a burgundy uniform. Spectators can be seen on the other side of the fence behind homebase, watching on.

BU Athletics

Terrier Softball Is on a Mission: A Fourth-Straight Patriot League Championship

May 11, 2022

Terrier Softball Is on a Mission: A Fourth-Straight Patriot League Championship