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Professor Sean Andersson, left, listens to Franco Julia Wise (ENG’22), at right, as he explains the workings of his team’s Soft Robot with Integrated Soft Optical Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery following the May 4 press conference at Phototonics announcing ENG getting $4.4 million from Massachusetts High Technology Council to build a new robotics lab, BU RASTIC, to complement ENG's master's program in robotics and autonomous systems. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

University News

BU to Open New Robotics Lab to Foster More Student Innovators

May 4, 2022

Collage of 3 photos of the 2022 Perkins Service Award staff winners from left to right: Francis Antonelli, Nancy Clinton, and Cynthia Bradford

Accolades

2022 Perkins Service Awards Go to Three Longtime BU Staffers

May 2, 2022

The husband-and-wife duo, Noah (ENG’21) and Astha Flynn (CAS’18, Questrom’23), stood alongside Ian Mashiter, interim executive director of Innovate@BU, Li Liang, managing director of the BUild Lab, and Tom Samph (COM’10), program director of Innovate@BU, after winning an $18,000 check for their start-up, MetNet.

University News

Entrepreneurial Students, Alum Take Home $64,000 in Cash Prizes at Recent Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition

May 2, 2022

Photo of students dressed nicely, on stage, holding black, wooden plaques awards. Behind them on stage a large screen reads "Scarlet & White Honors"

Varsity Sports

BU Student-Athletes Touted at Annual Athletics Awards Ceremony

April 27, 2022

Photo of Louis Chude-Sokei, an older black man wearing a dark blur shirt and black shoes sits with hands folded in front of him on the steps of a brick building. A red sign on the building reads "Boston University College of Arts and Sciences; African American Studies Program"

New Major

African American and Black Diaspora Studies Is BU’s Newest Major

April 25, 2022

Updating curricula to provide the best education is the shared drive of Kathleen Vandenberg (left), a College of General Studies master lecturer in rhetoric, and Pnina Feldman (right), a Questrom School of Business associate professor of operations and technology management. Vandenberg has received the 2022 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology and Feldman is the winner of this year’s Provost’s Scholar-Teacher Award winner. Photo of Kathleen Vandenberg by Cydney Scott. Photo of Pnina Feldman by Jackie Ricciardi. This photo is a composite of the two pictures side by side

College of General Studies

BU Scholars Honored with University Teaching Awards

April 19, 2022

Composite image. At left, Photo of Mark Grinstaff, a middle-aged white man with glasses who wears a button-down shirt with a gradient, squiggly line pattern that fades from green and blue to red and pink. He smiles as he stands outside with his hands in his pockets. In the middle, Photo of Professor Dana Robert of STH. She is a middle-aged White woman with short salt and pepper hair. She wears a black blazer and blue blouse, and smiles as she sits in a wooden chair, her hands crossed in her lap. Behind her, a large white bookshelf filled with books is seen. At right, Photo of Gary Lawson, School of Law professor of Law. He is a middle-aged white man with glasses and salt and pepper hair. He wears a speckled gray-green tweed suit, pink button down and black tie. He smiles slightly and holds his arm with his hand and learns against a white wall.

Accolades

William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorships Honor Mark Grinstaff, Gary Lawson, and Dana Robert

April 13, 2022

Photo of the winning hunger challenge team posing with a giant $10,000 check and Congressman Jim McGovern. From left: Alexia Lancea (CAS’22), Eunice Lamothe (CAS’22, SPH’23), Saahil Adusumilli (Sargent’22), and Mary Campion (CAS’22), US Rep. Jim McGovern, and State Rep. Andy Vargas.

Innovation

Food@BU’s Idea to Solve Campus Hunger Wins $10,000 Prize at Innovate@BU Event

April 13, 2022

Photo of Nancy Feldman, a White middle-aged woman, wearing a red BU hat, and gray BU zip-up. She smiles and looks off to the side. BU women's soccer players are seen blurred in the foreground.

Retirement

Nancy Feldman to Retire after 27 Years Leading BU Women’s Soccer

April 11, 2022

students walk in central campus at Boston University on a sunny day

University News

Here’s Who BU Invited to Join the Class of 2026

April 11, 2022

Photo of students walking down the CFA side of Comm Ave on a sunny warm day. Two students are in focus at the front left, one wears a gray nike tennis shirt, the other a red Boston University shirt.

Student Survey

Students, Take This Survey, Get Convenience Points

April 8, 2022

Bright balloons and tables stocked with BU swag heralded the return of Giving Day to campus April 6, the first such in-person event since 2019. Photo by Dana J. Quigley

University News

2022 Giving Day Raises over $3 Million

April 8, 2022

Photo of students walking and sitting in the grass and lawn chairs on BU Beach, the back corner of Marsh Chapel is seen. It is dusk and the sky is grayish white. Some of the trees have started to bloom.

Promotions

Recognized as Leaders in Their Fields, 20 Charles River Campus Faculty Have Been Promoted to Full Professor

April 4, 2022

Photo of Boston University Men's Hockey head coach Albie O'Connell raising his right first in the air after the Beanpot final between the Boston University Terriers and the Northeastern University Huskies on February 14, 2022, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a white man with short hair and wears a suit and formal shoes, and appears to be cheering. BU Hockey players are also seen cheering and wearing championship hats.

Athletics News

BU to Replace Men’s Hockey Coach Albie O’Connell

March 30, 2022

Boston University campus stock photography. Various students are seen walking up and down Commonwealth Ave. Student in center uses a wheelchair to move down the sidewalk.

Accolades

BU Graduate Programs Advance in 2023 U.S. News Rankings

March 29, 2022

Photo of the playground on the campus of the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. A large barred fence shows a stationed army vehicle on the other side during a scenic sunset

Student Voices

Border Studies Program Offers Chance to Learn about Migrants and Border Wall Firsthand

March 24, 2022

Photo of from left to right, Elvis Friberg (Questrom’24), Regina Bravo (CAS’24) and Antonia Robay (CAS’24) gathered on Marsh Plaza Thursday, March 3, 2022 for a protest and vigil in solidarity with victims of the conflict in Ukraine. At center, two students hold plastic battery candles and a sign with a blue and yellow heart that says "Stand with Ukraine"

Community

As Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine Continue, University Extends Efforts to Help BU Students Affected

March 15, 2022

Vector illustration of symbolic sustainable partnership and environmental friendly business. 2 hands, one white and one brown, shake hands with green leaves between their hands. They're on a background of various brown clouds and leaves as a businessman looks at the hands with an approving look.

Organizational Behavior

Can Capitalists Profit While Helping the Marginalized and the Planet?

March 14, 2022

Composite image of Nancy Harayama, a middle aged Asian woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a floral blouse and smiling, senior lecturer in special education at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development (left) and Alyse Bithavas, an older white woman with short amber hair wearing a white and black neck scarf, director of student services and academic advising at the College of General Studies.

Accolades

Academic Advising Awards Ceremony Returns In Person This Year

March 3, 2022

Photo of a class of masked BU students sitting in a lecture hall. They wear a variety of winter coats and outfits as the look to the left towards the front of the room.

Campus & Facilities

BU’s Mask Mandate to End March 7, with Exceptions

March 1, 2022

BU’s Mask Mandate to End March 7, with Exceptions