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A learning and event technology specialist teaches faculty how to use new remote teaching and learning technology

Digital Learning & Innovation

Leading the Charge: The $7 Million Story of BU’s Hybrid Teaching Transition

August 26, 2020

Photo of Covid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center. A young person in a red t-shirt in a testing both takes a COVID testing swab out of a tube as a testing site worker looks on.

Campus Life

Citing Student Privacy, BU Says Faculty Won’t Be Told if Students Test Positive for COVID-19

August 25, 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 crowd of people marching at a Black Lives Matter protest. A man holds a sign that says "Antiracism starts with education" at the front of the crowd.

Center for Antiracist Research

Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million to BU Center for Antiracist Research

August 20, 2020

A photo of the new COVID testing site at Boston University

University News

BU Launches COVID-19 Dashboard of Data

August 17, 2020

Photo of two students outside of Covid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center with masks on. One sits on a bench and looks at their phone, the other walks by with a backpack.

News Roundup

Catch Up with Our 10 Most Popular Summer Stories

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

Portrait of Sumner Redstone at a ceremony to announce the naming of the new Sumner M. Redstone LAW Building on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012

Film

Sumner Redstone, Media Titan and Longtime Friend of BU, Has Died

August 12, 2020

A portrait photo of Andrew Taylor

Diversity

BU Creates Senior Diversity Post, Taps Longtime Trustee

August 10, 2020

Composite image of Richard Giadone, Adam Vogel, Jori Chambers, Fatima Aqeel, a group of students who defended their dissertations remotely this spring.

Remote Dissertations

In Sweats or Suits, Graduate Students Embrace the Remote PhD Dissertation Defense

August 10, 2020

Photo of the headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED'1864), reading "the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the US." and her husband Arthuer Crumpler. The headstones are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. Bright green grass grows around the headstones.

Historic Alumni

Trailblazing BU Alum Gets a Gravestone 125 Years after Her Death

August 7, 2020

Emily Gibb offers testing advice to Ahmad Al Khafaji during a visit to the Boston University Medical Campus COVID-19 testing site

Coronavirus Testing

BU’s COVID-19 Testing Passes Its First Test

August 6, 2020

Screenshot of former Upward Bound Student Victoria Omoregie (CFA’21) on a Zoom call. Victoria wears airpods and glasses and smiles.

Education

Upward Bound toward College, Remotely

August 6, 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

Portrait of Crystal Williams, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English, who leads BU efforts on diversity and inclusion who has been recently promoted to Vice President and Associate Provost of Community and Inclusion. In the portrait, Williams wears a black blouse and earrings, and looks off into the distance on a dark green backdrop.

Promotions

Crystal Williams Promoted to New Position with Focus on Building Community

August 4, 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

Steve Hall, VP in alumni relations who helped spearhead the hugely successful BU fund raising campaign, is retiring. Here he sits on one of the railings outside of the Dahod Family Alumni Center at the Castle on July 31, 2020. He wars a blue suits, and ornate windows are seen on the building behind hime with the sign "Dahod Family Alumni Center"

University News

VP for Alumni Relations Steve Hall Will Retire at Year’s End

August 3, 2020

Dining hall workers dressed in black with hats carve and serve Thanksgiving dinner to eager students. Across the glass, Felicia Gordon (CAS '20) squeals with excitement as she waits for her first and seconds of Thanksgiving dinner in the West Dining Hall Thursday Nov. 16, 2017.

Campus Life

BU Academic Calendar for Fall Semester Will Not Change

July 29, 2020

Photo of a group of Chelsea, Mass. residents lined up, many in sweatshirts or jackets, to pick up food at a food pantry. The photo shows a long line on the other side of the street, with a car and a "Resident Parking Only" Sign in the foreground. The photo is black and white.

Academics

MET Class Offers Lessons in the Power of Language to Remake the World

July 29, 2020

MET Class Offers Lessons in the Power of Language to Remake the World