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University News

Office portrait of Karen Engelbourg, Senior Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations at Boston University

University News

Karen Engelbourg, Leader of BU’s Fundraising Efforts and Alumni Engagement, Is Stepping Down

August 23, 2024

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Administration

Chief Investment Officer Lila Hunnewell Recognized for Stewardship of BU’s Endowment

August 22, 2024

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Move-in 2024

Move-in 2024: Everything You Need to Know

August 20, 2024

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University News

University Makes New Contract Offer to Graduate Students

August 7, 2024

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University News

BU White Coat Ceremony Welcomes 141 Students to the Profession of Medicine

August 6, 2024

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University News

Penny Bishop, Adolescent Development Scholar, Appointed New Dean of Wheelock College

July 29, 2024

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University News

BU’s Framingham Heart Study Gets New Director

July 23, 2024

Student Life

Adventure in Thailand: SHA Undergrads Study Ecotourism

July 12, 2024

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University News

A Busy First Week for BU President Melissa L. Gilliam

July 9, 2024

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Promotions

Meet BU’s Newest Associate Professors

July 8, 2024

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Administration

Melissa L. Gilliam on Challenges, Ambitions for Boston University

July 1, 2024

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Watch Now

Video: 10 Questions for BU’s New President, Melissa L. Gilliam

July 1, 2024

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Administration

Lessons from an Interim President: Kenneth Freeman Reflects on a Historic Year

June 17, 2024

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University News

Meet BU’s New LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center Director

June 14, 2024

University News

President-Elect Melissa Gilliam Names New Provost, Fills Key Senior Staff Posts

June 11, 2024

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Safety

As Drownings Surge, FitRec Offers Swim Lessons That Could Save Your Life

June 6, 2024

Photo: Daryl Healea (left) Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and part time lecturer stops to give his History of Boston University students a brief history lesson on the significance the Back Bay had to the early days of Boston University, from (l-r) Maddy Smalley, graduate student for the Wheelock Education Leadership Policy Studies with the Higher Education Administration

University News

BU Hub Turns Six—and It’s More Important Than Ever

May 28, 2024

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New Appointment

Leading Womanist Ethicist and Theologian Named New MLK Professor of Religion and Black Studies at STH

May 28, 2024

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University News

Boston University Removes the Myles Standish Name from Dorm

May 23, 2024

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Commencement 2024

A Final Look Back at BU’s 151st Commencement

May 23, 2024

A Final Look Back at BU’s 151st Commencement