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Arts & Culture

Kahn Award Will Carry Theater Arts Major Madeline Riddick-Seals Back to Alabama

May 10, 2024

Photo: Boston University’s 150th Commencement. Confetti flies and falls through the air as graduates celebrate their accomplishments. A big screen with BOSTON UNIVERSITY on the front stands in the middle.

COMMENCEMENT 2024

Commencement 2024: What You Need to Know

May 10, 2024

Photo: A man and a woman celebrating at a recent graduation ceremony for ESL grads at Boston University

CELOP

ESL Classes Offered to BU Dining Services Workers

May 9, 2024

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University News

Dean Sandro Galea Leaving BU’s School of Public Health for WashU Opportunity

May 6, 2024

Composite Image: The 2024 recipients of the John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service are Walter von Bosau, media resources coordinator, Krasker Film/Video Services, Mugar Memorial Library (from left), Daniel Ivey, program administrator, CAS Writing Program, and Richard Vezina (SPH’90), associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center. von Bosau photo by Jackie Ricciardi, Center photo provided by Dan Ivery, Vezina photo by Cydney Scott

University News

Meet the 2024 John S. Perkins Award Winners

May 6, 2024

Bobak Nazer (left), an ENG associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, helped to overhaul a complex course that all engineering students are required to take. Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology, brings experience as a student to his approach to teaching. Both will be honored at a private dinner on Monday, May 6, for their outstanding teaching accomplishments. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Two BU Faculty Honored with Outstanding Teaching Awards

May 3, 2024

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Commencement 2024

Advice to the Class of 2024: “Say Thank You”

May 3, 2024

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Promotions

22 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

May 1, 2024

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University News

University, Part-Time Faculty Tentatively Agree to New Four-Year Contract

April 30, 2024

Accolades

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Welcomes Five BU Members

April 26, 2024

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Mental Health

Combating Loneliness and Creating Healthy Relationships

April 23, 2024

Marina Dawn Wells (GRS’20,’24) examining a scrimshaw carving of a trans pirate, "Alwilda," that a whaleman copied out of a book by Charles Ellms, The Pirates Own Book (1837). Photo by Drew Furtado, New Bedford Whaling Museum

University News

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program

April 22, 2024

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Environment

As We Celebrate Earth Day, a Reminder of What Cannot Be Recycled at BU

April 19, 2024

Photo: A photo of four individuals. From left, Graduate Student Employee of the Year

Accolades

BU Honors Best Student Employees and Supervisor

April 18, 2024

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Campus & Facilities

Reimagining Cummington Mall

April 18, 2024

Jay Diengott, manager of BU's new Bike Kitchen, smiles for the camera. They have blue, green hair, dangling earrings, and a double nose piercing.

Cycling

Meet BU’s DIY Bicycle Repair Shop

April 17, 2024

Photo: Light reflects of the Center for Computing and Data Science onto Warren Towers

University News

BU RAs Authorize Four-Day Strike over Contract Negotiations

April 11, 2024

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University News

AI Task Force Report Recommends Critical Embrace of Technology and Cautious Use of AI-Detector Apps

April 11, 2024

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Rankings

BU’s Sargent College Named Nation’s Top Occupational Therapy Program in U.S. News 2024 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

April 8, 2024

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University News

BU Marks 50 Years of Changing Lives behind Bars

April 8, 2024

BU Marks 50 Years of Changing Lives behind Bars