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Commencement 2020

Class of 2020 Student Commencement Speaker on the Importance of Education, Why His Class Wanted to Return to Nickerson

October 1, 2021

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Food & Dining

Boston’s Best Cafés to Celebrate International Coffee Day

October 1, 2021

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Varsity Sports

Women’s Hockey Team Hoping to Make Noise as They Launch 2021–2022 Season This Weekend

October 1, 2021

Black and white photo of Aracelis Cruz, PCA, accompanies Ethan Wang, at left, to the car after an occupational therapy session at Spaulding Cambridge Sept 29. Wang uses a walker. Both wear face masks as they exit the brick building by ramp.

Class of 2020

Ethan Wang Was Told He’d Never Walk Again. He’ll Walk on Stage for Commencement

September 30, 2021

Dean of BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies, Adil Najam, smiles and poses with arms crossed for a photo in his office

University News

Adil Najam Leaving Post as Pardee Dean Next May

September 30, 2021

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Weekender

The Weekender: September 30 to October 3

September 30, 2021

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Commencement 2020

Class of 2020 Commencement Is Sunday: Here’s What You Need to Know

September 30, 2021

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Music

What Would a BU Spotify Playlist Sound Like? Like This.

September 29, 2021

Students wearing PPE face coverings study in the Boston University College of General Studies lounge.

Behavioral Health

Classes and Campus Life Are Back. So Why Are Students Still Lonely?

September 29, 2021

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Accolades

Ibram Kendi, BU Center for Antiracist Research Founding Director, Wins 2021 MacArthur “Genius” Grant

September 28, 2021

Pitcher Chris Sale practices on the mound while team mates watch. Red sox team members dressed in red and blue stand behind the mound, and Sale is seen mid pitch. The photo was taken during a practice on June 11, 2021 and the red seats in the stands are empty.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Three Jeers for the Anti-Vax Red Sox

September 28, 2021

Listen Now

What Would It Mean to Codify Roe v. Wade?

September 27, 2021

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Social Media

From Instagram to Twitter, Join the Class of 2020 Commencement Celebration

September 27, 2021

Awards

COM Grad Student Wins Humanitas Prize College Screenwriting Fellowship

September 27, 2021

Photo of a marble, honorary bust of the late Holocaust chronicler Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) at Washington National Cathedral’s Human Rights Porch. It protrudes from the top of a white marble column and looks to the left.

Human Rights

Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel (Hon.’74) Honored with Bust in Washington National Cathedral

September 25, 2021

Making Friends

Five Tips for Making Friends in College

September 24, 2021

Ann-Lyssa Asare (Pardee’20) pops a champagne bottle full of confetti for a photo shoot in Marsh Plaza May 13, 2020. She wears a graduation cap and a red robe.

Commencement

Class of 2020 Graduates Are Returning in Droves for Sunday’s Commencement

September 24, 2021

Photo of Director Ken Schneider (left) working with director of photography Roberto Chile at the home of Cuban artist Fuster for the film, Los Hermanos/The Brothers, which is one of the nine films screening during BLIFF. Schneider has brown curly hair and a gotee and holds a tripod. Chile holds a video camera and both men look off to their left. They are in a building covered by mosaic designs.

Film & TV

Boston’s Latino International Film Festival, Kicking Off Today, Helmed by BU Alum

September 24, 2021

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Varsity Sports

Field Hockey Hosts Patriot League Home Opener Saturday

September 24, 2021

Photo of School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea at a crimson Boston University podium, looking down and speaking into a mic, at a tearful memorial for David Jones. On a screen behind him, a photo of David Jones is seen—he’s a middle-aged man, smiling with salt-and-pepper hair and beard. A quote of his is next to his portrait but it’s cut off. The backs of peoples heads who are seating are seen in the foreground.

Memorial

SPH’s David Jones Remembered at Memorial Service

September 23, 2021

SPH’s David Jones Remembered at Memorial Service