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Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Boston

Winning Memorial Selected to Honor MLK (GRS’55, Hon.’59) on Boston Common

March 4, 2019

Hafzat Akanni, a junior majoring in international relations, says her commitment to social justice deepened after a high school trip to the American South, where she saw widespread rural poverty for the first time. Photo by Cydney Scott

University News

A High School Trip That Changed a Life

March 4, 2019

Former Congressman Mike Capuano

Science & Technology

Former Congressman Michael Capuano (Hon.’09) to Join BU

March 4, 2019

Sea Urchin biology researcher Cynthia Bradham works on constructing a new part of her LEGO city that took her more than 10 years to build.

Science & Technology

Bricks of Life

March 4, 2019

A poster for the LGBTQ&A event

LGBTQ+

Have LGBTQ+ Questions? Get Them Answered at Tonight’s LGBTQ&A

March 4, 2019

A portrait of Kamali Chambers

Basketball

Competitiveness Defines Men’s Basketball Guard Kamali Chambers

March 1, 2019

A student walks down Com Ave in front of Marsh Plaza

Health & Medicine

New BU Panel on Gender-Based Harassment Gets to Work

February 28, 2019

Illustration of Einstein

Research

Friendly Feud: How Best to Study the Physical Properties of the Universe

February 28, 2019

Pro-LGBTQ Methodists comfort each other after the Methodist Church delegates stiffened rules against LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage

Marsh Chapel

Marsh Chapel Dean Deplores United Methodist Decision on Anti-Gay Rules

February 28, 2019

Why Is It So Hard for White People to Talk about Race?

February 28, 2019

Food

The Weekender: February 28 to March 3

February 27, 2019

Charlie Coyle on the ice as a Terrier

Sports

Meet the Four Terriers on the Boston Bruins

February 27, 2019

Tupac Shakur

University News

A Class That Explores the Gospel According to Tupac Shakur

February 27, 2019

The first new geothermal wells—each 1500 feet deep—have been drilled into the subterranean layers of the new BU Data Sciences Center. Courtesy of Chris Kenney

Climate Change

Historic, and Loud, Geothermal Drilling Gets Underway

February 27, 2019

Photo by Quinn Nietfeld on Unsplash

Science & Technology

POV: Grand Canyon Celebrates 100th Anniversary as a US National Park

February 26, 2019

Fish shaped ice cream cones

Food

10 Trendy New York Restaurants and Bakeries Now in Boston

February 26, 2019

Angela Pitter

Engineering

Want to Run a Company? An Engineering Degree Is the New Key

February 26, 2019

Maria Echavarria (left) and Wendy Martinez are cashiers at Rhett’s at the GSU

Arts & Culture

Creating a Home Away from Home

February 25, 2019

A photo featuring several first ladies

Arts & Culture

Moms in Chief Explores the Pitfalls Women in Politics Face

February 25, 2019

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) (D-N.Y.) unveiled the Green New Deal earlier this month, a plan to decarbonize the economy within 10 years. Photo by Alex Edelman/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Earth

Student Environmentalists on Alum Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: Yes, Please

February 22, 2019

Student Environmentalists on Alum Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: Yes, Please