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Photo: Interim BU president, Kenneth Freeman, stands in a collared shirt and red tie on a sunny day on Commonealth Ave, an urban scene of Boston University in the background

Administration

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

June 17, 2024

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Solstice Celebration

June 17, 2024

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To Do Today: Attend the Annual Roxbury International Film Festival

June 17, 2024

The interior of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's 32nd floor room of the Mandalay Bay hotel, showing many of the guns he used to massacre 60 people at a country music festival on October 23, 2017. Photo by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP

Politics

Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Gun Bump Stocks

June 14, 2024

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: Explore the Historic Longfellow House

June 14, 2024

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University News

Meet BU’s New LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center Director

June 14, 2024

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Business & Law

Supreme Court Upholds Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

June 13, 2024

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Sports

MLB Is Including Negro League Stats in Its Record Books. Is It Too Little, Too Late?

June 13, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Biden’s Asylum Ban Is Legally, Morally, and Politically Wrong

June 12, 2024

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Juneteenth

Here’s How You Can Celebrate Juneteenth on and off Campus This Year

June 12, 2024

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Film & TV

Bridgerton Season 3 Wraps: Exactly How Historically Accurate Is Netflix’s Hit Regency-Era Romantic Drama?

June 11, 2024

University News

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

June 11, 2024

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Sports

Googlies, Yorkers, Jaffers, and the Cricket Match That Shocked the World

June 11, 2024

Blue Hill Observatory

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit Blue Hills Reservation

June 8, 2024

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: “I’m Right” Drag Trivia Night at Roxy’s Arcade

June 7, 2024

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Politics

Should Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas Recuse Themselves from the Supreme Court’s Insurrection Cases?

June 7, 2024

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MBTA

Coming Soon: Waving Your Phone to Ride on the MBTA

June 7, 2024

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Safety

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

June 6, 2024

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Books

Dive into LGBTQ+ Pride Month with These 12 Books

June 6, 2024

Photo: Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel's bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip. Amongst the destruction, a mom holds her child in her hands, surveying the damage.

Voices & Opinion

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case

June 5, 2024

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case