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Spring Break

Scotland, Florida, Texas, or Home? BU Students Share Their Spring Break Plans

March 4, 2022

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Community Service

Alternative Service Break Trips Stay Local This Year

March 4, 2022

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Transgender Rights

Explaining the Latest Texas Anti-Transgender Directive

March 3, 2022

Image: collage of artists releasing music in march 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Aminé, Black Country, New Road, and Epik High. Aminé is seen performing in concert on polaroid-style borders while the groups Black Country, New Road and Epik High poses in front of backdrops in their individual polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music"

New Music

Hot New Music March 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

March 3, 2022

Movie poster for the Batman 2022 movie. The poster features the new cast, Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne (Batman), Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle (Catwoman), and Paul Dano as Edward Nashton (The Riddler). The poster has dramatic lighting with a yellow/orange tinge. At the top, "unmask the truth" is written in creepy red letters.

Movie Quiz

Results Are In! Time to Unmask The Batman Trivia Winner

March 3, 2022

While primarily a scoring threat, Sydney Johnson (CAS’23) says her versatility can have an impact in multiple aspects of the game: “I try to do whatever the team needs to do that night.” Here Johnson stands dribbling a basketball on the court

Basketball

“It’s Up to Us”: Sydney Johnson, Women’s Basketball Look for Patriot League Redemption

March 3, 2022

Composite image of Nancy Harayama, a middle aged Asian woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a floral blouse and smiling, senior lecturer in special education at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development (left) and Alyse Bithavas, an older white woman with short amber hair wearing a white and black neck scarf, director of student services and academic advising at the College of General Studies.

Accolades

Academic Advising Awards Ceremony Returns In Person This Year

March 3, 2022

Photo of three young Black actress on stage, dressed in early 20th century garb, joyfully playing jump rope. Pictured are Brittany-Laurelle, Hadar Busia-Singleton, and Alexandria King who are all featured in The Huntington’s production of The Bluest Eye by Lydia R. Diamond, playing now through March 26 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, and available digitally through April 9 on huntingtontheatre.org.

Things-to-do

In Boston for Spring Break? Here’s What to Do

March 2, 2022

Word cloud in the shape of a mask featuring popular words community members used in their survey responses. Words are seen in teal, brown, orange and light blue, and include "Living with COVID, immuncomprised, mask, yes, community, risk." The word cloud is overlaid on a photo of the Boston city skyline that is textured to look as if it were printed on a piece of fibrous paper.

Community Voices

You Answered: Are You Ready to Start Living with the Virus?

March 2, 2022

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Campus & Facilities

BU’s Mask Mandate to End March 7, with Exceptions

March 1, 2022

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Listen Now

How Did BU Student Irene Kim Become a Viral TikTok Influencer?

February 28, 2022

Photo of Deborah Douglas, a dark-skinned Black woman with long dreads wearing stylish glasses and a vegan leather vest, long-sleeved black shirt, and jeans leans back against a large chain fence on a dock. A beautiful purple sunset amidst a partly cloudy sky and large body of water is seen behind her.

Journalism & Media

Journalist Deborah D. Douglas Wants to Reframe the National Conversation Around Race

February 28, 2022

Photo of Ketanji Brown Jackson, a middle aged Black woman in a black blazer, purple blouse, and glasses, smiling as she speaks at a podium during an event in the Cross Hall of the White House February 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. Blurred in the background, president Biden is seen looking on and smiling. Behind him is an American flag.

Supreme Court

LAW Dean’s Letter Urges Confirmation of Biden’s Historic SCOTUS Pick, Ketanji Brown Jackson

February 25, 2022

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Dance

Legendary Dancer, Choreographer, and Director Bill T. Jones to Speak at BU on March 2

February 25, 2022

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Student Health Services

Student Health Services Rolls Out New, Easier Testing Protocols for STDs and STIs

February 25, 2022

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LGBTQ+

Terriers in Charge: Sabrina “Sabi” Liu (CAS’23)

February 25, 2022

Public Health

POV: What “Strong Black Woman” Means to Me

February 24, 2022

Smoke enveloped a Ukrainian air base in Mariupol after a Russian strike Thursday, part of Vladimir Putin’ invasion of his neighbor. Photo by AP/Evgeniy Maloletka

International Relations

Russia and Ukraine Explained and Analyzed

February 24, 2022

Photo of Jody Adams, wearing a black face mask, black shirt, and brownish glasses, as she sits at the front of a classroom. She moves her hand as she speaks. Her salt-and-pepper hair is pulled back.

Restaurants

Amid COVID-19’s Blow to Restaurants, BU Creates New Courses about the Industry

February 24, 2022

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Environment

Will SCOTUS Cripple Climate Change Remedies?

February 23, 2022

Will SCOTUS Cripple Climate Change Remedies?