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Just For Fun

Five Funny Cat Videos in Honor of National Cat Day

October 29, 2021

Photo of Jordan Carpenter, new associate head coach of cross country, with a blue Boston University hat on, speaking with cross country runners, dressed in red running uniforms.

Varsity Sports

BU Cross Country Chasing History at Patriot League Championship Meet Sunday

October 29, 2021

Student Health

Your Guide to a Fun and Safe Halloween

October 28, 2021

photo of a Bulldog in a Halloween vampire costume.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: October 28 to 31

October 28, 2021

a black and white photo of author Gail Mazur sitting at table with chin resting on her hand in front of a bright window.

Creative Writing

A BU Teacher and Her Former Student Headline Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

October 28, 2021

Still from the horror film Rosemary's baby. Rosemary stands in a blue night gown with a knife in her hand over a black baby cradle.

Books

Need a Halloween Flick? BU’s Regina Hansen Has Edited a New Book on Satan in Cinema

October 28, 2021

photo of 2 masked BU students planting vegetables in Warren's rooftop garden on a sunny day

Student Life

Video: Behind the Scenes at Warren Towers Rooftop Mini Garden

October 28, 2021

a photo of BU's East campus in the Fall. Yellow leaves border the sidewalks as students walk down the street

Student Life

BU Suspends Kappa Sigma Fraternity Chapter

October 27, 2021

Photo of Jennifer Formichelli, smiling, at a formal dinner. She wears what looks like a black dress and sits at a table; other tables with white table cloths are seen behind her.

Obituaries

BUA Teacher Struck and Killed by School Bus in Mattapan

October 26, 2021

an image of Dr. Sarah Davies' tweet on a purple background. Tweet reads: "COVID ripped through our household (2 vaxed un-boostered parents, 4.5 yo, 2.5yo) over the past 2 weeks and I have some thoughts. A thread 1. COVID is scary even if you're vaxed. My symptoms ranged from uncomfortable to panic-inducing."

Health & Medicine

“COVID Ripped Through Our Household”: An Eight-Tweet Story

October 26, 2021

3D rendering of a creepy ward room in the hospital with blood and rust.

Horror

Human Sacrifice, Haunted Rooms, and Other Rituals of Folk Horror

October 26, 2021

a photo of a red sign that reads "Boston University" surrounded by trees with red and orange fall leaves.

New Appointment

Three New Members Join BU’s Board of Trustees

October 26, 2021

View of the entrance to the Boston University Police Department station.

Safety

Pandemic Restrictions Drove Down Number of Crimes Reported on BU Campuses Last Year

October 25, 2021

Portrait of Thomas M. Menino Scholar, Alicia Dennery outside on the Boston University Charles River campus.

Scholarships

BU Scholarships Change the Lives of Boston Public Schools Graduates

October 25, 2021

a vector image featuring people of various disabilities wandering in a crowd

Voices & Opinion

POV: Higher Ed Institutions Would Benefit from Hiring More Faculty and Staff with Disabilities

October 25, 2021

Photo of Riaz Butt-Garcia (CAS’22), wearing a blue BU sweatshirt with 'Boston University' written in red, holding a plate of Honduran spaghetti with white rice on the side. He stands in his kitchen, which is blurred, and a closeup photo of the spaghetti is overlaid in the top left with a yellow outline.

Food

[Video] How to Make Honduran Spaghetti

October 22, 2021

Listen Now

Who Will Be the Next James Bond?

October 21, 2021

Photo of the women's rowing team on the Charles. Behind them, a bridge and the Citgo sign is seen.

Boston

Head of the Charles Regatta Returns This Weekend

October 21, 2021

Photo of DeWolfe Boathouse taken from across the Charles River on a sunny fall day. Small clouds are seen in a brilliant, blue sky. The Boathouse is tan with a greenish gray roof.

Along the Charles

Behind the Scenes at BU’s DeWolfe Boathouse

October 21, 2021

photo of a nurse IMPRINTING a BABYS FOOT ON a birth CERTIFICATE. The document is handwritten, but has "Certificate of Birth" printed in a cursive font at the top. The nurse has painted fingernails.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Need to Eliminate Sex from the Public Portion of Birth Certificates

October 21, 2021

POV: We Need to Eliminate Sex from the Public Portion of Birth Certificates