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Student Life

AI Virtual Bot, BUzz, Expands Services to Charles River Campus

January 25, 2021

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University News

President Brown on BU’s Lessons Learned from the Fall, Hopes for Spring

January 25, 2021

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Voices & Opinion

POV: What My Family and I Learned from Losing Our Mother to COVID-19

January 25, 2021

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Share the Love

Have a Valentine You Want to Send to a Favorite Someone? We Want to Hear from You

January 22, 2021

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Coronavirus

Fast At-Home COVID-19 Tests Are Coming. But How Good Are They?

January 21, 2021

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: January 21 to 24

January 21, 2021

Photo of Jon Westling receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree in 2003. Westling wears a black robe and cap and waves with his right hand. A crowd of faculty in red regalia are seen behind him.

Obituaries

Remembering Former BU President Jon Westling

January 21, 2021

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University News

BU Takes Another Step to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

January 21, 2021

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts, as Jill Biden and their children Ashley and Hunter look on on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Andrew Harnik - Pool

Inauguration Day

President Biden’s Inaugural Address Gave America Reassurance and Hope

January 20, 2021

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a briefing from the Office of the President Elect

Politics

Change Arrives in Washington: What It Could Mean for Higher Ed

January 20, 2021

Photo from December 29, 2020 of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivering remarks on the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Queen Theater on December 29, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden stands behind a podium that reads "Office of the President Elect," his hand raised. Behind him, the words "COVID-19 Briefing" are in a white on a blue background.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Creating a Healthier America—The Challenges and Opportunities for the Biden Administration

January 20, 2021

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Politics

This Presidential Inauguration Will Be Unlike Any Other, but It Isn’t the Only Exceptional One

January 20, 2021

A composite image of president Biden speaking at a podium with speech bubbles of possible themes of his inaugural address. The image has dots and textures that make it resembles a printed newspaper. Speech bubbles in red, bubble and gray read “we must agree that facts matter,” “healing,” “respect for goodness,” “pandemic,” “repair the divisions,“”a president for all Americans,” “solidarity,” “in the face of a climate crisis,” “hope,” and “i stand before you humbled”

Inauguration

BU Community Writes Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address

January 19, 2021

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University News

Sujin Pak Appointed New Dean of BU’s School of Theology

January 19, 2021

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Politics

Can Biden Learn Anything from Trump about How Presidents Use Social Media?

January 19, 2021

A photo of president-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris clasping hands and raising them above their heads. They are standing in front of an American flag. Both are wearing masks.

Politics

Biden’s Top Four Priorities, Explained by Leading BU Experts

January 19, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine

History Made as BU Gives First COVID-19 Vaccines

January 15, 2021

Photo of Dean Elmore holding a tattered copy of "The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. The photo is a tight shot on Elmore's hands as he opens to the book's yellowed title page.

MLK DAY

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) amid Tumult in America

January 15, 2021

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Terrorism

BU’s Jessica Stern on Why January 6 Attack on Capitol Was an Act of Terrorism

January 15, 2021

Photo of the gloved hand of a registered nurse holding a vile of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine before giving the vaccine to healthcare workers in Anaheim, Calif. on Friday, January 8, 2021. The small glass vile has a red and silver top; the label reads “Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine: suspension for intramuscular injection, for us under emergency authorization. Multiple doses vial (10 doses of .5 ml)”

Coronavirus

BU to Begin Giving COVID-19 Vaccines Friday

January 14, 2021

BU to Begin Giving COVID-19 Vaccines Friday