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Libraries

Nine Things to Know about BU Libraries This Fall

September 2, 2020

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University News

President Brown: “It Is Important We Learn How to Do This and Make It Better As We Go”

September 2, 2020

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Public Health

How to Wear a Face Mask Properly

September 2, 2020

Two students in masks walk by signs on Warren Towers that show ads for BU's 'Don't Go Viral' Campaign. One is green and says “Don’t go viral, physically distance” and another, with an orange background reads “don’t go viral, sick roomate?

Coronavirus

BU Unveils Don’t Go Viral Campaign

September 1, 2020

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Earth & Environment

Students Start Comedic Environmental Podcast during Spring Quarantine

September 1, 2020

Graphic novel panels illustrated by Ajay Ramnarine. On the left, 4 panels illustrated in black show a young man enter a kitchen with a question mark above his head. He looks at the oven and realizes that it’s 8:55am. A panel then zooms in on the shock in his eyes, framed by thick black glasses, and underneath it says “F-f-f-five minutes!?!“. The panel to the right makes the young man look like a larger-than-life super hero on fire, and the text reads: “Just enough time… to make breakfast!”

Graphic Novels

Action. Racism. Hope. Students Show Their COVID-19 Lives in Graphic Narratives

August 31, 2020

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Campus Life

Nine Ways COVID-19 Will Change Eating and Dining at BU This Fall

August 31, 2020

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Sports

NBA Players Strike for Social Justice. What Comes Next?

August 31, 2020

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Wellness

New BU Healthway Help Line Answers Students’ Questions about Coronavirus Testing

August 31, 2020

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Reflections

“Always Female, Always Black, Ever Dangerous”

August 31, 2020

Photo of cloudy blue skies reflect in the windows at CILSE where COVID testing is also being made available to members of the BU community August 19. A student in a mask holds a bagged lunched and walks by.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Got COVID-19. Here’s What You Need to Know

August 30, 2020

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Matriculation

Boston University Matriculation 2020: Unlike Any Other

August 30, 2020

Student Stories

Lessons from 2020: Making Sense of a World That Doesn’t

August 28, 2020

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Student Life

How Was Move-in? Three Students Vlog about Their Experience

August 28, 2020

Screenshot of zoom call between Tyler Davis’ and Natalie McKnight, dean of CGS, during a meeting in which they discuss and analyze female-directed films. Both women appear to be zooming in from their homes.

Film

Exploring the Work of Women Directors in Hollywood

August 28, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Has Unmasked an Unprecedented Housing Crisis—Here’s How to Fix It

August 28, 2020

Will Paquin sits in the back of his father's autobody garage in West Newton

Student Life

Coronavirus Shifted Students’ Summer Plans, Sometimes Dramatically

August 27, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: August 27 to 30

August 27, 2020

Photo of Sabrina Scotti (CFA’20) in a light blue dress holding Katamari Damacy REROLL, one of the children’s video games she studied as part of her an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program–funded research into whether games use diverse music styles to further music education. She smiles and bushes are seen in the background.

Music

Do Children’s Media Serve Up a Properly Diverse Musical Diet?

August 27, 2020

Patrons without facemasks on the rooftop bar at The Bear Trap on The Strip, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Back2BU

BU Will Suspend Students Who Host or Attend Large Gatherings

August 26, 2020

BU Will Suspend Students Who Host or Attend Large Gatherings