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Just for Fun

Six Ways to Pass the Time in Quarantine

July 7, 2020

Just for Fun

10 GIFs that Describe Exactly What We’re Thinking When Meeting on Zoom

July 7, 2020

Student Stories

Five Things on My Mind As I Enter Senior Year

July 7, 2020

Photo of a student with headphones looking at a desktop screen with a video chat call is seen. The student's hand is on the mouse.

University News

Questrom Doubles Open Spots for New Online MBA

July 7, 2020

An illustrated, abstract rendering of gerrymandering. Two red hands holding red pens mark up a map of the US. Suit cuffs are around the hands, implying they are politicians.

Politics

Can Algorithms Lick Politicians’ Gerrymandering?

July 7, 2020

Photo of Adirondack chairs on a wooden dock on a calm lake in Muskoka, Ontario Canada. Cottages nestled between trees are visible across the water.

Finance

Retirement Savings Hit Hard by COVID-19? Here’s What to Do Next

July 7, 2020

Photo of Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, holding a press conference at the Department of Education July 13, 2017, after a day of meetings weighing whether to keep or reject Obama-era guidance that laid out how schools must meet their obligations under Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. Devos wears a spotted shirt and glasses, holds papers, and speaks near a mic.

Campus Life

BU Readies for Title IX Changes to Sexual Misconduct Regulations

July 7, 2020

Photo of a daycare classroom where some students raise their hands.

Reopening Childcare

POV: We Need to Focus on Children’s Rights as We Grapple with Reopening Childcare in Massachusetts

July 6, 2020

Graphic of Project Crane team members Ian Saucy (CAS’21) and Rachael Dier (COM’20), with a screen shot from their project. One screenshot reads "Tracking Racism around COVID-19 on Twitter," the other shows trends graphs and is titled "Frequency of Sinophobic Slurs on Twitter”

Innovation

BU Spark! Hacking COVID-19

July 6, 2020

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Arts & Culture

BU Global Music Festival Gets $15K Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

July 2, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: July 2 to 5

July 2, 2020

Photo of BU mascot Rhett the Terrier on the ice with the BU men’s hockey team during the 2020 Beanpot Tournament.

Campus Life

Is It Time to Rename Rhett, BU’s Mascot?

July 1, 2020

Portait of Ibram X. Kendi in a gray suit with his hands on a desk in front of him. Kendi is a leading historian and author of the bestselling 'How to be an Antiracist.'

Accolades

Ibram X. Kendi Awarded BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities

July 1, 2020

A photo of Adil Najam standing in front of a bookcase in his home with his arms crossed in front of himself

Coronavirus

#WorldAfterCorona—Adil Najam’s Crash Course on the Future

July 1, 2020

A photo of Andrew David working from his Watertown home on his laptop teaching his class on the history of the American presidency.

Academics

Trump and Nixon: Separated at Birth?

June 30, 2020

Exterior view of Warren Towers student residence hall at Boston University

University News

BU Extends Deadline for Students to Cancel Their Residence License Agreement

June 29, 2020

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University News

Facing $96M Shortfall, President Brown Announces Layoffs, Furloughs

June 29, 2020

Coronavirus

Photographing Boston under COVID-19: A Personal Vision in Black-and-White

June 29, 2020

Photo of Dean Moore sitting on a bench in a scarf and teal shirt. Flowers and a grass patch are seen behind her.

Reflections

A Transformational Leader Looks Back

June 29, 2020

Commonwealth Ave around sundown June 23, 2020. The top of Marsh Chapel and the statue at the center of the plaza are seen in front of a blue sky.

International Students

New Immigration Ban Leaves Students Untouched

June 26, 2020

New Immigration Ban Leaves Students Untouched