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Weekender

The Weekender: June 18 to 21

June 18, 2020

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Coronavirus

BU Details Campuswide COVID-19 Testing Plan for Fall

June 17, 2020

Composite image of book covers of the following books: Lucy, by Jamaica Kincaid (1990), Aye, and Gomorrah, by Samuel R. Delany (1967), The Women, by Hilton Als (1996), Black No More, George S. Schuyler (1931), The Wine of Astonishment, by Earl Lovelace (1982, Corregidora, by Gayl Jones (1975)

Must-Reads by Black authors

For #BlackoutBestsellerList Movement, Six Must-Read Books

June 17, 2020

WBUR

WBUR Announces Layoffs, Restructuring, Plans for Growth

June 17, 2020

The rocket carrying mini-sensors developed by BU students on the launch pad in New Zealand before liftoff

Space

University’s Student-Built Satellites Blast into Space after Years of Delays

June 17, 2020

Image of Boston Medical Center staff holding a moment of silence on June 11th. Keila Price, pictured in blue scrubs, an Administrative Assistant at Boston Medical Center for 40 years, takes a knee alongside her fellow healthcare workers at BMC during an 8 minute 46 second moment of silence in memory of George Floyd and other members of the Black and brown community who have lost their lives to police violence.

University News

Updated: BU Will Host Day of Collective Engagement June 24 to Reflect on American Racism

June 17, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Supreme Court Gets It Right in Landmark LGBTQ Decision

June 16, 2020

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Promotions

Medical Campus Announces Promotion of Nine Faculty to Full Professor

June 16, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Former NBA Star Bill Russell (Hon.’02) Remains a “Vital Voice” for Racial Justice

June 15, 2020

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Wind Power

COVID-19 Hasn’t Slowed Progress of BU-Supported Wind Farm to Curb Climate Change

June 15, 2020

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University News

Class of 2020 Commencement Planned for Next May

June 12, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: June 12 to 14

June 12, 2020

The BU Queer Activist Collective executive board during a Zoom meeting.

LGBTQ+

BU’s Queer Activist Collective Celebrates Pride at Home

June 12, 2020

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LGBTQ+

A Snapshot of How COVID-19 Is Impacting the LGBTQ Community

June 12, 2020

Cristina Hernandez (from left) Professor Sarah Sherman-Stokes, Briana Cardwell, Luis Guerrero, and former MIT professor Elizabeth Leeds. Photo by Cydney Scott

Special Report: Immigration

One Immigrant’s Story Retold Through Pictures, Words, and Sounds

June 12, 2020

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Food

A Cookbook for Your COVID Kitchen

June 11, 2020

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Student Life

Students Voice Range of Emotions about Returning to Campus This Fall

June 11, 2020

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Special Report: Immigration

Courtroom Drama: Tears, a Skeptical Judge, a Heart-Wrenching Decision

June 11, 2020

Interactive Photo Essay

BU Then…and Now

June 11, 2020

Photo of Sarah Greisdorf, showing off Holdette’s blue blazer, which has six pockets: two on the outside, and four on the inside. Gresidorf rests her hand on a clothes rack to her left.

Strategy & Innovation

Clothes for Women, with (Much Needed) Pockets

June 11, 2020

Clothes for Women, with (Much Needed) Pockets