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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

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Campus Life

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

July 1, 2020

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Accolades

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

July 1, 2020

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Coronavirus

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

July 1, 2020

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Academics

Trump and Nixon: Separated at Birth?

June 30, 2020

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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

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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

Photo of the Emancipation Statue in Park Square with Abraham Lincoln on May 21, 2013 in Boston, MA. The statue depicts Lincoln with his hadn extended as a man of color kneels at his feet. The buildings of Park Square and an overcast sky are seen in the background.

Voices & Opinion

POV: A Monument to White Supremacy Stands in Our Own Backyard

June 26, 2020

The sunset reflects off the Vertex Pharmaceuticals headquarters building, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Boston's Seaport. A sign on the building reads 'Vertex' in purple. The top dome of a building is seen in the bottom left foreground.

Center for Antiracist Research

Vertex Gives $1.5 Million to New BU Center for Antiracist Research

June 25, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: June 25 to 28

June 25, 2020

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Campus Life

Must Islam and the West Fight? Religion and Politics Class Tackles Sensitive Topics

June 25, 2020

Images of Boston University campus on June 7, 2019. Light and shadow along the CAS building and Commonwealth Ave. The yard and trees are bright green.

Promotions

Nearly Two Dozen Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Associate Professor

June 25, 2020

Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Updates

#BUTalksAntiracism: Full Coverage of BU’s Day of Collective Engagement

June 24, 2020

#BUTalksAntiracism: Full Coverage of BU’s Day of Collective Engagement