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Composite image of Richard Giadone, Adam Vogel, Jori Chambers, Fatima Aqeel, a group of students who defended their dissertations remotely this spring.

Remote Dissertations

In Sweats or Suits, Graduate Students Embrace the Remote PhD Dissertation Defense

August 10, 2020

Graphic that reads "FYSOP" on a light green background in purple letters with floral design on the sides.

Student Life

FYSOP Goes Virtual This Year

August 7, 2020

Career Advice

Three Reasons to Choose Nonprofit PR

August 7, 2020

Music

UPDATE: WTBU Cancels Virtual Benefit Concert for Massachusetts Bail Fund

August 7, 2020

Emily Gibb offers testing advice to Ahmad Al Khafaji during a visit to the Boston University Medical Campus COVID-19 testing site

Coronavirus Testing

BU’s COVID-19 Testing Passes Its First Test

August 6, 2020

Screenshot of former Upward Bound Student Victoria Omoregie (CFA’21) on a Zoom call. Victoria wears airpods and glasses and smiles.

Education

Upward Bound toward College, Remotely

August 6, 2020

A basketball court is shown at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Kissimmee, Fla., Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The NBA's marketing motto for the restart of the season at Walt Disney World is “Whole New Game,” which is written on a television screen and banner near the court. The court parquet floor reads "Black Lives Matter"

Weekender

The Weekender: August 6 to 9

August 6, 2020

Photo of a stack of The Daily Free Press newspapers stacked in COM building on Friday, February 15, 2019. The headline reads "One for the Record Books" and has an image of BU Hockey team celebrating.

Journalism & Media

The FreeP Turns 50

August 5, 2020

New cameras are seen at the Agganis Arena parking garage on August 3, 2020. The new parking program will read license plates instead of stickers or hang tags. A camera with orange lights hands next to a parking lot arm. Blue sky is seen in the background.

Charles River Campus

New Daily Parking Program Means Goodbye to Stickers and Hang Tags for Many on Charles River Campus

August 5, 2020

Portrait of Crystal Williams, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English, who leads BU efforts on diversity and inclusion who has been recently promoted to Vice President and Associate Provost of Community and Inclusion. In the portrait, Williams wears a black blouse and earrings, and looks off into the distance on a dark green backdrop.

Promotions

Crystal Williams Promoted to New Position with Focus on Building Community

August 4, 2020

Two women look at a laptop screen, one smiles and wears a white blouse, the other, in a red blouse, types on the keyboard.

Career Advice

Career Building in the Time of Coronavirus

August 4, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Monument Friday, July 3, 2020, in Keystone, S.D. Trump stands at the podium and the faces of Mt. Rushmore are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Trump’s Call for a National Garden of American Heroes Misses the Point

August 4, 2020

Elijah Ercolino, director of the Facilties Engineering Group, inspects an HVAC air filter on the roof of 1047 Commonwealth Ave.

Campus & Facilities

BU Aims to Move More, and Cleaner, Air through Buildings

August 3, 2020

Steve Hall, VP in alumni relations who helped spearhead the hugely successful BU fund raising campaign, is retiring. Here he sits on one of the railings outside of the Dahod Family Alumni Center at the Castle on July 31, 2020. He wars a blue suits, and ornate windows are seen on the building behind hime with the sign "Dahod Family Alumni Center"

University News

VP for Alumni Relations Steve Hall Will Retire at Year’s End

August 3, 2020

A Zoom screenshot of Sarah Koenig speaking to a CGS class

Student Life

Serial’s Sarah Koenig Visits Virtually with CGS Freshmen

August 3, 2020

A photo of "House of Koi" by Lillian Li

Books

COM Student Pens YA Novel about Identity, Cultural Conflict, and Malaysian Culture

July 31, 2020

A photo of homemade chocolate no-churn ice cream

Weekender

The Weekender: July 30 to August 2

July 30, 2020

Maureen Mahoney, pictured here with Boston Terrier Augie, is retiring after 26 years at BU as a crisis counselor, helping people traumatized by sex asssault, domestic violence, hazing, fires, accidents, and deaths. Mahoney and Augie sit on stairs.

Mental Health

Maureen Mahoney, SARP Founding Director, to Retire

July 30, 2020

An image of the polyamory flag

Voices & Opinion

POV: Somerville, Mass., Delivers a Big Victory for Those in Polyamorous Relationships

July 30, 2020

Dining hall workers dressed in black with hats carve and serve Thanksgiving dinner to eager students. Across the glass, Felicia Gordon (CAS '20) squeals with excitement as she waits for her first and seconds of Thanksgiving dinner in the West Dining Hall Thursday Nov. 16, 2017.

Campus Life

BU Academic Calendar for Fall Semester Will Not Change

July 29, 2020

BU Academic Calendar for Fall Semester Will Not Change