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University News

BU Campuses to Reopen, In-Person Classes Will Resume This Fall

June 10, 2020

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University News

Back2BU Website Details How Campus Life Will Resume

June 10, 2020

Image of Rinka Murakami (SAR'20, MPH'21) volunteering as a contact tracer for the city of Boston. Murakami wears a mask, writes on some forms, while talking on the phone.

Student Life

Learning on the Front Lines of the Pandemic

June 10, 2020

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Student Life

BU Distributes Last of Federal CARES Aid to Students Affected by Campus Closure

June 9, 2020

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Special Report: Immigration

Could Three BU Law Students Win Asylum for a Brazilian Mother Fleeing for Her Life?

June 9, 2020

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Student Podcast

BU Students Produce Dungeons and Dragons Podcast

June 9, 2020

19th century engraving of Charles Dickens sitting in his study.

Books

Charles Dickens: A Novelist for Our Times

June 9, 2020

Elizabeth Foster (STH’22), who has a condition that makes prolonged standing difficult, preaching from her walker chair during a Marsh Chapel service dedicated to those with disabilities. An altar with a purple cloth is seen behind her.

Campus & Facilities

For Students with Disabilities, the Long Commute Can Be Just Next Door

June 9, 2020

Photo of people took to the streets of Boston on May 31, 2020, protesting the murder of George Floyd. Protesters marched through Tufts Medical Center. Some are seen on sidewalks, a line of parked cars is seen, with most protestors in the streets holding signs.

Public Health

SPH Conversation on Race and Policing Draws Nearly 1,000 from BU Community

June 8, 2020

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Sociology

Is Beauty’s Double Standard for Women in the Public Eye Dead?

June 8, 2020

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Student Life

#TerrierTuesdays: Imani Roberson (COM’20)

June 5, 2020

kyle hammanian sitting on a bench in boston

Student Life

#TerrierTuesdays: Kyle Hammalian (Pardee’22)

June 5, 2020

Portrait of Josee Matela (COM’20, Pardee’20) against a graffiti covered wall.

Campus Life

#TerrierTuesdays: Josee Matela (COM’20, Pardee’20)

June 5, 2020

Photo of Caroline Olesky (CGS‘20, CAS‘22) in a door room. She wears a "THETA 1870" shirt.

Student Life

#TerrierTuesdays: Caroline Olesky (CGS‘20, CAS‘22)

June 5, 2020

Photo of Boston protests in June 2020, screened over a photo of a sunrise of the Boston city skyline. Protesters hold signs such as "No Justice" and "BLM"

Voices & Opinion

2020: The Great American Trauma

June 5, 2020

Black and white print illustration of Dante bowing before the angel pilot from the Dore Gallery by Edmund Ollier - Cassel, Petter and Galpin (London-New York) 1870. A figure next to Dante comforts him as a boat with an angel approaches.

Books

What Happens Next? Four Literary Classics for a Post–COVID-19 World

June 5, 2020

Photo of Pawandeep Kaur sitting at a desk with a computer as she works. Kaur is in SPH’s Doctor of Public Health program, and is juggling her volunteer responsibilities with her coursework and her full-time job as a clinical trial director at SPH.

Public Health

With Local Towns Needing Help Fighting COVID-19, SPH Students, Alums Step Up

June 5, 2020

Photo of Hessann Farooqi (CAS’22) smiling in front of a green backdrop with green, red and yellow spots.

Student Life

#TerrierTuesdays: Hessann Farooqi (CAS’22)

June 5, 2020

A digital sign overlooking protests in downtown Boston that reads "George Floyd" with a heart above the text

Student Life

Led by Umoja and Student Government, BU Students Raise $100K for Social Justice Groups

June 4, 2020

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University News

Ibram X. Kendi, Leading Scholar of Racism, to Join BU and Launch BU Center for Antiracist Research

June 4, 2020

Ibram X. Kendi, Leading Scholar of Racism, to Join BU and Launch BU Center for Antiracist Research