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Commencement 2025

Actor Emily Deschanel (CFA’98) Announced as BU’s 2025 Commencement Speaker

May 2, 2025

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Student Life

Student Government President Akwasi Antwi Reflects on a Year of Transformation and Transparency

May 2, 2025

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Student Life

10 Hilarious Memes That Perfectly Capture the Life of a Second-Semester College Senior

May 1, 2025

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Student Life

Incorporating Student Voices at the Dean of Students Office

May 1, 2025

Ryan Rosenberger (Questrom’25) at the long jump event at the Duke Invitational, April 11. The men’s and women’s teams will compete for the Patriot League Outdoor Championship this weekend in Worcester, Mass. Photo by Peyton Williams/BU Athletics

Sports

BU Men’s, Women’s Track & Field Teams Head to Patriot League Outdoor Championship

May 1, 2025

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Commencement 2025

Class of 2025 Celebrated at Friday’s Senior Breakfast

May 1, 2025

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In the City

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

May 1, 2025

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Urban Health

Why Is Everybody Talking About “Third Places” Right Now?

April 30, 2025

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Athletics Awards

2025 Scarlet & White Ceremony Honors Top Student Athletes and Coaches

April 30, 2025

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Business & Law

Law School Applications Surge amid Economic, Political Uncertainty

April 30, 2025

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: May 1 to 4

April 30, 2025

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Technology

YouTube Turns 20—How Have Its 20 Billion Videos Changed Us?

April 29, 2025

“I had the good luck to be raised among expert joke-tellers, complainers, arguers, schmoozers, boasters, and liars,” Pinsky says in his new memoir, Jersey Breaks. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun. Pinsky stands looking out over an ocean beach on a cloudy day

University News

Robert Pinsky, America’s Ambassador for Poetry, Retiring from Teaching After 36 Years at BU, More Than 1,000 Students

April 29, 2025

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WATCH NOW

See Life at BU Through a Student’s Camera Lens

April 28, 2025

Classes

From Classroom to Kitchen: An Unconventional Approach to Finals

April 28, 2025

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Watch Now

Video: BU Dance Community: What Dancing Means to Us

April 28, 2025

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Life Sciences

For 50 Years, BU’s Lawford Anderson Has Been Helping Students Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Rocky Materials

April 25, 2025

Business & Law

How Are Government Audits Supposed to Work?

April 25, 2025

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Accolades

Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown

April 25, 2025

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Athletics

BU Women’s Tennis No. 2 Seed Entering Patriot League Tournament

April 24, 2025

BU Women’s Tennis No. 2 Seed Entering Patriot League Tournament