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Photo of Kara Cattani. A white woman with short blonde hair leans against a white pillar and smiles for the camera. She wears a pink sweater and black pants.

Mental Health

BU’s Behavioral Medicine Has a New Director

September 23, 2022

The many faces of Judith Kalaora (clockwise from top left): as Deborah Sampson, the first woman to enlist in the American military; as 19th-century philanthropist Madam Sarah Derby; as early suffragist Lucy Stone; as Rachel Walker Revere, wife of Paul Revere; as Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, fourth US president; as Hollywood actor and inventor Hedy Lamarr; as teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe; and as Princess Diana. Photo of Sampon by Vincent Morreale; of Derby, Madison, and McAuliffe by Al Conant; of Stone by Chris Cavalier; of Revere by Claudio Gustafson; of Hedy Lamarr by Chris Beasley; of Princess Diana by Greg Anthony

Theater

Judith Kalaora Brings History To Life

September 23, 2022

Photo collage: (left) Starbucks workers protest and hold signs about unionizing outside the Starbucks on Comm Ave. (right) Marty Walsh listens on as President Biden speaks at a podium.

Business Problems

Comm Ave Starbucks Strike Ends: Does That Mean Strikes Work?

September 22, 2022

Black and white photo: Eliza Davis of Cuba, Ala., and her eight children ranging in age from 5 to 17, weary and tired on their arrival in Hyannis, Mass. from the south, June 1, 1962. They stand in front of an old Greyhound bus as a white woman to their left looks on.

Racism

Six Decades after Reverse Freedom Rides, Ugly History Repeats

September 22, 2022

Photo of pedestrian traffic. Students come and go, some masked and some unmasked, on Comm Ave.

Campus Life

Video: To Mask or Not to Mask

September 21, 2022

The Center for Computing & Data Sciences, dubbed the “Jenga building” by students, will house a new faculty that has received a $3 million gift from MassMutual. Photo by Janice Checcio

University News

MassMutual Gives $3 Million to Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

September 21, 2022

A group of for students pose for a photo in front of a police lineup board

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 22 to 25

September 21, 2022

9/8/22 -- Boston, MALoretta Lees, new leader of Initiatives on Cities (IOC). Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

New Appointment

For New Initiative on Cities Leader, Urban Geography Is People

September 21, 2022

Blue Hills Reservation

Things-to-do

Great Places for Hiking in and around Boston

September 21, 2022

Photo of Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking about the launch initiative to support Afghan women during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sept. 20, 2022. An older white man with graying hair stands in front of a blue curtain at a lectern with the US Government insignia on it. He wears a dark gray suit and blue tie.

University News

US State Department Partners with Pardee School of Global Studies to Empower Afghan Women

September 20, 2022

Lowell-based artist Jaina Cipriano creates installations that evoke the joy and pain of childhood nostalgia. Here she sits atop one of her creations, a tilted blue house with a yellow roofline and door. She is wear a red dress.

Arts & Culture

Newly Remodeled 808 Gallery Opens with Immersive Show Exploring Fantastical Worlds

September 20, 2022

First-Generation

What I Wish I’d Known as a First-Gen Graduate Student

September 19, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Detroit Auto Show, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Health & Medicine

Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over. Is It?

September 19, 2022

A bartender pours a cocktail out of a shaker and into a high glass

Voices & Opinion

POV: Will Bringing Back “Happy Hours” Make Us Happy?

September 19, 2022

Portrait of new Sargent College Dean Dr. Christopher Moore, PhD on June 29, 2015.Photo by Dan Aguirre for Boston University Photography

University News

Sargent College Dean Christopher Moore to Retire at the End of the Academic Year

September 19, 2022

A plate full of blueberry breakfast bars with ginger and almonds sits on a wooden table

Recipe Series

Blueberry Breakfast Bars with Ginger and Almonds

September 19, 2022

Photo: A group of migrants huddle on a sidewalk in front of St. Andrews Episcopal Church. A young Latina woman wearing a large white shirt holds a white cup and looks off as other Latinx individuals stand and look off around ehr.

Immigration

Florida Governor DeSantis’ Transport of Migrants to Massachusetts Is a “Crude Political Tactic…Playing with People’s Lives,” LAW Expert Says

September 16, 2022

First-Generation

5 Tips for First-gen College Students

September 16, 2022

Photo: CGS professor Kari Lavalli, a white woman with shoulder-length blonder hair wearing a blue floral blouse and black pants, sits and poses with her dog, a black, seven-year-old Portuguese Water Dog Bell.

Dog Training

Teaching Dogs to Jump off a Boat—and Ignore the Ducks

September 16, 2022

Photo: photograph of Marsh Plaza busy with people from across the street with CAS building in background. Red banners and BU red prominent throughout image. Students are on campus.

University News

Student Loan Forgiveness Expansion for Nonprofit Employees May Benefit Some BU Staff

September 15, 2022

Student Loan Forgiveness Expansion for Nonprofit Employees May Benefit Some BU Staff