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Campus Life

BU Launches Online AI Course For Undergrads; Additional AI Resources for Faculty, Staff

November 12, 2025

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University News

BU Community Defines 8 Values That Will Shape the University for Generations

October 15, 2025

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University News

Gloria Waters to Leave Provost Role at End of Academic Year

October 1, 2025

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University News

Boston University to Seek External Recommendations for Athletics Policies and Practices

June 26, 2025

University News

Supporting Boston University’s International Community—Q&A with President Melissa Gilliam and Willis Wang, Head of Global Operations

June 11, 2025

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University News

BU Joins 23 Universities in Backing Harvard’s Court Case Over Research Funding and Government Control

June 11, 2025

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University News

BU Backs Lawsuit to Block Department of Energy Research Cuts

April 15, 2025

University News

BU’s New Director of Disability Services Says the Office Will Be More Visible, Transparent

March 17, 2025

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University News

During D.C. Visit, President Gilliam Underscores Critical Partnership Between Government and Universities in Advancing Scientific Research

February 27, 2025

2/1/23 -- Boston, Massachusetts Foot traffic along Commonwealth Ave and near Marsh Plaza February 1, 2023. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

University News

Ibram X. Kendi Departing Boston University

January 30, 2025

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University News

BU Invites Faculty, Staff, Trustees to Submit Honorary Degree Nominations

January 16, 2025

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University News

Graduate Student Union Agrees to put BU’s Offer to a Ratification Vote That Would End Strike

October 11, 2024

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Student Voices

POV: Why We Should Be Worried about the Decline of Black Students at BU

October 9, 2024

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University News

President Gilliam Launches New Initiative: The Living Our Values Project

October 3, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Photo Essay: BU’s Historic 2024 Inauguration Week

September 30, 2024

Photo: Melissa L. Gilliam sits in the leather chair that belonged to one of BU’s founders, Isaac Rich. The chair was used in 1869 when a petition was signed to charter BU as a new corporation.

University News

A Historic Inauguration for Boston University: Melissa L. Gilliam Installed as 11th President

September 27, 2024

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Watch Now

Video Highlights from Melissa L. Gilliam’s Inauguration as BU President

September 27, 2024

Former BU Presidents William F. Warren (1873-1903) (left), Lemuel Herbert Merlin (1911-1924), and William Edwards Huntington (1904-1911) in 1918

Inauguration 2024

From 1873 to 2005, Words of Past BU Presidents from Their Inaugural Addresses

September 26, 2024

Photo: Melissa L. Gilliam at Boston University's Matriculation ceremony on Sunday, September 1st 2024. Photo by Hannah Rose

University News

BU Celebrates Melissa L. Gilliam’s Inauguration as President

September 20, 2024

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Student Life

BU Says It’s Working Hard to Fix Student Information System Woes

September 12, 2024

BU Says It’s Working Hard to Fix Student Information System Woes