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Alumni

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Music

Drumroll, Please, for CFA’s Gareth Smith

June 17, 2025

Umbrellas add a touch of color to a dreary Thursday, as Terriers wend their way past the Kilachand Center for Life Sciences & Engineering. Rain dumped nearly an inch on Boston, and Friday is expected to be much cooler, with a high of only 60. Could be fall has arrived. September 22 photo by Cydney Scott. Students walk in front of a large modern building with umbrellas in rainy weather

LOCAL WEATHER

We’ve Had 12 Consecutive Weekends of Rain. What’s Up with That?

June 4, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

POV: This Memorial Day, Remember BU’s Fallen Heroes by Visiting the New Online Honor Wall

May 22, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

The Catholic Church Elects Its First American Pope: What Should He Do First?

May 8, 2025

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Student Life

From Napkins to Coat Check: Dining Etiquette for First-Gen Students

May 8, 2025

Alumni

The Rise of a Powerhouse BU Department: Economics

April 22, 2025

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Innovation

25 Years of Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition Showcases Decades of BU Innovation

April 22, 2025

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Varsity Sports

BU Fans Rally Around Men’s Hockey as Frozen Four Arrives

April 9, 2025

Film & TV

BU’s Cinema & Media Studies Program Celebrates 10 Years

March 27, 2025

Super Bowl

A Super Bowl Conspiracy Theory Unwrapped—Was the Matchup Predetermined?

February 6, 2025

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LA WILDFIRES

LA Wildfires Touch Lives of BU Students, Staff, Instructors, Alums

January 14, 2025

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Theatre

Yo-EL Cassell’s Students Discover the J.O.Y. in Movement

November 8, 2024

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Child Stars

Liam Payne’s Death Raises Questions about Teenage Stardom

November 7, 2024

Photo: Becca A. Lewis (left) and Mark W. Soucy rehearsing for How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos by Maggie Kearnan at Boston Playwrights Theatre earlier this week.

Theatre

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Offers Prime Comeuppance for Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

November 6, 2024

Arts & Culture

BU Talent on Display in Venice, Italy, Exhibitions

October 21, 2024

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University News

Karen Engelbourg, Leader of BU’s Fundraising Efforts and Alumni Engagement, Is Stepping Down

August 23, 2024

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Life Sciences

Is There Science behind Twin Booms?

August 16, 2024

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Health & Medicine

The Rewards of Working as Rural Docs

July 22, 2024

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Commencement 2024

BU’s Commencement Student Speaker Is Proud of Being a Changemaker

May 16, 2024

Schanaya Barrows as Chloe, Sydney Jackson (CFA’26) as Dailyn, and Asilinn Brophy as Nat in Kirsten Greenidge’s Morning, Noon, and Night, a Company One production with Boston University. Photo by Ken Yotsukura

Theatre

BU Plays a Big Role in New Production from Boston’s Company One Theatre

April 29, 2024

BU Plays a Big Role in New Production from Boston’s Company One Theatre