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Student Life

BU Class on History of Boston Takes to a Storied Stage: Club Passim

May 8, 2025

Classes

From Classroom to Kitchen: An Unconventional Approach to Finals

April 28, 2025

Photo: Igor Iwanek, a CFA lecturer in music and music theory, leads a Breath, Rhythm & Music for Your Wellbeing workshop. Photo by Cydney Scott

Watch Now

Breath, Rhythm, and Music: New Workshop Combines Them to Improve Well-Being

January 31, 2025

Photo:XCC-Back to the Past-0799-sm: Evan Denenberg (Wheelock’25) presenting to the class about the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment.

Campus Life

Hub XCC Course Has Students Getting into Character and Acting Out Historic Events

December 17, 2024

Illustration of bigfoot being abducted by a UFO

Campus Life

“I Want to Believe”: BU Class Explores UFOs, Bigfoot, and Why We Believe

November 12, 2024

Photo: Yo-El leads his class in body movements in a studio.

Theatre

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

November 8, 2024

Photo: Members of the cast of Riverdance on stage dancing

Dance

Dance as Protest, from Ireland to the Levant

October 23, 2024

Photo: Students explore Jia Ho supermarket in Chinatown during a class “Food in Place(s): Identity, Location, and the Cultures of Taste”

Food

Exploring Boston’s Cultural and Culinary Diversity

August 28, 2024

Photo: Books line the shelves at BU Campus Store.

Student Life

Looking to Purchase, or Rent, Textbooks? Here’s What You Need to Know

August 27, 2024

Photo: A picture of a girl wearing a gray sweater with white stars and a cardboard sculpture around her neck. The sculpture sits almost like a scarf and features 3D elements

Sculpture

CFA Sculpture Class: Wearable Cardboard Sculptures

May 29, 2024

Photo: Daryl Healea (left) Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and part time lecturer stops to give his History of Boston University students a brief history lesson on the significance the Back Bay had to the early days of Boston University, from (l-r) Maddy Smalley, graduate student for the Wheelock Education Leadership Policy Studies with the Higher Education Administration

University News

BU Hub Turns Six—and It’s More Important Than Ever

May 28, 2024

Photo: Demonstrators with signs reading "Vote No February 13th" advocating against a new MBTA transit law implemented by the state of Massachusetts. Vote Yes signs can be seen in the distance.

Politics

A BU Class Tackles the Massachusetts Housing Crisis

May 22, 2024

Photo: An aerial view of a container ship resting in the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

Engineering

Bridge Collapse Creates Conversation in BU Structural Mechanics Class

March 27, 2024

Photo: A college lecture classroom filled with kids, their backs to the camera.

University News

BU Professors, Undergrads Adjust and Adapt as Grad Student Strike Begins

March 25, 2024

Photo: Two college students in front of a red background smile and hold their hands under their chins

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Psychology vs Sociology: What’s the Difference between the Majors?

March 22, 2024

Photo: Students on an urban college campus walking to classes

University News

Schedule Builder: A New Online Tool to Register for Fall Courses

March 5, 2024

Illustration of a person sitting on a rock, with a large wave of rainbow colors coming out of their head

Faculty

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)

January 23, 2024

Photo: Zachary Fuller (center) shares his final project with class members and the broader Gastronomy Program at BU. A white man wearing glasses, a pink shirt, and blue cardigan listens as someone seated at a long table asks him a question. Five other people also sit at the table as various clear cups filled with various beverages are lined up in front of them.

Academics

New Gastronomy Course Explores the Political, Historical Ingredients in Latinx Food in the US

December 18, 2023

Photo: A group of people in casual winter clothing standing on the steet outside of a building in Boston

Student Life

New BU MetroBridge Class Studies the Impact of Gentrification

December 18, 2023

Photo: Two men in suits sitting in front of a piano with smiles on their faces. One is holding a Bob Dylan LP

Arts & Culture

Tangled Up in Bob Dylan for 15 Years at BU

December 14, 2023

Tangled Up in Bob Dylan for 15 Years at BU