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Photo: Three Black women sit on an orange-brown staircase. From left, the women has blue-green shoulder-length locs. She is wearing an all black outfit. In the middle, a women with long, black box braids wears an all black outfit. And finally, on the right, a women with a blonde ombre locs that are tied up in a high pony. She wears an all black outfit with a heather gray, oversized sweater vest overtop and glasses that match the orange-brown of the stairs.

Student Life

Bringing Visibility to the Black Experience at BU

February 1, 2023

Collage: Images from the covers and poster for various Black works. From top to bottom, left to right: "Do the Right Thing " movie poster, "Batea" by the Colombian band Bejuco album cover, "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" book cover, "The Woman King" and "African Queens" shows posters, Festival of Afrofuturism promotional poster, "Watchmen" show poster, "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!" album cover, "Seizing Freedom" podcast art, and "gossypiin" by Ra Malika Imhotep book cover

Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with These Books, Films, Albums, and Podcasts

January 31, 2023

White supremacist nazis hang a sign over the 405 freeway reading "Kanye is right about the jews"

Anti-Semitism

With Anti-Semitism on the Rise, a New BU Course Takes Shape

November 10, 2022

Composite image of book covers included in the Hispanic Heritage Month listicle, including "Her Body and Other Parties", "Cemetery Boys", "Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity", "The Undocumented Americans", "Afterlife", "The Lost Book of Adana Moreau", "Daughter of Doctor Moreau", "Trust", "The Hurting Kind", "My Broken Language: A Memoir", and "Cuba: An American History".

National Hispanic Heritage Month

24 Books to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 26, 2022

First-Generation

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

September 19, 2022

Photo of BU President Bob Brown giving a speech on stage. Two people are seated beside him on stage as he stands and address the crowd at a podium.

SCHOLARSHIPS

BU Supports 2022 Boston Public Schools Graduates

September 15, 2022

Photo taken from the side of a Black woman in a colorful, striped bikini applying sunscreen lotion on her right shoulder at beach in the sunshine. She sits on the ground and looks towards the water as she applies sun screen. She wears red sunglasses and silver hoop earrings. A clear blue sky and small waves crashing can be seen blurred in the background.

Skincare

Sun Protection Tips for Those with Black and Brown Skin

July 29, 2022

BUTI student Dorian Parker stands outdoors in a black shirt with glasses on

Music

Bringing Different Voices to BU Tanglewood Institute

July 20, 2022

Photo of a family smiling and posing at an outdoor table during a the evening. A black man waves tot he camera as he hugs a young black girl next to him. Other black children sit around a table with a tan tablecloth and smile.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Museum of Fine Arts Juneteenth Free Open House

June 16, 2022

Collage: Images of 5 Black media arranged in two rows. Tp row of 3 shows cover of "The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States", podcast art for "The Read" podcast, and poster for "A Black Lady Sketch Show". Second Row has promotional artwork for "Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches" and album cover of Koffee's "Gifted".

Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with These 15 Films, Podcasts, TV Shows, Albums, and Books

June 15, 2022

LGBTQIA+

Here’s What the Different LGBTQIA+ Flags Represent

June 7, 2022

Photo of an Asian parent pointing something out to her child on a small globe in a library bookstore.

AAPI HERITAGE MONTH

POV: As We Observe AAPI Month, We Should Be Emphasizing History, Not Heritage

May 17, 2022

Photo of Metcalf winner Leslie Dietiker, an older white woman with short brown hair with some gray streaks in it. She smiles, and wears a thick, gray sweater and striped blue shirt. She stands in front of a blue background.

Accolades

Leslie Dietiker Wins 2022 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

May 16, 2022

Photo of Aymen Yibrie, from left, N’Sikan Keendow, Abigail Mureithi, Axum Afework, Daniela Baez, and Naomi Boye work on their braiding during Naturally BU’s braiding demonstration at CAS. Various Black students stand around a mannequin head clipped to a desk as they practice and laugh. A few students wear masks.

Student Clubs

Promoting the Beauty of Natural Hair

May 3, 2022

Listen Now

Why Do So Many Autistic Girls Go Undiagnosed?

April 12, 2022

tudent attendees and hospitality faculty from across the country at the School of Hospitality Administration’s first in-person POC PhD Pathway Program in Hospitality and Tourism Conference on April 8.

Diversity

School of Hospitality Administration’s PhD Pathway Conference Aims to Encourage Students of Color

April 12, 2022

Photo of students walking down the CFA side of Comm Ave on a sunny warm day. Two students are in focus at the front left, one wears a gray nike tennis shirt, the other a red Boston University shirt.

Student Survey

Students, Take This Survey, Get Convenience Points

April 8, 2022

Stylized image of Ketanji Brown Jackson. At center, she appears in Black and white. She is a middle-aged Black woman who wears glasses, a pearl necklace, and black and white checkered dress. She loves off to the side triumphantly. At left and right the same image appears, pixelated, in yellow and white. The background of the image is a teal jewel tone.

Community Voices

BU Celebrates Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Rise to US Supreme Court

April 7, 2022

Photo of Valerie Fletcher, a middle-aged white woman with short red hair and bands. She smiles and wears thick black glasses and a white and black collared shirt. Behind her is a projected slide, she appears to be presenting something.

Diversity

Disability in the 21st Century: A Virtual Talk with Advocate Valerie Fletcher

April 7, 2022

Photo of Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant in a scene from CODA. They are sitting around a table eating dinner. Kotsur wears a red sox baseball cap. Matlin smiles widely as Durant shows something to the family on his phone.

Voices & Opinion

POV: CODA’s Oscar Wins Represent an Historic Moment

April 5, 2022

POV: CODA’s Oscar Wins Represent an Historic Moment