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Diversity

(left to right) Black and white photos of Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Aretha Franklin

Martin Luther King

MLK Day Celebration Will Honor Three Women for Important Roles in the Civil Rights Movement

January 16, 2020

An illustration of a slave auction in Virginia, USA.

Public Health

Making a Case for Black Reparations

November 5, 2019

Portrait of author and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl

Diversity

Are White Americans Harming Themselves by Backing GOP Policies?

November 3, 2019

Illustration showing faces from different races and ethnicities.

Lectures

New Diversity & Inclusion Lecture Series to Explore Race in America

September 25, 2019

A portrait of Erin Edwards

Obituaries

Posse Scholar, COM Junior Remembered for Her Energy and Her Empathy

August 22, 2019

Theatre

Pop Quiz for the Parents Council: What Does Progressive Mean?

July 17, 2019

Portrait of Adelaide Cromwell in her office.

Tributes

Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.’95), Founder of BU’s African American Studies Program, Dies at 99

June 20, 2019

side by side portraits of Rosina Georgiadis and Khiara Bridges

Science & Technology

Two BU Faculty Members to Be Honored Today

April 25, 2019

closeup of two caucasian men holding hands with a rainbow-patterned wristban on their wrists

LGBTQ+

The Key to BU’s Diversity Efforts? Powerful Allies

April 23, 2019

BU law students listening intently around a table

Diversity

First-Generation LAW Students Bond through Shared Backgrounds

April 23, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Film

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

BU entrepreneurs Ellice Patterson, Dielle Lundberg, and Ines Andrade answer questions at the podium during the IDEA 2019 conference.

University News

Six Quotes from BU Entrepreneurs to Ignite Your Innovative Spirit

March 5, 2019

Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Martin Luther King

Winning Memorial Selected to Honor MLK (GRS’55, Hon.’59) on Boston Common

March 4, 2019

A portrait of Nicole Prudent

Health & Medicine

After Nearly Three Decades, MED Pediatrician Nicole Prudent to Retire

January 28, 2019

portrait of Crystal Williams

University News

Guiding BU Toward Greater Diversity and Inclusion

January 24, 2019

Ayanna Pressley smiles at the podium while speaking to a crowd on her victory election night party.

Robert Brown

BU, City of Boston Hold First Joint Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday

January 18, 2019

Shadae Leslie (COM'20) at left, and Nneka Oyigbo (CAS'20) listen to faculty member Sucharita Gupal

Diversity

Connecting Students of Color

December 4, 2018

A woman drops a ballot into a ballot box

Gender

What Massachusetts Voters Need to Know about 2018 Ballot Questions

November 5, 2018

3 headshots of political candidates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11), Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS’03, GRS’03), and Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts candidate for the House of Representatives

Politics

Not Politics as Usual

November 1, 2018

A person holds up a transgender symbol on paper

Gender

What Transgender Means to Me

October 29, 2018

What Transgender Means to Me