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Earth & Environment

Photo of Tess Ravick (ENG’22), back, and Trevor Melsheimer (ENG’22), front work on their senior design project April 29. The device harvests water from the air. Ravick has light brown skin, wears a t-shirt, a white face mask, and their hair in a bun. Melsheimer, who has light skin and a beard and wears a gray sweater, adjusts a level of the black device on the table in front of them.

Watch Now

Water, Water, Everywhere—They Hope

May 4, 2022

Photo of Tova Levin (CAS’18), a white woman with long light brown hair who wears a black NASA sweatshirt points at plants in mason jars on the table below her and smiles during the 2017 Earth Day Festival in the GSU Plaza. Other students looking at plants can be seen around her.

Earth Week

BU Celebrates the 52nd Observance of Earth Day

April 21, 2022

Photo of the BU Sustainability Festival. Various open tents and booths are shown set up around Marsh Plaza on Commonwealth Ave. Various students and people congregate and interact at booths featuring giveaways, farmer's markets, and plants.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 21 to 24

April 20, 2022

an image of a gas pump in california showing prices as high as 5.99/gallon for regular gasoline

Politics

We’re Paying More at the Pump. How Long Will That, and High Inflation, Last?

March 21, 2022

a string of holiday lights in front of a blurred blue background

Holiday

Five Tips for an Eco-Friendly Holiday Season

December 3, 2021

A visitor views a Green Zone exhibit during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. He stands in a dark room facing a bright, colorful display showing the differences in climate on Earth, Mars, and Jupiter.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Letter from Glasgow

November 4, 2021

Overhead image generated using Google Earth of the gas leaks along Comm Ave; as seen is the Charles River and Cambridgeport. The gas leaks are visualized as red lines emerging from Comm Ave; the whole street appears to have gas leaks.

Environment

From Glasgow to Comm Ave: Cutting Methane Emissions

November 3, 2021

A portrait photo of Sandro Galea

Public Health

The Contagion Next Time: How to Fight a Future Pandemic

October 30, 2021

photo of 2 masked BU students planting vegetables in Warren's rooftop garden on a sunny day

Student Life

Video: Behind the Scenes at Warren Towers Rooftop Mini Garden

October 28, 2021

Early Fall view of a green BU Beach wtih the College of Arts & Sciences building in the background.

Fossil Fuel Divestment

Campus Reacts to BU’s Commitment to Divest from Fossil Fuels

September 23, 2021

New Podcast

BU Today Launches Question of the Week Podcast

August 25, 2021

Photo of Daylin Frantin, left, in a gray long-sleeve and black pants, with one hand on a boat engine, while Sam Gallipeau, Flux’s in-house designer, in a gray quarter zip, inspects the other side of the engine. Behind them are work benches and industrial shelves. A small crane lifts the engine

Innovation

Reinventing the Outboard

June 9, 2021

Black and white photo of the author’s grandmother, Marie Moran, in Breezy Point, 1947. She wears a mid-thigh length skirt, hat, and pulls a wagon with a child in it.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Know the Water Is Coming. But I Can’t Bear to Sell My Family’s Cottage

June 7, 2021

A photo of patrons watching a whale break the water's surface on a whale watch

Things-to-do

To Do Today: New England Aquarium Whale Watch

June 1, 2021

Composite photo of Binyoman Abrams, a CAS master lecturer in chemistry (left), wearing a black suit and black hat, and Pamela Templer, a CAS professor of biology, wearing a red sweater and leaning against a tree.

Accolades

Two CAS Faculty Honored for Teaching

May 12, 2021

New waste bins in student residences are part of the Zero Waste Plan

University News

A Bold New Plan to Reduce the University’s Waste

March 4, 2021

A photo of a snow covered highway in The Woodlands, Texas. Only one or two cars are visible on the road.

Earth & Environment

Texas Deep Freeze Is a Reminder That Bad Weather Is Getting Worse

February 23, 2021

A composite of screenshots from the Marine semester video

Student Life

BU’s Marine Semester Marks 35th Anniversary

February 8, 2021

Photo of Macken Murphy (CAS’20) sitting on a rock outside and staring of into the middle distance. He wears a black headband, black button down, and has a tattoo of an anchor on his left arm.

Environment & Ecology

CAS Alum Creates a Different Species of Podcast

January 13, 2021

Photo of a right pubis bone of a dinosaur fossil.

Fossils

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China

December 8, 2020

BU Student Discovers a Yet-to-Be Named Dinosaur in China