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BOSTON MARATHON SHOUTOUT

Are You Running in the Boston Marathon to Raise Money for a Charity?

February 27, 2024

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Film & TV

Maestro Celebrates the Art of Conducting. How Accurate Is It?

February 26, 2024

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University News

Nine Area Colleges Unite to Hold Virtual Series on Civility, Respect Amid Rise of Islamophobia, Antisemitism

January 25, 2024

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Politics

Analysis: BU Experts on Presidential Politics after N.H. Primary

January 24, 2024

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New Appointment

COM’s New Dalton Family Professor Knows Disinformation from Personal Experience

January 23, 2024

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Faculty

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)

January 23, 2024

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OFFICE ARTIFACTS

Office Artifacts: Angela Onwuachi-Willig

January 22, 2024

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Campus Life

2024 Is a Leap Year—If You’re a Leap Year Baby, We Want to Hear From You

January 8, 2024

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University Lecture

Many Say Critical Race Theory Divides Us, LAW’s Jasmine Gonzales Rose Says It Unites Us

November 30, 2023

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Music

The Guitar Playing Scholars Making their Mark at the School of Music

November 21, 2023

Journalism & Media

Can This BU Political Scientist Help Save Journalism?

November 6, 2023

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Social Media

The YouTube Effect Chronicles Internet’s Good, Bad, and Ugly

October 27, 2023

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Faculty

Office Artifacts: Marianne Farkas

October 23, 2023

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Theatre

One-Man Show about an Actor’s Time Teaching in Boston Schools Opens Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Season

October 6, 2023

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Politics

With Kevin McCarthy Out, Brace for a Period of “Governing by Tantrum”

October 5, 2023

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Theatre

BU’s Nathan Alan Davis’ The Refuge Plays Opens Off Broadway

October 3, 2023

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Books

Wesley Wildman on the Challenges and Joys of Writing Fiction after Work for Academic Audiences

September 26, 2023

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Center for Computing & Data Sciences

BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences Grows by Four

September 15, 2023

Accolades

Career Development Professorships for Promising Scholars Awarded to Five BU Junior Faculty

September 13, 2023

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University News

Wheelock’s David Chard Leaving as Dean, Proud of Faculty and Staff Who Built Something Together

September 11, 2023

Wheelock’s David Chard Leaving as Dean, Proud of Faculty and Staff Who Built Something Together