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Campus Life

International Education Week Brings the World to BU’s Doorstep

November 7, 2024

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Student Voices

POV: I’m from Lebanon, and I’m Caught Between Two Worlds

November 5, 2024

Politics

Would Japanese Ownership of US Steel Really be a National Security Threat?

October 15, 2024

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Politics

Right-Wing Candidates Lost in Several Recent Global Elections. Does That Mean Anything for the Upcoming US Presidential Election?

July 15, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Campus Antisemitism Can Be Addressed by Encouraging More Speech, Not Less

April 30, 2024

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Politics

Biden’s Biggest Challenges to Reelection—Immigration, Gaza, and Even the Economy

March 28, 2024

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Politics

Does the United States Have the Clout to Alter Netanyahu’s Course in Gaza?

March 26, 2024

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Academics

BU Students Flock to CAS Course on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

March 21, 2024

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International Affairs

“We Will Not Remain Silent”: Afghan Girls and Women Highlight Pardee School Summit in Washington

February 29, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: The Truth behind Trump’s NATO Threats

February 26, 2024

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University News

Seeking Campus of “Dignity, Fairness, and Respect,” President Freeman Addresses Israel-Hamas War

January 18, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Psychology of Trauma

January 10, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: The Legacy of Henry Kissinger (Hon.’99)

December 4, 2023

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Voices & Opinion

POV: International Reaction to Gaza Siege Has Exposed the Growing Rift between the West and the Global South

November 15, 2023

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Linguistics

How and Why Language is Weaponized

October 23, 2023

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Campus Voices

Outrage, Mourning, as BU Community, Leaders, Respond to Israel-Hamas War

October 10, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston sit at the front of Morse Auditorium on April 24, 2023. (from left) a tan man wearing a light blue collared shirt and navy blue suit looks and writes on sheets of paper, a Black man with white hair and a gray trimmed beard wearing a light blue collared shirt, blue blazer, and dark grey pants is turned to his right as he talks and gesticulates to a white woman wearing a red blazer, black dress, and black tights. They all sit in black chairs in front of a white background. A small table is at the center of them holding small plastic cups of water.

Arts & Culture

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Speaks of Migrants and Memory—and That Call from Sweden

April 25, 2023

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Books

Trump, Putin, Orban: New Book, How Democracy Survives, Probes Global Threat

March 31, 2023

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AID FOR UKRAINE

One Year after the Invasion of Ukraine, the War Has Transformed Life for This BU Couple

February 23, 2023

Photo: A Ukrainian woman and her family members gather over a closed casket at a funeral for a Ukrainian solider who died during the Russian occupation of Ukraine. They are wearing heavy outwear indicating it is cold.

Politics

One Year into the Russia-Ukraine War, What’s Next?

February 22, 2023

One Year into the Russia-Ukraine War, What’s Next?