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Linguistics & Language Sciences

Linguistics & Language Sciences

BU Class Connects Russian Language Students to Local Russian Speakers

January 21, 2026

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Books

15 Books to Celebrate Pride Month

June 10, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Korean Language, Literature, and Culture Is Booming at BU

February 20, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Five Places to Visit (in Addition to Salem) to Get in That True Halloween Spirit

October 22, 2024

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 5 to 8

September 4, 2024

Photo: Closeup shot of a dictionary page opened up to the entry for the word "war". The word "war" is highlighted in neon yellow.

Linguistics

How and Why Language is Weaponized

October 23, 2023

Photo: Associate director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center Stephanie McMains (GRS’06), seated, with Arielle Moore (GMS’26) in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center in CILSE Dec 1. A white woman sits in a chair gesticulating as she sits in front of a table in front of window that shows the fMRI room. A black woman wearing a blue face mask stands behind her listening attentively.

Life Sciences

Neurobiology Class Gets a Peek Inside a Volunteer’s Brain

December 22, 2022

Gif of the helicopter recently flown on Mars by NASA. The small, drone-like option is surrounded by red dirt and rocks as its propellors spin.

Rhetoric

Manned Missions. Conquering Space. The Problem with Space Lingo

April 26, 2021

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Politics

We Say Quid Pro Quo a Lot. But What Does It Mean?

October 29, 2019

We Say Quid Pro Quo a Lot. But What Does It Mean?