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Social Justice

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Film & TV

In Sinners, Bluesmen and Vampires Face Off

May 5, 2025

Film & TV

BU’s Cinema & Media Studies Program Celebrates 10 Years

March 27, 2025

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Arts & Culture

John Wilson’s Art of Black Humanity

February 25, 2025

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Journalism & Media

Groundbreaking Journalist Dorothy Gilliam Gives BU a Gift of History

February 21, 2025

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Marketing & Communications

COM Set to Open Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact

February 11, 2025

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Politics

What Does Donald Trump’s Election Mean For…

November 6, 2024

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University News

BUPD Joins National Effort to Increase Women in Policing

September 11, 2024

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Politics

The First Presidential Debate Led to Biden’s Exit. Now It’s Harris vs Trump

September 9, 2024

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University News

Boston University Removes the Myles Standish Name from Dorm

May 23, 2024

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University News

Dean Sandro Galea Leaving BU’s School of Public Health for WashU Opportunity

May 6, 2024

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Venice Biennale

Louis Chude-Sokei Brings BU, Spoken Word, and Dub Reggae Sounds to Venice Biennale

April 16, 2024

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University News

BU Marks 50 Years of Changing Lives behind Bars

April 8, 2024

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Arts & Culture

New Campus Exhibition Explores What It’s Like to Be “Fat on Campus”

February 20, 2024

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University News

Wheelock College Launches New Online Master’s in Social Justice Education

July 18, 2023

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CHOIR

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Celebrates 50th Anniversary

April 26, 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

Photo: Food for Thought founder Ben Myers (CGS’22, CAS’24) outside Emmanuel Church, a day shelter on Newbury Street where he films his videos. A young white man with dark brown hair stands with hands in pockets in front of a church with large wooden doors. He wears a black hooded sweatshirt, dark grey puffer vest, and olive green cargo pants. An unhoused person's belongings can be seen scattered in front of the entrance of the church.

Social Justice

BU Student Documents the Local Homeless Experience on TikTok

March 28, 2023

Author Tracy Kidder and Dr Jim O'Connell at WBUR to discuss Kidder's new book, Rough Sleepers. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Books

Award-Winning Author Tracy Kidder’s Rough Sleepers Focuses on BU’s Jim O’Connell

March 3, 2023

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Business & Law

Can a Website Designer Turn Away Same-Sex Couples? The Supreme Court Will Decide

December 2, 2022

Dawn Belkin Martinez (center), a School of Social Work clinical associate professor, with graduate students Noor Toraif (CAS’16, SSW’23) (left) and Greer Hamilton (SSW’24), who worked with her to create a free online course on structural racism. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Academics

School of Social Work Offers Free Online Course for Understanding Structural Racism

October 11, 2022

School of Social Work Offers Free Online Course for Understanding Structural Racism