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Photo: Students move into StuViII. A young Asian woman and a young white woman laugh as they slowly move a large white mattress from a van.

Student Life

Move-in 2022: Photos Capture Arrival on Campus of 12,000+ Students

September 6, 2022

9/2/22 -- Boston, MA Matthew Garcia (Questrom’26) in his Claflin Hall dorm room Photo by Cydney Scott. Matt sits on a twin xl bed on risers with a blue bedspread. Holding a pair of white heels, Matt is also wearing red pants and a tank top with a fashionable graphic. Collared shirts of various designs hang on the wall behind.

Student Profile

Introducing the Class of 2026: Matthew Garcia

September 6, 2022

Photo of a diverse group of students clapping during the matriculation event in Agganis Arena. Almost all of them wear red BU tshirts, with either the words "Boston University" or an image of a terrier on them. Many also hold papers in their hands.

CLASS OF 2026

BU Matriculation 2022: Hopes for a “Near-Normal Year” on Campus

September 4, 2022

Photo of the Boston University Band wearing matching red shirts and black pants as they play their instruments in a middle stand. Inthe foreground are blurry profiles of two BU women soccer players in white uniforms.

Things-to-do

How to Get the Most Out of Your Labor Day Weekend

September 1, 2022

Boston University student in the sun on Nickerson Field for the 2022 Commencement activities

Finance

What Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Means for BU Students

August 31, 2022

A photo collage of Evan Jimenez (COM’23)'s various experiences at Boston University.

Student Life

Five Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student

August 30, 2022

Photo of President Joe Biden speaking about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at right. An older white man wearing a navy suit and white collared shirt speaks into a microphone on a lectern. A Latino man wearing glasses, black blazer, and white collared shirt stands to his right.

Student Loans

Would Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Survive a Court Challenge?

August 26, 2022

Photo of First-year medical students in the new $5.5 million Learning Center attending a class on gene expression August 22. Students sit in groups around large tables as they work together.

Academics

New MED Curriculum Will Drive Patient-Centered, Equitable Care

August 22, 2022

Photo of a rear view of large group of students in a class in a lecture hall. A foggy person/professor is seen at the front of the room, standing at the lectern.

Voices & Opinion

POV: It’s a Mistake to Make Students Reveal Their Pronouns

August 22, 2022

Photo of students and their families pushing yellow carts and stopped on the sidewalk with their belongings along Babock Street during move in 2021. Some folks are seen with masks on. A BU sign on a building is seen in the background.

Eco-friendly Tips

Your Guide for a Sustainable Move-in and Life on Campus

August 16, 2022

Books

5 Summer Reads in Honor of National Book Lovers Day

August 9, 2022

Image: Close up photo of a black Keurig coffee machine with its top open for beverage pods.

Student Life

What to Bring with You to BU and What to Leave at Home

August 9, 2022

Photo of roughly six first-year medical students holding programs and wearing white coats with their names during the ceremony in which they recite the Hippocratic Oath for the first time, signaling their entrance to the study of medicine. The majority of the students in the row are women, White and AAPI, with a few men seen in the background. A white tent is seen behind them.

Student Life

School of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2026 at White Coat Ceremony

August 2, 2022

BU student Henry Di—who goes by the stage name Enrique the Magician—performs magic tricks on TikTok. Here he performs a card trick for the camera

Social Media

Abracadabra! Student Magician Henry Di’s Rise to TikTok Stardom

July 29, 2022

Composite of three images of Sujena Soumyanath wearing three different outfits. Soumyanath is a young woman of color with long, dark, straight hair. At left, she wears a white tank top, wide-brim baseball hat, light jeans and a chunky belt on a sidewalk near some industrial looking pipes. At center, she wears a colorful tube top, ripped wide leg jeans, and stands with her hands in her belt loops in front of a graffitied wall. At right, she wears a brown sweatshirt, black mini skirt, and brown, nearly knee-high boots. She wears dark round sunglasses and poses on a street corner.

Accolades

Society of Professional Journalists Honors Daily Free Press Writer for Fashion Column

July 27, 2022

Photo of Jacob Nesson (left) talking with Sam Perez (CAS 25) about the First Year Student Outreach Project. A young man in a black tee and khaki shorts talks to a young woman sitting in a chair in front of him. Two other young woman can be seen chatting behind them. Theyre all in a small office space.

FYSOP

Enrollment Now Open for 2022 First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP)

July 6, 2022

Photo of Elevate editors-in-chief Kat Quach (COM’24) (left) and Valerie Sanchez Covaleda (CGS’22, COM’24) with copies of their magazine in the Newbury Center. Both sit on the floor in the newbury center, leaning against a blue couch and holding first issues of Elevate open in their laps. Quach is a young Vietnamese-American and trans woman who wears a black blouse and small earrings; Quach has a shaved head and has long black lashes. Sanchez is a young, women of color with long brown hair with blonde highlights. She wears white pants, a green blouse, and gold necklack. Both smile.

First-Gen

Newbury Center Launches First-Generation Student Magazine

July 1, 2022

Mishka Yarovoy (CFA’23) stands barefoot centerstage in the scene where his two characters meet in SpeakEasy Stage’s production of Matthew Lopez’s Tony Award–winning drama, The Inheritance. Photo by Nile Scott Studios

Theatre

A Standout at SpeakEasy Stage Company

June 1, 2022

Collage: Composite image showing studio portraits of various Boston University faculty, staff, and students in three rows of three. From left to right, top to bottom, portraits show: Kaye-Alese Green, Jonathan Feingold, Nana Boateng, Saida Grundy, Amos Mwaura, Imara Joroff, Andre De Quadros, Andrea Taylor, and Amanda Bailey.

Community Voices

Two Years after George Floyd’s Murder, What’s Changed? What’s Next?

May 24, 2022

Commencement 2022

Video: Highlights from BU’s 149th Commencement

May 22, 2022

Video: Highlights from BU’s 149th Commencement