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Recent News About Boston University
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: BU Today Is Taking a Break
Final exams end on Saturday, December 19, and even though the University will close for the holidays and BU Today won’t resume daily publication until January 11, we are still here.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: POV: COVID-19 and Resulting School Closures Could Set Back Women’s Workforce Gains for Years to Come
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the nation’s economy.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: BU Rolling Out New Student Conflict Resolution Program
Stacey Harris knows how important it is to be heard, because for a long time she wasn’t.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Photos of Life Before the Pandemic and Now Our New Normal
A few weeks before the 2020 spring break, Amina Shabani assigned the students in her Spanish Language through Film and New Media class a photography project that challenged them to capture an ordinary moment.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: How to Celebrate Thanksgiving Weekend in Boston
Thanksgiving is always one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, with millions of Americans crisscrossing the country to see family. But not this year.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Seed Grants Awarded for Podcasts, Art Projects, and Energy Harnessing Initiatives
Sage Holloway has big plans for the spring. She is captaining the Compost Co-op, which will make it easier for college students to compost by spreading 20 compost bins around South Campus.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: MET’s Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies & Gastronomy Goes Virtual
Jacques Pépin began cooking at age 13 in his native France, went on to work at, then own, some of the most preeminent French restaurants in New York City, all while pursuing a GED, and later, a master’s at Columbia University.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Travis Roy: A Death in the Family
For 35 years it has been my honor and privilege to call Boston University hockey games.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Five BU Superstitions to Watch Out For
We all know that walking under ladders is bad luck. With the constant construction on Comm Ave, it’s safe to assume that scaffolding and ladders will be around campus.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: What Did It Take to Reopen Campus This Fall?
COVID-19 disrupted virtually everything on campus last spring when BU was forced to move to remote teaching and learning.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: How Does Socioeconomic Inequality Affect Social Class, Especially for People of Color?
Socioeconomic inequality is one of the most pressing issues American society is grappling with. How does it play out over generations and how have those inequalities led to discrepancies in wealth, especially for people of color?
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Trio of Terriers Selected in 2020 NHL Draft
This week’s 2020 NHL Draft was far from normal, but for the three Boston University men’s hockey players who heard their names called, it was as special as they could have hoped.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Free Temporary University Housing Is Offered to Off-Campus COVID-19–Positive Students
As University leaders continually look for ways to improve the progress of BU’s efforts to keep COVID-19 at bay, two new safety practices are being put in place.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: The 12 Best Secondhand Shops in and around Boston
Shopping for clothes, furniture, and housewares can be a challenge on a student budget. Fortunately, Boston-area secondhand stores offer a wide range of goods, from tables and chairs to designer duds and accessories.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Bike Lanes 101
Cycling is a great way for Boston University students to get around campus and nearby neighborhoods.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Like Everything Else, FitRec Will Be Different This Fall
For starters, forget about locker rooms. Show up in your gym clothes.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: A Changed Kenmore Square and Fenway
Pandemic has shuttered some businesses, altered others in these two popular close-to-campus neighborhoods
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Leading the Charge: The $7 Million Story of BU’s Hybrid Teaching Transition
With speed, spirit, and ingenuity, the University moved to a whole new teaching plan. Will learning ever be the same?
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: POV: My Experience Getting Tested for COVID-19 at BU
On the first day COVID-19 collection sites opened for Boston University faculty and staff, a bright August afternoon, I walked to Agganis Arena for my scheduled appointment.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY: BU’s COVID-19 Testing Passes Its First Test
A four-day pilot test of Boston University’s COVID-19 testing program on the Medical Campus last week found no positive cases of the virus among 287 graduate students tested.