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Racism

Photo of a #MeToo sign on a stick, painted in black on a white background. Photo was taken when protestors gathered against gender-based and sexual violence called by the Effronte-e-s Collective, on Republique square in Paris, France, on October 29, 2017.

Voices & Opinion

POV: What the Battle for Women’s Suffrage Tells Us about #MeToo 100 Years Later

August 13, 2020

A portrait photo of Andrew Taylor

Diversity

BU Creates Senior Diversity Post, Taps Longtime Trustee

August 10, 2020

Portrait of Crystal Williams, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English, who leads BU efforts on diversity and inclusion who has been recently promoted to Vice President and Associate Provost of Community and Inclusion. In the portrait, Williams wears a black blouse and earrings, and looks off into the distance on a dark green backdrop.

Promotions

Crystal Williams Promoted to New Position with Focus on Building Community

August 4, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Monument Friday, July 3, 2020, in Keystone, S.D. Trump stands at the podium and the faces of Mt. Rushmore are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Trump’s Call for a National Garden of American Heroes Misses the Point

August 4, 2020

A photo of Boston's "Faces of Dudley" mural. A text overlay reads "Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities"

Public Health

Black Boston Series Kicks Off Tomorrow

July 29, 2020

Photo of a group of Chelsea, Mass. residents lined up, many in sweatshirts or jackets, to pick up food at a food pantry. The photo shows a long line on the other side of the street, with a car and a "Resident Parking Only" Sign in the foreground. The photo is black and white.

Academics

MET Class Offers Lessons in the Power of Language to Remake the World

July 29, 2020

Voices & Opinion

POV: Racist Symbols Have No Place in Massachusetts

July 24, 2020

A photo of two people holding hands in a comforting way

Racism & Cognitive Health

Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory, Cognition

July 23, 2020

Admissions

BU Graduate Programs “Ban the Box” on Applications, Viewed as Contributing to Inequity

July 22, 2020

The Emancipation Group statue in Boston's Park Square. The statue shows Abraham Lincoln towering over a crouched and half-naked formerly enslaved man, Archer Alexander.

Arts & Culture

How a BU Art History Scholar Helped Boston Rethink Its Emancipation Memorial

July 21, 2020

A portrait photo of Santiago Gomez standing with his arms crossed

Antiracism

Striking Out Racist Terminology in Engineering

July 16, 2020

Photo of Defund Police Protestors Camp Outside NYC City Hall NEW YORK, NY on June 25, 2020. A multi-racial group of protestors hold various signs calling for the NYPD to be defunded. A group holds a large BLACK LIVES MATTER BANNER in the bottom of the frame.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The America I See Is Not the Same One My White Friends See

July 15, 2020

A woman sitting at a kitchen counter looking at a piece of paper

Wage Gap

Salary History Bans Help Narrow Racial, Gender Wage Gaps

July 8, 2020

A photo of Natalie Guerrero sitting at a table with an open book in front of her. Video play button is overlayed.

Social Media

BU Alum Turns to Social Media to Raise Funds in Support of #BlackLivesMatter

July 8, 2020

On the left, the word "Criminalized" is written vertically, and then an Image created with a series of overlayed photos with red accents on a black background, is to the left, which is the cover of the Criminalized podcast. The images seen are a basketball hoop, a school bus, and someone in a Boston Police jacket. To the right, Photo of Sarika Ram (CAS’21) in a black shirt and pants in a podcast recording studio, presumably recording her podcast Criminalized. Sarika touches the mic as she speaks into it.

Student Podcast

CAS Student’s Podcast Takes a Deep Dive into the Criminal Justice System

July 6, 2020

Portait of Ibram X. Kendi in a gray suit with his hands on a desk in front of him. Kendi is a leading historian and author of the bestselling 'How to be an Antiracist.'

Accolades

Ibram X. Kendi Awarded BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities

July 1, 2020

Photo of the Emancipation Statue in Park Square with Abraham Lincoln on May 21, 2013 in Boston, MA. The statue depicts Lincoln with his hadn extended as a man of color kneels at his feet. The buildings of Park Square and an overcast sky are seen in the background.

Voices & Opinion

POV: A Monument to White Supremacy Stands in Our Own Backyard

June 26, 2020

The sunset reflects off the Vertex Pharmaceuticals headquarters building, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Boston's Seaport. A sign on the building reads 'Vertex' in purple. The top dome of a building is seen in the bottom left foreground.

Center for Antiracist Research

Vertex Gives $1.5 Million to New BU Center for Antiracist Research

June 25, 2020

Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Updates

#BUTalksAntiracism: Full Coverage of BU’s Day of Collective Engagement

June 24, 2020

#BUTalksAntiracism: Full Coverage of BU’s Day of Collective Engagement