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Volunteer

Image of Rinka Murakami (SAR'20, MPH'21) volunteering as a contact tracer for the city of Boston. Murakami wears a mask, writes on some forms, while talking on the phone.

Student Life

Learning on the Front Lines of the Pandemic

June 10, 2020

Image of Boston City Councilor and BU alum, Annissa Essaibi-George, who has started sew face masks for the Boston University Police Department at the Stitch House, a shop in Dorchester which she founded. Two BU PD officers stand at her left and right; the wall behind them is filled with skeins of yarn.

Community Service

Inside BU Alum’s Stitch House, a Business for the Times

April 16, 2020

Photo of a pile of multi-colored, hand-sewn masks on a carpet floor.

Student Voices

BU Student Puts Her Passion for Sewing to Use Making Face Masks for Healthcare Workers

April 11, 2020

Volunteers on the ASB Tennessee trip on a wheelchair ramp they built. Photo courtesy of Anthony Dongfack

Campus Life

BU Suspends Out-of-State Alternative Service Break Trips as Coronavirus Spreads

March 5, 2020

Students on an Alternative Spring Break trip sit in the back of a pick up truck

Alternative Service Breaks

Travel, Explore, and Volunteer with Alternative Service Breaks This Spring

February 12, 2020

Niya Doyle (CGS’22) speaking with New Hampshire resident Katie Kelly while canvassing for Elizabeth Warren.

Politics

As Primary Season Kicks Off, BU Students of Both Parties Volunteer for Presidential Candidates

February 11, 2020

A collection of presidential candidate bumper stickers adorn a wall.

Student Life

Calling All 2020 Campaign Volunteers: We Want to Talk to You

January 21, 2020

Volunteers sort items for Cradle to Crayons

Volunteer

10 Great Local Organizations Offering Volunteer Opportunities over the Holidays

December 18, 2019

Kinh Vu drums on a plastic bucket on Comm Ave

Music

Kinh Vu’s Journey from Vietnam Orphan to BU Music Professor

October 23, 2019

Two First Year Outreach Project (FYSOP) make paper lanterns during FYSOP week at Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain for their paper lantern festival.

Community Service

Students Gave, Too—Their Way

October 23, 2019

Arts & Culture

Never Too Old to Learn

August 28, 2019

FYSOP leaders pack up paper lanterns

FYSOP

FYSOP Celebrates 30th Anniversary

August 26, 2019

the boston skyline along the charles river

Volunteer

BU Global Days of Service: 10 Chances to Volunteer Nearby

April 9, 2019

Matthew Walker and Caroline Jens sitting behind a red table and laughing

Students

Passionate about Public Health? Here’s a Chance to Get Involved

March 19, 2019

Volunteers on the ASB Tennessee trip on a wheelchair ramp they built. Photo courtesy of Anthony Dongfack

Community Service

Spring Break with a Purpose

March 8, 2019

Tess Pollins and her new adopted sister, Ramla

Volunteer

New CGS Students Arrive Fresh from Gap Semester Projects

February 6, 2019

A City of Boston volunteer hugs a homeless person during the annual Boston Homeless Census.

Health & Medicine

Medical Campus Volunteers Brave Polar Vortex to Help Boston’s Homeless

February 4, 2019

Water Squad volunteer hands water out to a passerby.

Public Health

SPH Water Squad Helps the Vulnerable Combat Summer Heat

July 23, 2018

University News

10 BU Global Days of Service Spots to Volunteer on Our Doorstep

April 5, 2018

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

University News

A Vacation with a Mission

March 5, 2018

A Vacation with a Mission