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New cameras are seen at the Agganis Arena parking garage on August 3, 2020. The new parking program will read license plates instead of stickers or hang tags. A camera with orange lights hands next to a parking lot arm. Blue sky is seen in the background.

Charles River Campus

New Daily Parking Program Means Goodbye to Stickers and Hang Tags for Many on Charles River Campus

August 5, 2020

Elijah Ercolino, director of the Facilties Engineering Group, inspects an HVAC air filter on the roof of 1047 Commonwealth Ave.

Campus & Facilities

BU Aims to Move More, and Cleaner, Air through Buildings

August 3, 2020

A photo of a green line train at Babcock Street on Commonwealth Ave.

MBTA

Returning to the T This Fall? Here’s What You Need to Know

July 21, 2020

A photo of a man wearing a mask on a bicycle riding down an empty Commonwealth Ave.

Campus Life

New Student Guide for Undergrads Will Lay Out How Life at BU Will Be Different This Fall

June 23, 2020

Image of a young person with a white mask opening the side door of the GSU. The hallway and doorframes are dark and it's sunny outside.

Coronavirus

BU Details Campuswide COVID-19 Testing Plan for Fall

June 17, 2020

Interactive Photo Essay

BU Then…and Now

June 11, 2020

A photo of Marsh Plaza in spring

University News

These 19 Charles River Campus Faculty Have Been Promoted to Rank of Full Professor

May 26, 2020

Photo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers on Boston University campus behind Marsh Chapel on April 29, 2020. A person in a red coat walks on a path underneath the tree.

COVID-19 Recovery Plan

BU Releases a Back-to-Work Guidebook to Reopening Campus

May 15, 2020

Aerial shot of Marsh Plaza and Comm Ave. Drone footage vividly capturing how BU has been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Video shot by Above Summit, edited by Chris Palmer, BU Productions

Campus Life

This Eerie Drone Footage of BU Will Make You Yearn for Campus Life

May 13, 2020

A photo of East Campus of Boston University

Voices & Opinion

POV: Epidemics, Fires, and Natural Disasters Have Long Shaped Universities

May 12, 2020

A photo of a dark hallway in the College of Arts and Sciences

Student Life

Photo Essay Captures How COVID-19 Has Transformed BU

May 6, 2020

Screenshot of a recreation of Boston University’s campus in the popular video game Minecraft. Image shows BU's central campus. Terriers have used Minecraft to create a national, virtual college graduation.

Gaming & Graduation

Terriers Build a Global Commencement and BU’s Campus, All in Minecraft

May 5, 2020

Black and white photograph of the Federal Street Post Office in the wake of the Great Boston Fire of 1872. A billow of smoke rises from the top of an old fire truck, a crowd of men stand close by.

Campus History

From the Great Boston Fire to the Depression to Coronavirus: A Short History of BU’s Biggest Campus Disruptions

April 24, 2020

A photo of an empty BU classroom

University News

BU Grants Optional Tenure Review Extension Because of Pandemic’s Disruptions

April 16, 2020

An aerial photo of the Charles River Campus.

Charles River Campus

BU’s Charles River Campus Marks Its 100th Anniversary

February 27, 2020

Thiago Oliveira (MED,SPH'16) studies for his boards in the Alumni Medical Library at 72 E Concord Street

Study Tips

The Best Places to Study for Finals

December 10, 2019

Police cars parked outside of the Boston University Police station

Safety

Campus Burglaries Were Up Last Year, Rape and Stalking Incidents Down

October 29, 2019

fall campus shot

Accreditation

BU Pursues Renewal of Accreditation

October 21, 2019

Architectural rendering of an Interior view of the social walkways and collaboration spaces in the Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences building.

Campus & Facilities

Seven Reasons BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences Building Will Be Its Most Sustainable Ever

October 2, 2019

Architectural rendering showing an exterior view of the Boston Univeristy Center for Computing and Data Sciences building.

Data Sciences

Two Big Steps Forward for BU’s Big Move into Data Sciences

September 30, 2019

Two Big Steps Forward for BU’s Big Move into Data Sciences