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Coronavirus

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

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Student Life

BU Distributes Last of Federal CARES Aid to Students Affected by Campus Closure

June 9, 2020

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Sociology

Is Beauty’s Double Standard for Women in the Public Eye Dead?

June 8, 2020

Black and white print illustration of Dante bowing before the angel pilot from the Dore Gallery by Edmund Ollier - Cassel, Petter and Galpin (London-New York) 1870. A figure next to Dante comforts him as a boat with an angel approaches.

Books

What Happens Next? Four Literary Classics for a Post–COVID-19 World

June 5, 2020

Photo of Pawandeep Kaur sitting at a desk with a computer as she works. Kaur is in SPH’s Doctor of Public Health program, and is juggling her volunteer responsibilities with her coursework and her full-time job as a clinical trial director at SPH.

Public Health

With Local Towns Needing Help Fighting COVID-19, SPH Students, Alums Step Up

June 5, 2020

Photo of Katerina Chew (left) (MET 20) and Robyn Volcy-Lee (SAR 20, SPH 21) pack up their car on June 1, 2020. Students were able to return to campus to pick up their belongings. Volcy-Lee holds a "Property of Boston University Box" as Chew holds a yellow moving cart.

Safety

Move-Out: Five Things to Know if You’re Retrieving Belongings from Campus Housing

June 4, 2020

Photo of a Bundesliga match, FC Cologne v RB Leipzig. Pictured is RB goalkeeper, Peter Gulacsi, remote, and FC's Jhon Cordoba, Cordoba, sports: football. The photo is taken from behind the net, an empty stadium is seen in the background. Match was played on June 1, 2020.

Weekender

The Weekender: June 4 to 7

June 4, 2020

Image of Larry Herrera, of BU's Grounds crew, moving dirt into a wheelbarrow to lay grass seed along CAS on May 13, 2020. He wears a mask, baseball cap, and reflector vest.

Coronavirus

BU Makes It Easier for Staff to Care for Themselves and Their Families

June 3, 2020

Photo of long-distance runner, Rylan Pettit (ENG’23), running down a street. Grass is seen in the foreground, Pettit wears his BU jersey. Pettit made a video discussing his improvised training regimen when the pandemic sent him home to Virginia for remote learning.

Student Life

Culture of College Class Creates a Video Record of Learning—and Living—during Pandemic

June 3, 2020

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Public Health

SPH Seminar: Public Health, Science Experts Offer Global Perspectives on COVID-19

June 2, 2020

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University News

BU Students Will Have Choice of In-Person or Remote Classes This Fall

June 1, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: How Parents Can Help Their Children Deal with Ambiguous Loss

May 29, 2020

Photo of the stars of the siticom, The Social Distance, Michael Williams (from left), Quentin Nguyen-Duy (CFA’20), Lorin Sklamberg, and Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21). They group poses in front of a brown wall on the sidewalk.

Film & TV

When Life Gives You a Pandemic, Make a Sitcom

May 28, 2020

Photo of a game of Codenames being played at the annual board game festival of Finland in Helsinki, Finland. Some cards in the five by five grid show words, while others have blue, red and black illustrations of people.

Things-to-do

Board Games Are Back, and These Nine Are Great for a Pandemic

May 28, 2020

Photo of Bruno Rubio (GRS’96), a CAS master lecturer in chemistry, holding remote office hours for students in March. Rubio sits at a desk at the front of a lecture room and his hands working on a chemistry problem are seen on a projector screen behind him.

Technology

How Did That Remote Learning Work for You?

May 28, 2020

Photo of Commonwealth Avenue in East Campus by Silber Way. The T passes by and the trees look golden. Students wait at the BU BUS stop. Warren towers and Wheelock College banners are seen in the background.

Academics

BU Expands Hybrid/Simultaneous Graduate Program Offerings for Fall

May 27, 2020

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Addiction

Students in Recovery Face Challenges from Social Distancing

May 27, 2020

Photo of limited construction continuing at the Center for Data and Computer Sciences on Granby Street May 20. A yellow excavator with its basket raised. Two construction workers standby. Orange traffic cones are seen in the foreground.

Campus & Facilities

Work Resumes on Key BU Building Projects, with COVID-19 Precautions

May 26, 2020

Joe Besser (QST’20) and Michelle Goltsman (COM’20) take a walk down a street near campus on May 16, 2020. The Citgo sign is seen on the left in distance, as well as the green line tracks.

Public Health

Hundreds of BU Volunteers Are Calling All Admitted Students to Say Welcome

May 22, 2020

Aerial images of Boston University and the Kilachand Center.

Public Health

BU to Set Up COVID-19 Testing for Students, Faculty, and Staff

May 21, 2020

BU to Set Up COVID-19 Testing for Students, Faculty, and Staff