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Diversity

A portrait photo of Andrew Taylor

Diversity

BU Creates Senior Diversity Post, Taps Longtime Trustee

August 10, 2020

Screenshot of former Upward Bound Student Victoria Omoregie (CFA’21) on a Zoom call. Victoria wears airpods and glasses and smiles.

Education

Upward Bound toward College, Remotely

August 6, 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

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

Portrait of CAS Religion Professor Kecia Ali in an office surrounded by books. She shits in an armchair holding a book, and doesn't wear shows.

Gender

Kecia Ali to Examine Gender Bias in Academia

July 15, 2020

The BU Queer Activist Collective executive board during a Zoom meeting.

LGBTQ+

BU’s Queer Activist Collective Celebrates Pride at Home

June 12, 2020

Elizabeth Foster (STH’22), who has a condition that makes prolonged standing difficult, preaching from her walker chair during a Marsh Chapel service dedicated to those with disabilities. An altar with a purple cloth is seen behind her.

Campus & Facilities

For Students with Disabilities, the Long Commute Can Be Just Next Door

June 9, 2020

Photo of the cover of "How to Be An Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi resting on a grainy piece of dark wood.

Antiracism

“I Believe That Change Is Possible”—Q&A with Ibram X. Kendi

June 4, 2020

A photo of Jasper Tangchitsumran (Questrom’22).

Admissions

BU Makes Top-10 List of Universities Enrolling More Pell Grant Students

February 19, 2020

(left to right) Black and white photos of Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Aretha Franklin

Martin Luther King

MLK Day Celebration Will Honor Three Women for Important Roles in the Civil Rights Movement

January 16, 2020

Portrait of author and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl

Diversity

Are White Americans Harming Themselves by Backing GOP Policies?

November 3, 2019

Illustration showing faces from different races and ethnicities.

Lectures

New Diversity & Inclusion Lecture Series to Explore Race in America

September 25, 2019

A portrait of Erin Edwards

Obituaries

Posse Scholar, COM Junior Remembered for Her Energy and Her Empathy

August 22, 2019

closeup of two caucasian men holding hands with a rainbow-patterned wristban on their wrists

Diversity

The Key to BU’s Diversity Efforts? Powerful Allies

April 23, 2019

BU law students listening intently around a table

Diversity

First-Generation LAW Students Bond through Shared Backgrounds

April 23, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Humanities

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Alumni

Winning Memorial Selected to Honor MLK (GRS’55, Hon.’59) on Boston Common

March 4, 2019

A portrait of Nicole Prudent

BUSM

After Nearly Three Decades, MED Pediatrician Nicole Prudent to Retire

January 28, 2019

portrait of Crystal Williams

University News

Guiding BU Toward Greater Diversity and Inclusion

January 24, 2019

Ayanna Pressley smiles at the podium while speaking to a crowd on her victory election night party.

Martin Luther King

BU, City of Boston Hold First Joint Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday

January 18, 2019

BU, City of Boston Hold First Joint Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday