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From coursework to extracurriculars, BU students have a lot on their plate—affording their next meal shouldn't add to it. With your help, the BU Food Pantry provides free food and resources to Terriers when they need it most. Support the BU Food Pantry ➡️ spr.ly/6010BHvM0m
Boston University honored Thomas J. McKenna, a clinical assistant professor of science education, and Katharine Silbaugh, a professor of law, with prestigious teaching awards recognizing innovation in education and excellence in teaching.
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Looking for a little Halloween fright? From a creepy ventriloquist dummy to a vampire-hunting kit and behind-the-scenes photos from Hitchcock’s Psycho, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center houses some seriously spooky artifacts 👻🎃
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Boston University's 808 Gallery is hosting the 2026 North American Print Biennial, featuring 120 works showcasing the creativity, craftsmanship, and human touch behind the ancient art of printmaking. See it for yourself through November 21!
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In the latest installment of "Leaders Among Us," President Melissa Gilliam speaks with BU's new provost and chief academic officer, Colin Duckett, about his academic journey and achievements as an immunologist and molecular biologist.
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BU engineers are using supercomputers to investigate how water droplets break apart at extreme speeds. Their research could help make future space reentry vehicles and other high-speed aircraft safer and less expensive to build and repair.
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Boston University researchers have developed Geode, a video game designed for people across the autism spectrum that could one day help improve the development and testing of new therapies 🎮
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For more than a century, Giacomo Puccini's last opera went unfinished. Using the composer's deathbed notes, Boston University associate professor of music Deborah Burton created an ending to Puccini's Turandot and premiered it in Italy.
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With the seventh-largest international student population in the US, BU felt like a natural fit for Omar Frometa (Pardee'30). A Posse Scholar from California, Frometa has lived in several countries and brings a global perspective to Comm Ave.
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Are you a student or young alum with a startup, invention, or app idea? Saturday, October 24, check out Innovate@BU’s IDEA Con! Learn to turn ideas into reality and hear from founders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs during this free conference.
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Boston University Dining Services has partnered with Lowell, Mass.–based company Craic Sauce to create Scarlet BUrn, a custom hot sauce crafted with input from BU students 🌶️🐾
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Warren Towers’ renovation isn’t the only major transformation at BU (did you hear they got AC?). Across campus, multiple projects are moving forward to enhance learning, housing, and research spaces to elevate the BU community experience.
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With print news largely replaced by digital media, many mourn the loss of the experience of flipping through a newspaper. The that missing sensation inspired Between the Bylines, a new exhibit at BU’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery 📰
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"Our history steadies us. Our values guide us. And all of you, you power us forward."
In her second annual address, President Melissa Gilliam shared BU's progress on our strategic framework and invited us all to seize this moment together.
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Boston University trustees elected five new board members—four alumni and a former Harvard president. The newcomers deepen the board’s already significant expertise in higher education, business, technology, and healthcare.
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Born in Fiji, raised in Vermont, and competing on the US Junior Snowboard Racing Team, Alaiza Roth (CAS’30) has taken an unconventional path to BU. Now, she’s balancing international relations and dreams of competing in the Winter Olympics.
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After years hidden in a Guinean village, more than 52,000 pages of historic West African documents, including a 230-year-old copy of the Jewels of Meanings, have been digitally preserved and made available through a BU–led project.
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