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BU alum Charles C. Spear (SON’76) found humanity amid war.
As a Navy medic in Vietnam, he helped run a children’s hospital that cared for 25,000 young patients—and changed his life forever.
As a Navy medic in Vietnam, he helped run a children’s hospital that cared for 25,000 young patients—and changed his life forever.
Amid a Brutal War, a Bright Spot
50 years after the end of the Vietnam War, an alum shares his photos of the US Marines children’s hospital where he served
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
BU alum Charles C. Spear (SON’76) found humanity amid war.
As a Navy medic in Vietnam, he helped run a children’s hospital that cared for 25,000 young patients—and changed his life forever.
As a Navy medic in Vietnam, he helped run a children’s hospital that cared for 25,000 young patients—and changed his life forever.
This Veterans Day, we're taking a moment to thank all service members who have served, and are currently serving, our nation. Thank you! 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This Veterans Day, we're taking a moment to thank all service members who have served, and are currently serving, our nation. Thank you! 🇺🇸
Boston University Tanglewood Institute is celebrating its 60th anniversary! Established in 1965 through a partnership between BU’s College of Fine Arts and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it serves as a summer program for young musicians, guiding them to the renowned Tanglewood Music Center.
Boston University Tanglewood Institute to Celebrate 60th Anniversary
BUTI director Nicole Wendl on the impacts of the institute's long history, what lies ahead
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November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Boston University Tanglewood Institute is celebrating its 60th anniversary! Established in 1965 through a partnership between BU’s College of Fine Arts and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it serves as a summer program for young musicians, guiding them to the renowned Tanglewood Music Center.
New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being.
With multimillion dollar funding from the John Templeton Foundation, initiative will train clinicians to focus more on relational values and clients’ strengths.
With multimillion dollar funding from the John Templeton Foundation, initiative will train clinicians to focus more on relational values and clients’ strengths.
New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being
With multimillion dollar funding from the John Templeton Foundation, initiative will train clinicians to focus more on relational values and clients’ strengths
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being.
With multimillion dollar funding from the John Templeton Foundation, initiative will train clinicians to focus more on relational values and clients’ strengths.
With multimillion dollar funding from the John Templeton Foundation, initiative will train clinicians to focus more on relational values and clients’ strengths.
Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study.
Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior.
Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior.
Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study
Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior
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November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study.
Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior.
Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior.
Help us imagine the future of our campuses for a chance to win tickets to the men’s or women’s Beanpot tournaments or one of 10 $100 Amazon gift cards.
BU has launched an interactive Campus Framework survey to gather your input on the use of BU’s physical spaces and desired changes.
BU has launched an interactive Campus Framework survey to gather your input on the use of BU’s physical spaces and desired changes.
BU Seeks Your Input About Campus Spaces
University Operations officials invite students, faculty, and staff to complete a survey to inform the next 25 years of campus space planning
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November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Help us imagine the future of our campuses for a chance to win tickets to the men’s or women’s Beanpot tournaments or one of 10 $100 Amazon gift cards.
BU has launched an interactive Campus Framework survey to gather your input on the use of BU’s physical spaces and desired changes.
BU has launched an interactive Campus Framework survey to gather your input on the use of BU’s physical spaces and desired changes.
“Hello, darkness, my old friend.” — Don't forget to set your clocks back, Terriers. 🕑🔄🕐
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Hello, darkness, my old friend.” — Don't forget to set your clocks back, Terriers. 🕑🔄🕐
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📱 Meet some IGS affiliates in our take on the viral #PassthePhone challenge! Our research community convenes experts from theology to engineering, all pursuing a sustainable, resilient future: www.bu.edu/igs/people/d...
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📱 Meet some IGS affiliates in our take on the viral #PassthePhone challenge! Our research community convenes experts from theology to engineering, all pursuing a sustainable, resilient future: www.bu.edu/igs/people/d...
@comatbu.bsky.social launched the Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact (MISI) in spring 2025, aiming to restore trust in science, democracy, and community. “This center aims to help society realize its potential through effective communication,” states COM Dean Mariette DiChristina (COM’86).
Communicating Climate Is the Focus of Inaugural Boston University Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact Summit
COM’s November 7 event will feature policy experts, scholars, communicators—and a circus acrobat
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October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@comatbu.bsky.social launched the Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact (MISI) in spring 2025, aiming to restore trust in science, democracy, and community. “This center aims to help society realize its potential through effective communication,” states COM Dean Mariette DiChristina (COM’86).
New BU Hub class teaches students how to navigate the U.S. healthcare system. — Healthcare Literacy 101: a collaboration between former classmates and Student Health Services.
New BU Hub Class Teaches Students How to Navigate US Healthcare System
Healthcare Literacy 101, a collaboration between former classmates and Student Health Services
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October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New BU Hub class teaches students how to navigate the U.S. healthcare system. — Healthcare Literacy 101: a collaboration between former classmates and Student Health Services.
Boston University’s College of Fine Arts reimagines A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dream, a 90-minute production powered by Random Actor, a BU-developed software using motion capture and generative AI to project interactive visuals and add spontaneous energy to every performance.
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Innovative CFA Play Puts Generative AI to the Shakespeare Test
Dream, an iteration of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream, uses image-projecting software Random Actor to bring it to life
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October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Boston University’s College of Fine Arts reimagines A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dream, a 90-minute production powered by Random Actor, a BU-developed software using motion capture and generative AI to project interactive visuals and add spontaneous energy to every performance.
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Over 200 BU students will join the DS+X Hackathon on Oct. 25–26 at the Center for Computing & Data Sciences. Hosted by BU Spark! and CDS, the event challenges students to apply data science to fields like health, climate, art, and AI in a new setting.
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A Sleepover in the CDS Building? BU Students Will Participate in Weekend-Long Hackathon
The challenge allows participants to explore the possibilities of data science
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October 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Over 200 BU students will join the DS+X Hackathon on Oct. 25–26 at the Center for Computing & Data Sciences. Hosted by BU Spark! and CDS, the event challenges students to apply data science to fields like health, climate, art, and AI in a new setting.
More here ⬇️
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BU Community Defines 8 Values That Will Shape the University for Generations.
From integrity to inclusion to community to service and more, the values were reached through a year-long community-driven process.
From integrity to inclusion to community to service and more, the values were reached through a year-long community-driven process.
BU Community Defines 8 Values That Will Shape the University for Generations
From integrity, to inclusion, to community, to service, and more, the values were reached through a yearlong, community-driven process
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October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
BU Community Defines 8 Values That Will Shape the University for Generations.
From integrity to inclusion to community to service and more, the values were reached through a year-long community-driven process.
From integrity to inclusion to community to service and more, the values were reached through a year-long community-driven process.
You are why pursuing new ideas benefits society. Find out how a new device from the Boston University College of Engineering labs enables doctors to spot risky skin lesions right in their offices, improving early cancer detection.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
You are why pursuing new ideas benefits society. Find out how a new device from the Boston University College of Engineering labs enables doctors to spot risky skin lesions right in their offices, improving early cancer detection.
Learn more ➡️ www.bu.edu/you-are-why/...
Learn more ➡️ www.bu.edu/you-are-why/...
Boston University biomedical engineer Christopher Chen has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which recognizes professional achievement and commitment to volunteer service.
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BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Prestigious honor for pioneering researcher’s work that could herald heart attack cures and repairs for diseased organs
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October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Boston University biomedical engineer Christopher Chen has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which recognizes professional achievement and commitment to volunteer service.
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Two inventions at the cutting-edge of technology and health, both created at Boston University, have been recognized by Fast Company in its 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards list.
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Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”
Fast Company list recognizes projects “driving meaningful change”
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October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Two inventions at the cutting-edge of technology and health, both created at Boston University, have been recognized by Fast Company in its 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards list.
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Her whole life, Naomi Caselli, whose first languages are American Sign Language and English, has wrestled with complex questions about language. At BU, she’s turned them into research questions.
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Making the World More Accessible for Sign Language Users
Her whole life, Naomi Caselli, whose first languages are American Sign Language and English, has wrestled with complex questions about language. At BU, she’s turned them into research questions.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Her whole life, Naomi Caselli, whose first languages are American Sign Language and English, has wrestled with complex questions about language. At BU, she’s turned them into research questions.
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Welcome back to “Connecting With…,” a series highlighting the incredible faculty and staff that make Boston University tick. This month, in honor of World Mental Health Month, we’re connecting with Erika Thomson, LICSW, Assistant Director of Outreach and Prevention.
Connecting With Erika Thomson
Learn how Erika Thomson supports BU students’ mental health and builds community through outreach and education.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Welcome back to “Connecting With…,” a series highlighting the incredible faculty and staff that make Boston University tick. This month, in honor of World Mental Health Month, we’re connecting with Erika Thomson, LICSW, Assistant Director of Outreach and Prevention.
The peace deal announced this week between Israel and Hamas is enormously ambitious and faces many hurdles, says a veteran US diplomat now teaching at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. But, he adds, it has a real chance to succeed.
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“Enormously Ambitious” Mideast Peace Deal Has a Real Chance to Succeed, Says BU Diplomacy Scholar Mark Storella
Former US ambassador says trust between the parties and international participation are essential
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October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The peace deal announced this week between Israel and Hamas is enormously ambitious and faces many hurdles, says a veteran US diplomat now teaching at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. But, he adds, it has a real chance to succeed.
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NASA's Space Weather Mission has successfully launched, featuring a device developed by students from BU onboard.
The observatory aims to explore the Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a project spearheaded by a BU graduate.
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The observatory aims to explore the Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a project spearheaded by a BU graduate.
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NASA Space Weather Mission Blasts Off—with Device Created by BU Students on Board
The observatory is on a mission to understand Earth’s most distant layer of atmosphere, a project led by a BU alum
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October 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NASA's Space Weather Mission has successfully launched, featuring a device developed by students from BU onboard.
The observatory aims to explore the Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a project spearheaded by a BU graduate.
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The observatory aims to explore the Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a project spearheaded by a BU graduate.
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You are why Parkinson’s symptoms may stop slowing us down. Find out how Terry Ellis and her team at Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation are using wearable sensors and music to support those with Parkinson’s in their daily journeys.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You are why Parkinson’s symptoms may stop slowing us down. Find out how Terry Ellis and her team at Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation are using wearable sensors and music to support those with Parkinson’s in their daily journeys.
Learn more ➡️ www.bu.edu/you-are-why/...
Learn more ➡️ www.bu.edu/you-are-why/...
Hunting for a job, an internship, or exploring careers? The Center for Career Development launches new virtual career center and internship gateway.
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Hunting for a Job or Internship or Exploring Careers? The Center for Career Development Launches New Virtual Career Center and Internship Gateway
One offers tailored career support, the other gives students a campus-wide resource for internships, funding, and connections
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October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hunting for a job, an internship, or exploring careers? The Center for Career Development launches new virtual career center and internship gateway.
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This year, BU will observe World Mental Health Day with free screenings for depression and anxiety, as well as a month-long series of events dedicated to mental healthcare.
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BU Offers Free Confidential Mental Health Screenings for World Mental Health Day Thursday
Event is part of monthlong programming designed to help students, faculty, and staff
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October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This year, BU will observe World Mental Health Day with free screenings for depression and anxiety, as well as a month-long series of events dedicated to mental healthcare.
More here ⬇️
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Two innovative technologies from Boston University have been recognized by Fast Company in its 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards. These include biosensors for improved fertility monitoring and a cost-effective technology to accelerate MRI scans.
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Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”
Fast Company list recognizes projects “driving meaningful change”
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October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Two innovative technologies from Boston University have been recognized by Fast Company in its 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards. These include biosensors for improved fertility monitoring and a cost-effective technology to accelerate MRI scans.
More here ⬇️
More here ⬇️
Boston University has launched the "You Are Why" campaign to emphasize the significance of research.
President Melissa Gilliam notes that the initiative seeks to engage supporters, elected officials, and new partners in collaborating on research that tackles current issues.
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President Melissa Gilliam notes that the initiative seeks to engage supporters, elected officials, and new partners in collaborating on research that tackles current issues.
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Boston University Launches “You Are Why” Campaign, Highlighting Impact of Research and Discovery
President Melissa Gilliam says effort is designed to engage supporters, elected officials, and new partners to align behind research that solves problems of our time
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October 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Boston University has launched the "You Are Why" campaign to emphasize the significance of research.
President Melissa Gilliam notes that the initiative seeks to engage supporters, elected officials, and new partners in collaborating on research that tackles current issues.
More here ⬇️
President Melissa Gilliam notes that the initiative seeks to engage supporters, elected officials, and new partners in collaborating on research that tackles current issues.
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