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This Veterans Day, we're taking a moment to thank all service members who have served, and are currently serving, our nation. Thank you! 🇺🇸
Looking up at a tall beige stone building with symmetrical dark-green-framed windows, the US flag on a pole, and colorful fall foliage with 2 people on a bench in the foreground.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“Hello, darkness, my old friend.” — Don't forget to set your clocks back, Terriers. 🕑🔄🕐
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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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/...
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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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
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You are why scientific progress never stops. Learn how our experts are developing new ways to detect CTE in living people.

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October 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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You are why, when we work together, our impact multiplies. Watch President Gilliam explain how partnership powers Boston University’s progress.

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September 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Calling all runners and walkers at BU! You're invited to the 23rd Annual Brian J. Honan 5K.

🗓️ 9/28 at noon
📍CVS Parking lot | 181 Brighton Ave, Allston

Register for free using code "BU"!

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Flyer for the 23rd Annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk 2025, presented by New Balance, on Sunday, September 28th, at noon at CVS Parking Lot, 181 Brighton Ave, Allston. Scan the QR code to register or use code "BU" for free sign-up.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Academy Award-winning actor/director Robert Redford passed away on September 16 at age 89, leaving a legacy as a Hollywood icon. His life and career are preserved at BU, where his personal scripts are kept at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.

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A collection of memorabilia featuring Robert Redford, including signed photos of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," film scripts for "Barefoot in the Park" and "The Red Book," and cast lists from various productions.
September 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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At 2 am on a Sunday in March 2025, twelve scientists sat in tense silence at BU's College of Engineering lab. A spacecraft, after 40 days in space, was descending toward the moon, carrying a BU-designed telescope to capture views of Earth's magnetic field.

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They waited in anticipation. Would the spacecraft land gently on the right spot? If it did, would it stay upright? Would it crash and destroy years of their work in the blink of an eye?
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The exterior of Warren Towers may offer few clues, but significant progress was made this summer on the major construction project underway at Boston University’s largest residence.

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Capital improvements across Boston University are visible throughout the Charles River and Medical Campuses.
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Calling all runners and walkers at BU! You're invited to the 23rd Annual Brian J. Honan 5K.

🗓️ 9/28 at noon
📍CVS Parking lot | 181 Brighton Ave, Allston

Register for free using code "BU"!

Details ➡️ spr.ly/63329AD0rF
Flyer for the 23rd Annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk 2025, presented by New Balance, on Sunday, September 28th, at noon at CVS Parking Lot, 181 Brighton Ave, Allston. Scan the QR code to register or use code "BU" for free sign-up.
September 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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For many young athletes and weekend warriors, fall is the time to get back on the sports field. New Boston University research suggests they might also be putting their brain health on the line.

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“These results have the potential to significantly change how we view contact sports,” says BU researcher Jonathan Cherry.
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Here's our guide for some of the best places to visit while strolling through the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood ➡️ spr.ly/63325AVJWc

One Kenmore Square, at 545 Commonwealth Ave., is the new global headquarters for WHOOP, the wearable health and fitness technology firm. The building is part of a major redevelopment of the north side of Kenmore Square, and will include about 7,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Photo by Cydney Scott
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Calling all runners and walkers at BU! You're invited to the 23rd Annual Brian J. Honan 5K.

🗓️ 9/28 at noon
📍CVS Parking lot | 181 Brighton Ave, Allston

Register for free using code "BU"!

Details ➡️ spr.ly/63321AD0Rl
Flyer for the 23rd Annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk 2025, presented by New Balance, on Sunday, September 28th, at noon at CVS Parking Lot, 181 Brighton Ave, Allston. Scan the QR code to register or use code "BU" for free sign-up.
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Class of 2029, by the Numbers:

📝 How many applicants?: 76,779 applications
％ Percentage admitted?: 12.83% admit rate
⏰ Early decision?: 59% of the class
🎓 How many students matriculated: 3,461

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Boston University Class of 2029 statistics: 3,461 students from 47 states and 68 countries; 12.8% admitted out of 76,779 applicants; 59% applied early decision; average GPA 3.87, SAT 1466, ACT 32.
September 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Jennifer Getzinger has directed some of television’s most acclaimed episodes during the last two decades— and this Sunday, the Boston University alum could add an Emmy Award to her impressive résumé.

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Colin Farrell stars as Oz Cobb - aka the Penguin - in the finale of HBO Max's The Penguin, A Great or Little Thing, directed by Jennifer Getzinger (COM '90).
September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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As a teenager, Christopher Chen was an avid runner and soccer player - until a knee injury sidelined him from sports for a while. Healing from a knee injury sent the BU biomedical engineer on a winding road of discovery and innovation.

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One focus of Chen’s research: organs-on-a-chip, small devices that mimic the behavior of the human body to allow scientists to study disease—and hunt for treatments and cures.
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Today, we commemorate the lives lost and show our support for those affected by September 11, 2001. Never forget. 🇺🇸
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September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This summer, eight Boston University students got a crash course in Civics 101. As BU City Scholar Summer Fellows, they spent 10 weeks working at Boston City Hall, interning with city councilors and for numerous departments in Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration.

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Some of this year’s BU City Scholar Summer Fellows on City Hall Plaza, August 12: Mickayla Davis (CAS’27) (from left), Gretta Healy (CGS’25, CAS’27), Maisha Kazi (CAS’26, COM’26), Maggie Olson (CAS’26, Pardee’26), Khang Le (CAS’26), and Carina Spinola (Sargent’26); not pictured: Kimberly Nguyen (Sargent’27) and Zakariya Hussein (Questrom’27).
September 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Twice a week, Krishn More hops on the bus to Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he clocks in at 8:30 am and starts collecting the supplies he’ll need for the day. He’ll be helping patients take a step closer to their ultimate goal: going home.

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Krishn More (CAS’26, Sargent’26) (right) and Corinne Fairweather, manager of the mobility program at Boston Medical Center, simulate mobility training in the Solomont Simulation Center at BMC July 24. BU student interns in the mobility program learn how to safely mobilize patients recovering from illness or surgery in a partnership that helps students, healthcare workers, and patients alike.
September 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Let the 2025-2026 academic year commence! Happy first day of classes, Terriers. You've got this! 🙌📚
Outside Boston University's Alfred L. Morse Auditorium, students move about on stairs and sidewalk; one cycles by. Building's facade is partly covered with climbing ivy. Text: "BOSTON UNIVERSITY", "ALFRED L. MORSE AUDITORIUM".
September 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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When Aija Reke was young, education enabled her to escape poverty. Now a violin teacher, she wants to give the same gift to others.

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📸: Aija Reke
Aija Reke with some of her violin students in Moshi, Tanzania.
August 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Daniel Tyburski took a leave of absence from his CAS role to help with cleanup of the costliest US hurricane ever. “It was terrible,” he remembers thinking.

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📸: Marko Georgiev/Getty Images
Stranded on roofs, residents of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward waiting for rescue boats, August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina slammed Louisiana as a category 4 storm, forcing levies to break and flooding 80 percent of New Orleans.
August 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Welcome to Boston University, first-year and transfer students! We hope you enjoyed your orientation. Soon, you'll officially begin your journey as a Terrier at Matriculation. We look forward to seeing what you'll accomplish! #ProudtoBU ❤️🐾

📸 credit: Jackie Ricciardi & Nick Rocca
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August 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Talk about a sweet assignment! Students in one School of Hospitality Administration summer course worked with the new Museum of Ice Cream to improve customer experiences.

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Students in Introduction to Customer Experience Management, an SHA Summer Session Two course, on a July 9 field trip to the Boston Museum of Ice Cream.
August 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM