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Jan 14, 2025 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Doug Most
LA WILDFIRES Dean of Students reaches out to affected Terriers with support for the “tremendous loss” they are experiencing; Earth and environment professor explains wildfire phenomenon known as “Santa Ana winds” Twitter Facebook The raging wildfires throughout Los Angeles have touched communities across Boston University, from students who live in LA to part-time instructors and full-time staff who work, live, and teach in the city to alumni who have settled in the region, some of whom have...
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Cydney Scott
Innovation Event features 100-plus student projects from the Cross-College Challenge (XCC), the Learning Assistant Program, and BU Spark! Twitter Facebook A platform that helps campus building managers and organizations visualize and understand their energy use, water consumption, and waste so they can make smarter decisions. Explainer videos created by upperclassmen to help undergrads who struggle with post-lab write-ups and data analysis. And a photo project that captures students who use...
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Cydney Scott
WWII History BU staffer Michael Tozeski (Pardee’25) has searched archival materials with the hope of ultimately creating a memorial on campus Twitter Facebook In his Thanksgiving address to the Boston University community in 1945, President Daniel L. Marsh honored the 223 BU students and alumni who died fighting in World War II. “Let it be kept in mind that very few of these men wanted to go; [the country] required them to yield up their lives,” said Marsh (STH’08, Hon.’53). “I now declare by...
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Cydney Scott
BU public health researcher and national Healthy Minds Study principal investigator Sarah K.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Jackie Ricciardi
Inauguration Week Melissa L.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Jackie Ricciardi
Arts & Culture Pardee School of Global Studies invited Emmy-winning talk show host and entrepreneur to discuss her new memoir, The Most Famous Woman in China Twitter Facebook Global media icon Yue-Sai Kan—who People magazine once dubbed “The Chinese Oprah”—visited BU Monday evening to discuss her five-decade-long career, Chinese-American relations, and her newest memoir, The Most Famous Woman in China. Kan, an Emmy-winning television host, producer, and entrepreneur, spoke to a crowd of about...
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Jackie Ricciardi
Capital improvements visible across the Charles River and Medical Campuses Campus & Facilities Capital improvements visible across the Charles River and Medical Campuses Twitter Facebook Jill Cardella was a top player and eventual cocaptain of the BU Terriers women’s ice hockey team. Her second home for four years was Walter Brown Arena, which was built in 1971 and seats almost 4,000 people. It is also one of the only facilities in the country solely dedicated to women’s ice hockey. But...
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Jackie Ricciardi
This freshman is a foodie with a deep interest in sustainability and reducing food waste STUDENT PROFILE This freshman is a foodie with a deep interest in sustainability and reducing food waste Twitter Facebook This week, 3,300 freshmen and 926 transfer students will begin their careers at Boston University. Over the next two weeks, we’ll bring you some of their stories. Most kids’ food palates consist of chicken fingers, pizza, chocolate milk, and maybe some mac and cheese. But by the time...
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Jackie Ricciardi
Sargent College academic counselor has a menagerie of lions in her office Twitter Facebook The Wizard of Oz has held special meaning to Roz Abukasis for as long as she can remember, and especially now in her role as a Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences academic counselor. The message of the film (based on the 1900 classic children’s book by L.
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May 19, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Amy Laskowski |Sophie Yarin
COMMENCEMENT 2024 Some picketed in support of striking grad students and RAs, others condemning Israel-Hamas War Twitter Facebook While Boston University’s 151st All-University Commencement was being held Sunday on Nickerson Field, dozens of students and supporters marched outside both before and after the ceremony, protesting for reasons close to home and around the world—better conditions for BU graduate students and residence life workers and condemnation of Israel’s actions in Gaza....
