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Nov 13, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin |Eric Haynes
Moments in Photography offers a tantalizing glimpse of life on campus and far beyond Fine Arts Moments in Photography offers a tantalizing glimpse of life on campus and far beyond Twitter Facebook You may have seen them at a BU event holding a camera up to their face, capturing the action from every angle. Maybe you were featured in a BU publication and one of them came by to take your picture. Or perhaps you’ve just spotted them roaming the campus, gear bag over one shoulder, looking at the...
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin
After the One Direction mega star died, Boston University faculty and alums discuss responsible care for current and former child stars Child Stars After the One Direction mega star died, Boston University faculty and alums discuss responsible care for current and former child stars Twitter Facebook When the police arrived at Casa Sur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 5 pm on October 16, they didn’t know they were responding to a call about Liam Payne of One Direction fame....
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin
Arts & Culture CFA alums, faculty, and students are exhibiting alongside Venice Biennale, world’s longest running arts and architecture festival Twitter Facebook Every year, Venice, Italy, lights up with artists and luminaries. They flood the narrow streets, weaving in and out of galleries and pavilions, taking in the most pioneering, intricate, and stunning art the world has to offer. It’s the Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest arts and architecture festival, and also one of the world’s...
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin
From trivia to arts to inauguration, this year’s program is packed with Terrier pride Alumni Weekend From trivia to arts to inauguration, this year’s program is packed with Terrier pride Twitter Facebook Last year’s Alumni Weekend was a whirlwind celebration on an unprecedented scale, marking the event’s 75th anniversary, the 150th anniversary of the College of Arts & Sciences, and a return to fully in-person events. This year’s festivities are no less exciting, with a three-day...
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin
With on- and off-campus performances—from jazz to color guard—Terriers will add a festive note to weeklong celebration of Melissa L. Gilliam’s Sept.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin |Jackie Ricciardi
After a harrowing escape from Afghanistan, this freshman says he has “a new purpose in life” Student Profile After a harrowing escape from Afghanistan, this freshman says he has “a new purpose in life” Twitter Facebook This fall, 3,300 freshmen and 926 transfer students begin their careers at Boston University. Over the next two weeks, we’ll bring you some of their stories. On August 14, 2021, Khalid Karim woke up to panic in the streets outside his home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Looking out his...
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
publicnow.com | Sophie Yarin |Jackie Ricciardi
Introducing BU's Newest Terriers: Khalid KarimAfter a harrowing escape from Afghanistan, this freshman says he has "a new purpose in life"Khalid Karim (CAS'28) survived the 2021 evacuation of Afghanistan and lived in a refugee camp before moving to the United States. Three years later, he is a BU freshman, majoring in computer science.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Doug Most |John O’Rourke |Sophie Yarin |Janice Checchio
With the next bargaining session approaching with the 300-member Residence Life Union, disruption from walk-out appears minimal University News With the next bargaining session approaching with the 300-member Residence Life Union, disruption from walk-out appears minimal Twitter Facebook A group of approximately 50 members of Boston University’s Residence Life Union walked off their jobs on Saturday, protesting the lack of a new contract for their union, a job action aimed at disrupting...
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin |Jackie Ricciardi
CAS food anthropology course takes students to Chinatown and the North End to learn how politics influences what we eat Food CAS food anthropology course takes students to Chinatown and the North End to learn how politics influences what we eat Twitter Facebook Malcolm Chimieze had never seen a bucket of eels before. “Check that out,” he says to Andrew King, who’s busy examining shelves of dried seaweed across the room. The two peer into a plastic recycling bin outfitted with a trash bag and...
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
bu.edu | Sophie Yarin
Is There Science behind Twin Booms? In June 2024, a Ridgewood, N.J., high school graduated 15 sets of twins in a class of 419. The same month, a Needham, Mass., middle school said goodbye to 23 pairs as they finished their eighth grade studies. In late summer 2023, 17 young twins in Inverclyde, Scotland, prepared to enter kindergarten; another 10 pairs followed suit in summer 2024.
