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With COVID-19 collection centers open across campus 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, testing at Boston University is a speedy, convenient process.
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Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s Senior Vice President of Operations Gary Nicksa discusses the ventilation systems in the University’s 317 buildings.
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International student Jiaxin Tong (COM’22), from Shanghai, China, is one of approximately 450 students still living in BU housing after successfully petitioning to remain on campus after Boston University closed most dorms in March. In this [...]vlog, Tong talks about living in the midst of a mostly an empty campus.
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Most people know BU’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre [/articles/2017/new-joan-edgar-booth-theatre-opens/], the 75,000-square-foot state-of-the-art theater complex on Comm Ave that opened two years ago, for its soaring lobby and [...]250-seat theater, home to College of Fine Arts School of Theatre productions.
But the building is also houses costume shops, faculty offices, classrooms, and on the third floor, a sprawling Light and Sound lab. Spread over two levels, with catwalks on the upper floor, the lab is in near-constant use. More than two dozen classes, including ones in lighting design, sound design, and media design, use the space throughout the year. The lab also functions as a test facility for lighting design students working on productions to experiment with color and special effects. Designers can see how paint samples for a show’s sets will react to light before a production is loaded into the theater.
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In our new series, “Behind the Scenes at BU,†we take you to places across campus that you might not know exist. In this installment, music can also be seen (and heard) at the George Sherman Union’s Metcalf Hall. Take a behind the [...]scenes look at BU’s Symphonic Organ, which can perform complex compositions using a computer system installed in the 1980s.
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View some of the many cultural, political, and social milestones witnessed by members of the Class of 2018 during their four years at BU.
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East, West, or South Campus—which is the best place to live? Each offers its own advantages. Boston University students weigh in on where they prefer to call home.
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Eugenia Camacho and Chris Ackerman might never have met if it wasn’t for the ukulele Chris brought to dinner one night at Warren Towers. They didn’t know it then, but that instrument was the beginning of a very special friendship, as [...]they recount in this animated video.
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Freshmen say goodbye to their parents as the school year starts. After 18 years of hard work, the day has finally come for parents to see their child enter the newest chapter in their life. It's bittersweet, but remember that parents and friends [...]weekend is only a short way away.
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