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Sustainability

Two bamboo toothbrushes in a water glass over a seafoam green-blue background

Dining Hall

Bamboo Toothbrushes? Reusable Plates? Zero Plastic? How to Make BU More Sustainable

February 18, 2020

Strategy & Innovation

Activist and Consumerism Critic Annie Leonard to Speak at BU

February 14, 2020

Jay M. Cashman poses for a photo on his island off Chatham, Mass.

Entrepreneurship

Power Up

January 15, 2020

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape

Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019

Detail photo of a clear sustainable adhesive substance dripping onto a fingewr

Chemistry

Sustainable Adhesives of the Future Won’t Stick Around

December 17, 2019

members of BU’s Scarlet Squad prepare cardboard for recycling

Campus Life

Share Your Zero Waste Ideas with BU

November 12, 2019

Architectural rendering of an Interior view of the social walkways and collaboration spaces in the Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences building.

Campus & Facilities

Seven Reasons BU’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences Building Will Be Its Most Sustainable Ever

October 2, 2019

climate change strike

Climate Change

Everything You Need to Know about Friday’s Youth Climate Strike

September 19, 2019

Annual Sustainability Festival on Marsh Plaza

Sustainability

Annual Sustainability Festival Today on Marsh Plaza

September 19, 2019

Don’t forget to break down and recycle cardboard boxes at your dorm’s designated recycling area. Photo by Carl Peer

Sustainability

Your Guide for a Sustainable Move-In and Life on Campus

August 27, 2019

sperm and egg

BIRTH CONTROL

Why We Need a Contraception Revolution

August 1, 2019

Climate Change

As Climate Warms, Increased Energy Needs to Power Air-Conditioning Could Make a Bad Situation Worse

July 22, 2019

Junior Clark Edwards (CAS) proudly shows off the lingcod he recently caught in Alaska

Environment

I’m Spending My Summer Interning in Alaska

July 10, 2019

Students can drop their unwanted items—clothing, shoes, accessories, kitchenware, and knickknacks—in Goodwill donation bins across campus through May 16. Photo by BU Today.

Housing

Moving Out? Don’t Throw Away Those Old Clothes

May 8, 2019

people milling about near the chowderfest booth

Safety

BU’s Annual Earth Day Festivals Kick Off Today on Medical Campus

April 18, 2019

BU entrepreneurs Ellice Patterson, Dielle Lundberg, and Ines Andrade answer questions at the podium during the IDEA 2019 conference.

Business

Six Quotes from BU Entrepreneurs to Ignite Your Innovative Spirit

March 5, 2019

Portrait of Mike Wagner standing in front of his Mitsubishi Outland PHEV hybrid vehicle.

Earth

BU Carpenter: From Gas Guzzler to Green Machine

February 21, 2019

Students playfully toss cloths at the camera in the garment district

Fashion

Embracing Sustainable Fashion

February 19, 2019

A plastic straw and bottle litter the ocean floor

Science & Technology

Prodded by Students, BU Phases Out an Environmental Scourge: Plastic Straws

February 14, 2019

Misty Ouyang, Jessica Thai, and Sheila Phillips speak while visiting the Saadnayel settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Sustainability

BU Hult Prize Winners Aim to Bring Learning to Refugee Camps

December 13, 2018

BU Hult Prize Winners Aim to Bring Learning to Refugee Camps