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Image of white blocks on a bright red background; blocks say February 29.

Astronomy

The Science behind Leap Year

February 28, 2020

A photo of a hand holding a crystal ball that is reflecting a skyline.

Earth

What Will 2020 Look Like? BU Faculty Offer Predictions

January 23, 2020

The evening rush hour traffic heads north and south over Boston’s Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge.

Urban Health

Five Questions Raised by “Seeing Red,” the Boston Globe Series on Traffic

December 16, 2019

members of BU’s Scarlet Squad prepare cardboard for recycling

Campus Life

Share Your Zero Waste Ideas with BU

November 12, 2019

Double exposure portrait of Paige Brochu with the Providence, Rhode Island skyline in the background.

Earth & Environment

BU’s URBAN Enables PhD Students To Study People’s Health and the Earth’s

September 24, 2019

A large crowd of people hold signs and protest during the Youth Climate Strike on City Hall Plaza, Boston.

Climate Change

BU Students and Faculty Join Global Strike for Climate Action

September 20, 2019

A grizzly bear mother with her cubs climbing trees behind her in the forest.

Business & Law

If the Endangered Species Act Dies, What Animals Die with It?

September 18, 2019

Urban experts pannel

public policy

Smart Cities Are Summoning the Future Now with Sustainable Policies, US and Canadian Planners Tell WBUR’s CitySpace Audience

August 7, 2019

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Harvard Museum of Natural History Climate Change Exhibition

June 28, 2019

A shoot of the PSA announcement "The Love Planet"

Film & TV

COM Student-Made PSAs Underscore the Urgency of Climate Crisis

June 6, 2019

Mariette DiChristina

Earth

New College of Communication Dean Is Scientific American Editor-in-Chief

June 6, 2019

The Institute of Contemporary Art Watershed exterior

Earth

Learning about Climate Change at the ICA Watershed

May 28, 2019

satellite image of Boston, MA

NASA

Orbiting NASA Instrument to Examine Boston’s Carbon Emissions, Plant Life

May 14, 2019

Solar panels in Venezuela

Science & Technology

Can Latin America Jump-start Our Clean Energy Future?

May 13, 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.

Science & Technology

Moving Out? Don’t Throw Away Those Old Clothes

May 8, 2019

Max Bard standing next to Deborah Kahn

Arts on Campus

Using Our Junk, Sculptor Wins 2019 Kahn Award and $20,000 Prize

May 2, 2019

people milling about near the chowderfest booth

University News

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

April 18, 2019

Environmental Health

Are There Toxins Hiding in Your Sofa? Probably

March 20, 2019

Many spring wildflowers, such as this bird’s-foot violet, are now leafing out and flowering one week earlier than they did 160 years ago. Photos by Richard B. Primack

Climate Change

Climate Change Throws Shade on Forest Wildflowers

March 20, 2019

two kids playing soccer on the beach

Education

BU, Nicaragua Students, Peace Corps Work to Call Attention to Country’s Climate Change

March 19, 2019

BU, Nicaragua Students, Peace Corps Work to Call Attention to Country’s Climate Change