Boston University

Diversity

A photo of Jasper Tangchitsumran (Questrom’22).

Admissions

BU Makes Top-10 List of Universities Enrolling More Pell Grant Students

February 19, 2020

(left to right) Black and white photos of Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Aretha Franklin

Martin Luther King

MLK Day Celebration Will Honor Three Women for Important Roles in the Civil Rights Movement

January 16, 2020

Portrait of author and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl

Race

Are White Americans Harming Themselves by Backing GOP Policies?

November 3, 2019

Illustration showing faces from different races and ethnicities.

Lectures

New Diversity & Inclusion Lecture Series to Explore Race in America

September 25, 2019

A portrait of Erin Edwards

Obituaries

Posse Scholar, COM Junior Remembered for Her Energy and Her Empathy

August 22, 2019

closeup of two caucasian men holding hands with a rainbow-patterned wristban on their wrists

lgbt

The Key to BU’s Diversity Efforts? Powerful Allies

April 23, 2019

BU law students listening intently around a table

Jobs

First-Generation LAW Students Bond through Shared Backgrounds

April 23, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Film & TV

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Alumni

Winning Memorial Selected to Honor MLK (GRS’55, Hon.’59) on Boston Common

March 4, 2019

A portrait of Nicole Prudent

Arts & Culture

After Nearly Three Decades, MED Pediatrician Nicole Prudent to Retire

January 28, 2019

portrait of Crystal Williams

University News

Guiding BU Toward Greater Diversity and Inclusion

January 24, 2019

Ayanna Pressley smiles at the podium while speaking to a crowd on her victory election night party.

Dean Elmore

BU, City of Boston Hold First Joint Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday

January 18, 2019

A woman drops a ballot into a ballot box

Diversity

What Massachusetts Voters Need to Know about 2018 Ballot Questions

November 5, 2018

A person holds up a transgender symbol on paper

Gender

What Transgender Means to Me

October 29, 2018

Diversity

Unnnh! Owww! Good God, Y’all! It’s Time for Funk Class!

August 7, 2018

Fatima Dainkeh

Healthcare

Black Moms, in Their Own Words

July 27, 2018

Illustration of the lack of women's voices in media

Diversity

Extra! Extra! More Women Profs Will Be Quoted by Media!

July 20, 2018

2018 Kahn Award Winners

Music

Kahn Awards Help to Launch CFA’s Emerging Artists

May 30, 2018

Umoja President Sernah Essien addressing the audience at the first ever Rite of Passage ceremony honoring black graduating students

University News

Umoja Celebrates Seniors’ Rite of Passage

May 18, 2018

Rep John Lewis

Commencement

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights