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Race

Déanna Clarke-Campbell (CAS’21) performs

Gender

Hamilton Music Gets an Infusion of New Voices

April 30, 2018

Charles Merzbacher (left), a COM associate professor, Robert Margo (right), a CAS professor of economics

Awards

Economist, Film and Television Profs Win Teaching Awards

April 20, 2018

BU Running Club on a weekend run along the Minuteman Bikeway in Cambridge.

University News

BU Running Club Blazes Its Own Trail

April 11, 2018

Ed Coaxum speaks at a memorial service on for Martin Luther King, Jr. the day after he was assassinated, Marsh Plaza, Boston University, 1968

History

Alums Share Memories of Dark Days of April 1968

April 4, 2018

Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King is John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy.

Martin Luther King

POV: As It Was for MLK, the Present and Future Should Be Our Focus

April 2, 2018

Race

Checking Your (White) Privilege at the Door

February 27, 2018

Humanities

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

A photo series inspired by the meaning of the color red in Chinese culture. Photo by Evan Vidan

Visual Arts

Expressing Themselves in Charcoal

February 7, 2018

808 Comm Ave building exterior

Race

Expanding Howard Thurman Center to Move to 808 Comm Ave

November 27, 2017

Kelly Nee, chief of the Boston University Police Department

Race

BU Police Chief Appointed to Governor’s Hate Crimes Task Force

November 8, 2017

Robert E. Lee confederate civil war monument in Charlottesville, VA

Science & Technology

POV: The Controversy over Confederate Civil War Monuments

September 25, 2017

Professor Tom Whalen poses for a photo in front of Fenway Park

Arts & Culture

Revisiting the Spirit of ’67

August 29, 2017

Hundreds gathered on the University of Virginia campus for a candlelight vigil against hate and violence days after Charlottesville erupted in chaos during the "Unite the Right" white nationalist rally.

Robert Brown

BU President Responds to Charlottesville Violence

August 17, 2017

ESPN’s Kevin Merida says athletes can help focus attention on issues that concern them.

Television

Second BU Play It Forward Summit Tackles Race and Gender

April 12, 2017

Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of its Unity Week 2017.

Students

Umoja Turns 50

April 6, 2017

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable speaking at BU

Research

SPH Symposium Tackles Health Inequities

February 6, 2017

two black males are face to face with a police officer

Politics

POV: When Fleeing Police Isn’t Necessarily Incriminating

December 19, 2016

Photo of Kyna Hamill sitting on a chair

Research

“Jingle Bells” History Takes Surprising Turn

December 8, 2016

Professor Hahm and Yujin Kim looking at laptop screen.

UROP

The Problem Parenting Behind Asian Women’s Suicide Rate

December 8, 2016

Boston officials Atyia Martin (center) and Karilyn Crockett sitting down on chairs

University News

Racism: What BU and Boston Can Do about It

November 9, 2016

Racism: What BU and Boston Can Do about It