“It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Travis Roy,”
@BUAthletics
said in a statement. “His story is the epitome of inspiration and courage, and he was a role model and a hero to so many people. His legacy will last forever..."
.
@DrIbram
leading scholar and historian of racism, will join BU’s faculty on July 1 and launch the BU Center for Antiracist Research. The center’s mission, he says, will be “to solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice.”
Can we trust
#ChatGPT
and
#ArtificialIntelligence
to do humans' work?
Developed by the Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the computer program reportedly hit 100M users in January alone and has been called an AI breakthrough.
But is all the hype overblown?
🧵 (1/5)
Attention, Terriers! We’ve got big news for you! Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam, a distinguished educator, scholar, research scientist, and physician, will be Boston University’s 11th president starting July 1, 2024.
#ProudtoBU
❤️🐾
Full story ➡️
#Breaking
: The federal government has withdrawn the latest rules from DHS and ICE that would require international students to leave the U.S. or transfer schools if their institution holds only online classes in the fall.
It might be hard to believe, but this is a picture of a memory. In this image, the blue dots are positive memory cells, & the red dots are negative memory cells. Memories exist in the brain as networks of cells called engrams & are stored & processed all over the brain. 🧵 (1/3)
Airbnb 🏡 or hotel 🏨? That's a common dilemma many people face these days when booking travel. Some argue a hotel that caters to all of your needs reigns supreme. While others would much rather have the seclusion and independence of a private home. 🧵 (1/4)
Congratulations to the 2018 WORLD SERIES champions, our Boston
@RedSox
! You make us proud to call this city home.
Enjoy the celebrations Terriers and stay safe!
“Be optimistic, don’t get lost in a sea of despair, but be bold, be courageous, & all will work out.” —
#RestinPeace
, John Lewis. We are grateful for your wise words at our 2018 Commencement. Your work will continue to inspire us to do the right thing and get into “good trouble”.
Last Thursday, lead custodian Eddie Almeida arrived at the GSU at 11 pm to begin his regular overnight shift. At the end of his shift at 7 am Friday, Eddie changed into a suit & walked to
@COMatBU
's convocation ceremony to watch his son Andrew graduate:
BU alumna
@Ocasio2018
made headlines Tuesday night for winning New York's primary election in what National Public Radio described as a "breakthrough for the left wing of the Democratic party."
In her Baccalaureate address, Mayor of San Juan
@CarmenYulinCruz
(CAS’84, Hon.’18) urged grads and guests to raise their voices against injustice everywhere.
Ahead of this year's observance of
#Juneteenth
, BU community members came together for a special photo essay to reflect on the holiday's significance. In this piece, hear from racial justice scholars, legal experts, political scientists, and others.
October is
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
! 📲 💻 🖥️ As the tech world continues to grow, so does the magnitude of cyberattacks. To help you stay vigilant, here are some useful tips to follow. 🧵(1/7)
@buithelp
BU will support two lawsuits and congressional action to fight new federal immigration guidance requiring international students with F-1 visas to leave the US, or transfer if their university is offering only remote instruction in the fall.
Details ⬇️
In an acknowledgement of her work for the people of Puerto Rico, the LGBTQ & immigrant communities, and as an advocate for victims of gender-based violence, alumna
@CarmenYulinCruz
(CAS'84) will receive an honorary degree at
#BU2018
commencement.
We can't wait to welcome BU alumna
@CarmenYulinCruz
, advocate and
#SanJuan
Mayor, to
#BU2018
commencement as an honorary degree recipient and Baccalaureate speaker.
Congratulations to
@AntiracismCtr
's
@DrIbram
on being named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow! The
@macfound
fellowship honors his scholarly achievements, gift for communicating his antiracist work and ideas with diverse audiences, & more. ⬇️
#MacFellow
#ProudtoBU
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that." - Alumnus Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS'55, Hon.'59).
#ProudToBU
The building of the future is here! Today, the University celebrates the opening of its Center for Computing & Data Sciences. The 19-story, 100% fossil-fuel free building brings converging disciplines under one roof, serving as a scholarly crossroads for BU.
For her pioneering research into CTE,
@BUMedicine
's Ann McKee has been named to
@Time
's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
#Time100
#ProudToBU
Read more:
Relive
@repjohnlewis
's impassioned speech to
#BU2018
graduates imploring, "when you see something that is not fair, not right, not just, then you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something, stand up, speak out.”
NEW REPORT: According to its latest study, the
#CTE
Center (
@bu_cte
) has diagnosed 345 former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, out of 376 former players who were studied, a rate of 91.7%.
Keep reading ⬇️
"So go now, beyond these walls. Take what you have learned, take the village you carry and that’s carried you, take your lived experience and build the world you want to see." —
@RepPressley
#BU2021
As the University continues to closely monitor the spread of
#coronavirus
. Effective 3/16/20 — 4/13/20, all University and BU Academy classes will be moved online. Residence and dining halls will remain open during this period.
More details ⬇
“For me to follow in the giant footsteps of Elie Wiesel is humbling and a deep honor. Elie Wiesel was someone who was not only advocating for the human rights of Jewish people, but also the rights of all oppressed human beings.”
-
@DrIbram
Details ➡️
Mechanical engineers used techniques from kirigami—the traditional Japanese art of paper cutting—to design soft robotic grippers.
The gripper safely and securely picks up objects of various sizes, weights, shapes, and fragility.
@SciRobotics
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@dpholmes
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@BUCollegeofENG
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@NSF
Sitting President George H.W. Bush speaks at Boston University Commencement in 1989, joined by his wife, the late Barbara Bush.
Rest in Peace, Mr. President.
When
@IJasonAlexander
(
@BUarts
’81, Hon.’95) was a sophomore at BU, he received some life-changing advice from Jim Spruill, then an associate professor of theater. Spruill told him to stop trying to be Hamlet and start looking at comedy. 🧵(1/3)
2018 isn't the first time the
@RedSox
and
@Dodgers
have squared off in the
#WorldSeries
. In 1916, behind star-pitcher Babe Ruth, the Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (an ancestor of the Dodgers) in a World Series played here on BU's Nickerson Field, formerly Braves Field.
#ProudToBU
Staff member Karen Griffith makes cookies that are almost too pretty to eat. When not at work as a project manager with
@bu_cpo
, she bakes and decorates Instagramable, colorful iced sugar cookies for all kinds of events.
Take a look 🎥👀⬇️
In 2019 rankings of U.S. schools from
@WSJ
and
@timeshighered
, BU advanced four spots to
#36
. They placed a heavy emphasis on post-graduate success and academic excellence to help students know how likely they are to graduate, pay off loans, and get a good job.
#ProudToBu
.
@BUMedicine
and three other Bay State medical schools have agreed to the commonwealth’s request to move up the graduation dates of fourth-year medical students, allowing them to join doctors on the frontlines of the
#coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic.
The men and women of the BU custodial crew don’t have the luxury of working at home, even in a pandemic, and they are on the job, cleaning and disinfecting the 300 BU campus buildings, down to the last door handle. — Thank you for your service!
#ProudtoBU
US
@RepPressley
(D-Mass.) gave a stirring speech challenging BU’s new grads to tackle injustice at the socially distanced 148th
#BU2021
Commencement ceremony for undergraduates at Nickerson Field on Sunday afternoon.
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In a letter to the BU community, President Brown announced changes to the University calendar including, recognizing Juneteenth as an official holiday and renaming the Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Details ⬇️
President Brown today announced a proposed project to give data science a home on Comm Ave — a 17-floor building meant to resemble a stack of books that will be home to
@BU_Computing
, mathematics and statistics, and computer science.
🎶It's the most wonderful time of the year🎶
Congratulations to our newest group of Terriers, the incredible
#BU2022
! YOU DID IT! 🎊
We love seeing you share your excitement, so keep it comin' all day using
#BU2022
!
BU’s Photonics Center, an interdisciplinary hub for research, innovation, and technology development associated with the practical uses of light, houses some of the most sensitive equipment on campus, including electron microscopes and ion beam tools.
Take a look inside. ⬇️🎥👀
Some of our favorite photos so far from campus during today's snowstorm, including one snowman whose expression perfectly captures many Bostonians' feelings on the third Nor'easter this month. 😑
BU's $250,000 donation to the King memorial will help ensure that future generations can appreciate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s extraordinary legacy and what his years in Boston meant to him, to Mrs. King, and to all of us.
After an amazing day of excitement, joy, and inspiration, that’s a wrap on
#BU2021
Commencement. Congratulations, Terriers! We are so proud of you!
#ProudtoBU
We are pleased to announce that we will be welcoming Angela Onwuachi-Willig (
@aonwuachi
, renowned legal scholar and expert in racial and gender inequality and civil rights law, as our next Dean.
Today, the world celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At BU, we celebrate the impact our alumnus has made on our own values and his many wisdoms, including: "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” ❤️