By Rayan Khan, Associate Science Editor
• May 12, 2026
When Boston University sophomore Kevin Kasozi Nkutu Kirunda was 17 years old, he watched his high school soccer coach, Coach Kane, battle colorectal cancer.
To show support, the school wore white t-shirts with “#KaneStrong” written in blue, the color of colorectal cancer awareness. When Coach Kane died, Kirunda said he felt he had no choice but to act.
By Brian Chan, Business & Science Editor
• May 5, 2026
Since its founding in 2021, DEXA Scan Boston has worked with various elite athletes, from Boston Marathon runners to players on Boston University’s hockey team and the New England Revolution, Boston’s local Major League Soccer team. Yet, the Brookline-based body scan clinic is also attracting a growing number of everyday people.
By Brian Chan, Business & Science Editor
• May 5, 2026
When Natalie McKnight first became a professor at Boston University’s College of General Studies in 1990, she was only intending to be an emergency replacement for one semester.
“Thirty-six years...
For many Americans who keep up with global news and politics, the European Union is a familiar institution. But how many can actually explain what it does or why it matters?
“There’s a lack of...
Between the harrowing pace of hustle culture, the endless scroll of social media and the rapid development of technology, finding peace and quiet in the digital age has grown difficult.
But the experience...
From tourists visiting Chinatown’s restaurants to professionals on their lunch breaks, residents and visitors said downtown Boston lacked the respite that the Praise Shadows Art Gallery now brings to...
On crisp spring mornings, Boston’s Charles River Greenway buzzes with community members running, biking or just enjoying the fresh air. From April 24-25, local volunteers came equipped with trash pickers...
For most Boston University seniors, the only finish line they’re concerned with is graduating on time. Few would choose to add training for a marathon and raising thousands of dollars for charity to their plate.
By Mary Goetz, Arts & Community Editor
• April 26, 2026
On a Friday afternoon in Roxbury, Boston University’s student rock band The Janks set up for a live gig — not in a bar or an Allston basement, but in the United States’ first women’s homeless shelter.
Two studies led by researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health are the first to identify a connection between redlining, a historically racist housing policy, and a lower likelihood of pregnancy.
By Carina McCallum, Associate Science Editor
• April 24, 2026
Every college at Boston University celebrates its graduating class each May— but for members of Computing and Data Sciences, the class of 2026 is particularly special.
The weekend of May 14, CDS will celebrate the graduation of its first-ever undergraduate class. The cohort first entered the program in 2022, and have helped develop CDS in its formative years since its founding in 2019.
By Rayan Khan, Associate Business Editor
• April 22, 2026
Since OpenAI released Sora — an image and video generator — in December 2024, social media feeds have flooded with AI-generated photos and videos ranging from amusing animals doing kung-fu to realistic videos spreading disinformation.
It’s easy to dismiss AI-generated content as “slop,” but it can have real, concrete effects. Not just on the viewer, but also the artists whose work trains models like Sora — and whose livelihoods may be replaced by it.
