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BU TweetCreep: Oct. 1 – 6

October 6, 2016October 12, 2016 - by Carly Sitrin - Leave a Comment

This week on TweetCreep: BU is sliding in your DMs and tweeting #technology.

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Cinematic Engagement for the Socially-Minded Student

October 4, 2016October 19, 2016 - by Nastassia Velazquez - Leave a Comment

Get engaged in the activist community with a new medium – film.

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Strugglebus No More: BlindWays App Simplifies Bus Transportation

September 29, 2016October 19, 2016 - by Hallie Smith - Leave a Comment

BlindWays aims to help visually impaired and blind citizens more accurately find bus stops using crowdsourced clues in a smartphone app. Anyone can add clues – even you.

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Painted Public Pianos to Return to Boston, GSU

September 15, 2016September 18, 2016 - by Hallie Smith - Leave a Comment

In 2013, 75 painted pianos appeared on the streets throughout Boston, filling the air with music. This year, the music and painted pianos will return Sept. 23 through Oct. 10. …

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Review: “The Martian”

October 12, 2015November 5, 2015 - by Andrew Olson Evans - Leave a Comment

“Blade Runner” and “Alien” are two of the most essential science fictions of all time. “Blade Runner” with its dark, wet, neon-lit dystopia of a humanity that has grown strange …

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Achieving Socioeconomic Diversity at BU

October 1, 2015November 5, 2015 - by Michelle Cheng - Leave a Comment

Boston University is increasingly making strides in attaining both achievability and affordability for its low-income students, resulting in a highly diverse student body. Pell Grant recipients, or low-income students that come from …

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EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Seacrest Chosen as 2015 Commencement Speaker

April 1, 2015March 31, 2015 - by Lauren Michael - Leave a Comment

BU’s Class of 2015 won’t have to wait until the senior breakfast on May 1 to find out the identity of their commencement speaker. The Quad obtained previously secret emails revealing that two-time Teen Choice Award-winner Ryan …

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Demystifying College Rankings

November 17, 2014April 20, 2015 - by Michelle Cheng - 1 Comment

We like to rank everything as if the world is black and white. College rankings, like Princeton Review, Forbes, and the U.S. News & World Report, try to create an objective representation of …

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The State of the Union

November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 - by Carly Sitrin - 2 Comments.

Bayla Ostrach is comfortable in the hallway, she says, her small frame slumping to one side, trying to counterbalance the weight of a canvas bag bursting with textbooks and loose …

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Misconceptions About Being an Undecided Major

September 19, 2014January 17, 2015 - by Michelle Cheng - Leave a Comment

Entering college undeclared is not unusual. In fact, it is the most popular “major” for incoming students at BU. As someone who was originally undeclared but has finally found what …

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