Notice Anything New on Campus?
It seems that nearly everyone at BU benefits from this summer’s construction and maintenance projects on both the Charles River Campus and the Medical Campus, which ranged from renovated apartment...
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New at LAW: Elbow Room and More
The atrium. You can’t help noticing, first of all, the atrium. With south and east walls of glass and a silky gray-tile floor, Butler Atrium, the main entrance and concourse of the School of Law’s new...
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Science Gets a Front Door on Comm Ave
This story was originally published on the BU Research website. For decades, some of the most exciting research at Boston University has been unfolding in a row of buildings hidden on Cummington Mall,...
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Snow Day? It’s Complicated
Blizzard-like conditions and possibly a foot of snow were predicted. Meteorologists warned drivers of slippery roads, and there was a threat that MBTA service would be disrupted or canceled. The...
View ArticleArchitectural Icon Gets Makeover
Among the daily parade of students and faculty crossing campus in the shadow of the BU School of Law tower are some who wonder why the building, widely considered one of the less attractive on campus,...
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Boomtime for BU Construction
While most of campus exited early last Thursday to get a jump on the Fourth of July weekend, a few hundred workers from Facilities Management & Planning remained behind, using the extra hours to...
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“Amazing” Law Tower Renovation Complete
Joining fellow Boston University trustees on a tour of the newly renovated BU School of Law tower last week, Ryan Roth Gallo declared the transformation amazing. Gazing out at the sweeping views from...
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Transforming BU, One Project at a Time
It’s hard to tell now, but just weeks ago, much of BU resembled a construction zone, as Facilities Management & Planning made headway on several maintenance and building projects that will enhance...
View ArticleBU’s Sign Maker
You may not know her face or name, but you’ve seen her work. It’s all over campus. Since she arrived at BU in 2003, Wendy Haig-Ramage has been plying her craft as director of BU’s sign shop. Working...
View ArticleCOM Gets a New Production Studio
A former storage area for surplus refrigerators and mattresses has been transformed into a production studio that will give College of Communication students a chance to create their own film sets and...
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Myles Standish to Get Major Reconstruction
Myles Standish Hall and Annex, the oldest dormitory in BU’s inventory and the storied gateway to East Campus, will get a two-year, $130 million renovation, inside and out, beginning after Commencement...
View ArticleBU Theatre, Adjoining Buildings Sell for $25 Million
The BU Theatre, which the University put on the real estate market in October, is under agreement to be sold for $25 million to an investment group that is working with Boston-area developer John...
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Plans Unveiled for New Theater Facility on Comm Ave
Initial concepts for a new 250-seat studio theater and production spaces, showing a modern, steel-beamed, glass-filled space, set back from the street in the 820-846 area of Commonwealth Avenue, were...
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Summer Construction Heats Up
Brian Kelley has a tough job ahead of him this summer. A senior project manager with Compass Project Management, Kelley is responsible for transforming a once-glamorous 1920s Boston hotel into a modern...
View ArticleMove-in 2016: What You Need to Know
Good news about this year’s Move-in: the Red Sox are out of town over Labor Day weekend, which should make navigating Kenmore Square considerably less painful. Several BU offices, among them Housing,...
View Article$2M Gift Names the Dahod Family Alumni Center
Alumni will soon have a new home on campus, thanks to a $2 million gift from BU trustee Shamim Dahod (CGS’76, CAS’78, MED’87) and her husband, Ashraf Dahod, for the creation of the Dahod Family Alumni...
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$10 Million Gift Names New CFA Theater
When leading global financier and self-described sports zealot Steve Zide stepped up with a $10 million naming gift for the BU theater complex under construction on the Charles River Campus, he...
View ArticleConstruction to Close Comm Ave Bridge for Two-Plus Weeks
BU Today will update this story as information becomes available from MassDOT. The University has a website on the Commonwealth Avenue bridge replacement project, including detour routes. Visit Website...
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Summer Construction Under Way on Both Campuses
This summer, like most, Colleen McGinty, Facilities Management & Planning (FM&P) executive director of construction services, is overseeing several large-scale construction projects. But...
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The Ins and Outs of Move-in 2017
BU’s annual student Move-in week is a good news/annoying news affair this year. Annoying first: lingering cleanup from the Commonwealth Avenue bridge replacement, which ended earlier this month, and...
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