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During Marsh Chapel’s annual “This I Believe” service, Sunday, May 9, five members of the Class of 2021 shared their personal journeys of faith during their time at BU.

The BU Class of 2025 Begins to Take Shape When members of the Class of 2025 arrive in the fall, it will be the first time many of them set foot on campus. Photo by Adele Bertschy Admissions Only 18.3 percent of applicants were accepted from record-breaking pool of nearly 76,000 March 31, 2021 Twitter Facebook When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last spring, colleges across the country had no idea what its impact would be on class of 2025 admissions. Like many schools, BU was forced to move all interviews and in-person campus tours online. Standardized tests also became optio...

BU will split $23 million in federal pandemic aid 50/50 with needy students More than 9,000 students will receive a “technology subsidy” of $500, $1,000, or $1,400 Eligible students will be notified by email next week Boston University will distribute half of a $23 million federal coronavirus aid package to needy students, providing them with $11.5 million in assistance, $4 million more than required by the government. Beginning next week, more than 9,000 students in need will receive a direct “technology subsidy” of $500, $1,000, or $1,400 to defray the costs of remote learning under...

In case you were wondering about a few others stories, here is what fell just off our top 10 list: an essay about why we’re afraid of Mormons, the launch of BU’s COVID-19 dashboard, the resumption of in-person classes, a piece on the aging brain and Joe Biden being the oldest president, and BU’s exciting hire of Ibram X. Kendi to launch the Center for Antiracist Research.