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BU’s Agganis Arena debuts a new sensory room, designed to help those experiencing sensory overload decompress.

Travelers with disabilities are used to facing accessibility challenges. They and their families are used to forging their own paths.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi FAQ about BU’s Commencement Plans How to get in, who must Zoom in, COVID test requirements, how to pick up your new college graduate, and more May 10, 2021 Twitter Facebook With two graduation ceremonies, one for undergraduates and another for advanced degree recipients, neither with in-person family members and guests, and all held under COVID-19 safety protocols (including mandatory masks on Nickerson Field), Boston University’s May 16 All-University Commencement will be like no other.  to attend. Here are some answers to...

Voices & Opinion “We need wholesale reform, not just piecemeal changes” April 20, 2021 Twitter Facebook People in Minneapolis, Minn., celebrate on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images April 20, 2021 Twitter Facebook The verdict came quickly. Barely 24 hours after closing arguments concluded Monday in the trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin...

Twitter Facebook Stacey Harris knows how important it is to be heard, because for a long time she wasn’t. “My parents just were not expecting me,” she says. “The queer, blue-haired Harvard Square kid just didn’t work for them. They didn’t get it, so they couldn’t get me. And it was very hard. So from 13 on, I wasn’t really with them.” In the long run she has thrived, with a happy family of her own and a career as Boston University’s associate director of Disability & Access Services, a post she’s held since 2014. But she hasn’t forgotten how difficult life can b...