Amy Laskowski
Boston University
Boston, MA, United States
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Focus on Your Wellbeing This Week
BU’s first ever Week of Wellbeing, a series of events promoting mental health and well-being, runs from October 7 to 11. → Read More
Here Are Six Game of Thrones Antiheroes We Love to Hate
Six villains we want to see win as the final season of Game of Thrones premieres. → Read More
You Could Win Big in New Bay State Road Challenge
New Escape the Road Challenge asks student teams to solve trivia questions about Bay State Road’s history and architecture. → Read More
Meet the Designer behind Chemical X Fashion Company
BU student Paolo Moreno runs the clothing company Chemical X. → Read More
New Theatre Production Center Is Up and Running
BU celebrates the opening of the state-of-the-art Boston University Production Center on Comm Ave. → Read More
Two Alums Make Most Powerful Women in Business List
Two BU alums appear on Fortune’s 2017 “Most Powerful Women in Business List.” → Read More
WTBU Rebounds from 2016 Fire
BU’s student-run radio station WTBU started broadcasting from its new, state-of-the-art studios October 4 → Read More
Myles Face-lift, Part One
The west half of Myles Standish Hall was renovated this summer, with more private suites, modern amenities, and new stonework, windows, and roof. → Read More
Transfers Welcomed to BU
BU has seen an increase in transfer students and works hard to help them acclimate. → Read More
Class of 2021 Matriculates at BU
Freshmen and their parents celebrated at the Class of 2021 Matriculation ceremony. → Read More
Princess Diana Remembered, 20 Years after Her Death
For the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death, BU Today spoke with modern British history expert Arianne Chernock, a College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of history. → Read More
11 Things You Didn’t Know about the Comm Ave Bridge Replacement
For good reason, the only thing most of us have considered about the massive Comm Ave Bridge Project is how we were going to avoid it. But the project, which started July 26 and ends August 14, is worth musing about. The $110 million replacement of the half-century-old concrete surface and steel beams that support Commonwealth Avenue as it passes over the Massachusetts Turnpike offers up some… → Read More
A Semester Devoted to Coffee
Most Starbucks baristas can’t say they have picked, roasted, and brewed their own cup of coffee. Julia Shaw has them beat. A passion for coffee brought Shaw (CAS’18) to Central and South America for nine months this year, where the urban sustainability major worked with a nonprofit that strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of coffee farmers. Shaw’s java affair started last year with a… → Read More
The Languages of Game of Thrones
Athchomar Chomakaan! That means “Hello” in Dothraki (but only when directed at a non-Dothraki), one of the languages spoken in the HBO hit show Game of Thrones, whose seventh season starts Sunday night. The Dothraki and the High Valyrian heard on the show were invented by linguist David J. Peterson, who won a 2009 contest dreamed up by the Game of Thrones creators. They contacted the Language… → Read More
Three BU Students Compete in Pageants This Weekend
Supporting STEM, anti-bullying platforms in national, regional contests → Read More
Summer Construction Under Way on Both Campuses
More than two dozen projects: renovations, upgrades, new arts building → Read More
Members of Boston University Student-run Radio Station WTBU meet with Howard Stern
Trip provides inspiration for student-run radio station as it prepares to rebuild → Read More
Agganis Arena Zamboni Driver and Ice Technician, Mike Cunniff, Preps Ice with Precision
Longtime Zamboni driver Mike Cunniff preps the Agganis ice with precision → Read More