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Friday, April 21st

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Liter Bottles of Soda

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

MED researchers’ studies: both correlated with accelerated brain aging

Adela Cejnarova, the undisputed leader and only senior on the six-woman BU golf team, will be out to defend her back-to-back individual Patriot League titles at this weekend’s league tournament.

Golf Team Swings for Second Patriot League Championship

Terriers hope to use strong spring season to get back on top

Sorian president Junehyung (Julia) Park rehearsing a number for the club’s annual spring concert.

Sorian Brings K-pop Flair to BU Community

Club’s annual spring concert is tonight

Science advocates in Copley Square in February 2017 for a Rally to Stand up for Science.

To March or Not to March for Science?

National demonstrations prompt enthusiasm, debate

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Sarah Hirsch, Charlie Tisch and Stephen Cooper on set

Every Piece of Me, a play about guilt, mercy, and the power of love, is the story of woman who returns to Ireland to introduce her American fiancé to her family. The BU New Play Initiative production, by Mary Conroy (GRS’17) and featuring Stephen Cooper (from left), Charlie Tisch (CFA'19), and Sarah Hirsch (CFA'19), is at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre through April 30. Photo by Olivia Nadel (COM'17)

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CFA students on stage performing Le nozze di Figaro

Le nozze di Figaro, “the Perfect Opera,” at the BU Theatre This Weekend

Mozart’s comic opera Le nozze di Figaro offers a lavish, upbeat score, a libretto full of Shakespearean-style mischief, a thinly disguised commentary on wealth and class that underscores its continued relevance, and one of opera’s most memorable female leads. Experience CFA’s production of this “perfect opera” through Sunday at the BU Theatre.

Upcoming Events
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Actionable Sustainability: Technology, Policy and the City

When:
April 21 at 10:00 am
Where:
First floor, 75 Bay State Rd.

Coffee & Convo: Is Your Parents' Music Better Than Yours?

When:
April 21 at 3:00 pm
Where:
Howard Thurman Center, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

BU Out of the Darkness Walk

When:
April 22 at 11:00 am
Where:
Marsh Plaza, 735 Commonwealth Ave.

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Series Spotlight
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Mental Health Matters

Mental health has become a critical issue on college campuses. Here at BU, behavioral medicine clinicians report that the number of students in crisis coming in for help has more than doubled over the past five years. And the number of students needing medical transports for psychiatric evaluation has also risen, from 68 in the 2010–2011 academic year to 120 last year. In light of this alarming trend, BU Today examines the state of mental health both nationally and at BU in this special four-part series.

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