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Tuesday, April 4th

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Class Gift cochairs Louis Vitti and Victoria Olakojo. The Class Gift committee is sponsoring a challenge: clubs and organizations can compete for matching funds based on who has the most student donors by the end of Giving Day.

Fourth Annual Giving Day Is Tomorrow

Fundraising drive supports schools, colleges, athletics, scholarships
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Young-chun Cho (clockwise from top left) his wife, Soojeong Kim, and their daughter Hyunjoo Cho work with an orphan from Dream Tree Village at a Global Days of Service event last year.

BU Global Days of Service: Volunteer Opportunities for Everyone

From entertaining orphans and young cancer patients to helping the homeless

Emily Sheehan won the Redstone Film Festival award for best picture from festival faculty director Geoffrey Poister, a COM associate professor of film and television.

Film about Urban Paramedic Nabs Top Pick at Redstone

Annual film festival awards prizes to aspiring filmmakers

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What Are You Watching and How Are You Watching It?

Take BU Today‘s pop culture survey

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Bill Evans presenting Sgt Larry Manning a plaque

Sergeant Larry Manning (from left), Bill Evans, Boston police commissioner, and Scott Paré, BUPD acting chief, at Manning’s retirement party in the Agganis Arena Burke Room March 31. Evans presented a plaque to Manning, who was feted for his 43 years with the BU Police Department. Photo by Cydney Scott

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Karen Jacobs making cookies with students

Teaching, and Living, at BU

Most faculty get to know students through classroom work and office visits. But a select group of 15 get to discover the whole person, not just the student—by living alongside them. Meet BU’s Faculty-in-Residence. Those in the program say it’s an incredibly rewarding experience. Students agree.

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Upcoming Events
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The Challenge of Documenting China: Film Screening of "Small Happiness" and "Guo men"

When:
April 4 at 4:00 pm
Where:
Geddes Language Center, Room 533B, 685 Commonwealth Ave.

4th Annual Silas Peirce Lecture: The Arts and Sciences of Baseball

When:
April 4 at 6:00 pm
Where:
LAW Auditorium, 765 Commonwealth Ave.

Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus

When:
April 4 at 8:00 pm
Where:
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave.

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Nearby Neighborhoods

Boston is famous for its neighborhoods, many of them fun, interesting, and easy to get to. BU Today has assembled a guide to several neighborhoods, with helpful lists of where to eat, shop, and hang.

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