{"id":50,"date":"2009-01-27T16:53:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T21:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gpgg\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2020-10-22T08:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T12:55:27","slug":"student-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/graduate-program\/student-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Life in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gpgg\/files\/2020\/10\/739-desktop-location-description-384x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2291 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2020\/10\/739-desktop-location-description-384x300.png 384w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2020\/10\/739-desktop-location-description.png 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>What makes Boston great?<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Boston is a unique city with roots that stretch back into the 17th century. Since playing a main role in the American Revolution, Boston has matured into an amazing city with a rare convergence of diverse communities. As a student in Boston, you will have opportunities to interact with a diverse network of academic institutions with links to a world-famous biotechnology community. Furthermore, you will be able to explore the wide variety of cultural attractions, historic sites, eclectic neighborhoods, world-class dining, and acres of urban parks. In addition, all of these features are easily accessible by one of the most extensive subway systems in the country, thereby earning Boston the distinction of being a truly walkable city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boston University Medical Center\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/469050399?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You will find more information about the exciting variety of activities available to Boston residents here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/student-life\/\">BUMC Student Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/entertainment\">Boston Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/housing\/living\/graduate\/\">On-Campus and Off-Campus Housing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/student-life\/gmsso\/\">Graduate Medical Sciences Student Organization\u00a0(GMSSO)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GMSSO also maintains a web presence through facebook here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BostonUniversityGMS\/\">GMSSO Facebook Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What makes Boston great? Boston is a unique city with roots that stretch back into the 17th century. Since playing a main role in the American Revolution, Boston has matured into an amazing city with a rare convergence of diverse communities. As a student in Boston, you will have opportunities to interact with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1259,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/2293"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}