Living, working, and learning amidst a constant viral threat: Boston University leaders and scientists have written a case study documenting the lengths it took to safely reopen a residential university in one of the country′s most bustling urban centers. The case study, published today as a preprint paper on medRxiv, stands as a testament for what‘s possible in our new normal of living in the COVID-19 pandemic era, and as a potential roadmap for other institutions and corporations, weary of remote functioning, that seek a path to bring people back together in person.