Alumni+ Big Shot Billie Weiss is living out a major-league dream as manager of photography for the World Champion Boston Red Sox Video
On Campus+ Bricks of Life Biologist and Lego collector Cynthia Bradham finds inspiration in the tiny building blocks of life Video
Alumni10 Rahul Desikan's Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death This pioneering neuroscientist was attacking ALS. Then ALS attacked him. Video
Books+ Exploring Endurance Best-selling author David Grann (GRS’94) on one man’s obsessive quest to cross Antarctica
June 18, 2019Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial IntelligenceData and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions
June 12, 2019Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a ShotGreg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will
June 10, 2019A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for AnswersDid noise pollution in the ocean contribute to her death in the waters off Cape Cod? Her whale ears may hold important clues
June 10, 2019Shari Davis (Sargent’10,’12) among 20 Obama Fellows Named Worldwide“The Obamas represent…the reality that ceilings can and should be broken”
June 6, 2019Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-DayFounder Ken Rendell, who studied business at BU, has created special exhibition
June 4, 2019Stan Sclaroff Named Dean of Arts & SciencesAfter nationwide search, interim dean chosen for strong and consistent leadership
December 9, 2016 Unearthing the Truth about “Jingle Bells” Beloved Christmas favorite was first performed in Boston minstrel hall
November 7, 2016 CAS Historian’s View of American Politics, circa 2016 This presidential election reflects changes beginning more than a century ago
November 3, 2016 CAS Launches New Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Focus on 20th- and 21st-century atrocities, and prevention
September 30, 2016 Celebrating BU’s African American Legacy Washington events timed to opening of new museum
September 27, 2016 The Mystery Behind This Season’s American Horror Story Archaeologist alum on the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
July 19, 2016 MET Class Asks: Is the North End Still Italian? Lectures, tours, and a feast help students decide for themselves
June 17, 2016 BUCH Fellowships Awarded to Nine Faculty This year’s Fellows savor the opportunity to finish their books
May 17, 2016 Making History Sybil Morial’s memoir remembers the New Orleans that she helped to change
February 18, 2016 Freedom Songs Then, music inspired and united a movement. Now, we need to sing more than ever.
February 2, 2016 Mugar Exhibits Gotlieb Center’s Elie Wiesel Archive Letters, manuscripts, photos, Nobel Prize on display