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Photo of people gathered in font of a building with a large green sign that reads "Sullivan's". The sit and stand on and around dark green tables on a sunny day.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Sullivan’s Castle Island Restaurant

June 13, 2022

Jane Harman, from Takoma Park, Md., holds a sign during a Students Demand Action event, near the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, June 6, 2022, in Washington. The group demanded action on gun safety in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Politics

Student’s Petition Asks BU to Divest from Gun Manufacturers

June 13, 2022

A busy food hall at Time Out Market full of people

Things-to-do

To Do Today: OUT at Time Out Market

June 13, 2022

BU Today 6-13-2022

June 13, 2022

Photo of a brown falcon flying in the sky. A blurry cityscape can be seen in the distance.

The Fastest Bird on Earth

June 12, 2022

Photo of a silhouette of a person with long curly hair writing equations on a clear board

Career

What Are the Fastest Growing Jobs? And How Can BU Prepare You?

June 10, 2022

A sad child sits alone on a dirty sidewalk

Voices & Opinion

POV: US Child Welfare System Is Falling Short Because of Persistent Child Poverty

June 10, 2022

BU Today 6-10-2022

June 10, 2022

Photo of BU playwright Kirsten Greenidge, aBlack woman with long, straight Black hair. She leans against a door wearing a white blouse as glasses res atop her head. The poster for "Common Ground Revisited" can be seen on the wall behind her.

Theatre

Can the Play Common Ground Revisited, about Boston’s Busing Crisis, Reach 21st-Century Audiences Like the 1985 Book?

June 9, 2022

BU Today 6-09-2022

June 9, 2022

Photo of two white men wearing grey and black business suits walking down a busy city street. They both hold black briefcases.

Employment

Pros and Cons of the Four-Day Workweek

June 8, 2022

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: Luis Menéndez-Antuña

June 8, 2022

Chris Pratt outstretching his hand toward a CGI dinosaur in Jurassic World Dominion

Film & TV

How Did You Do on Our Jurassic World Dominion Trivia Quiz?

June 8, 2022

BU Today 6-08-2022

June 8, 2022

LGBTQIA+

Here’s What the Different LGBTQIA+ Flags Represent

June 7, 2022

Jennafer Newberry as Glinda and Lissa deGuzman as Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Wicked

June 7, 2022

Photo of a woman sitting on a blanket and reading at Walden Pond in May of 2017. The photo is taken behind the branch of a small tree with green, heart-shaped leaves.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Cool Off at Walden Pond

June 7, 2022

BU Today 6-07-2022

June 7, 2022

Photo of Alex Geourntas, Interim City Clerk at City of Boston, swearing in Sandro Galea (left), a Latino man wearing a navy suit and raising his right arm, and Greg Wilmot, a tall Black man wearing a navy turtleneck and black blazer and pants who is also raising his right arm, at Boston City Hall on June 3.

SPH Dean Sandro Galea New Boston Board of Health Chair

June 6, 2022

Photo of a women wearing an athletic crop top and leggings punching the air as she speaks into a wireless headset on a bright, sunny day. A group of people in athletic wear can be seen copying her punch as they stand on the green lawn behind her. City buildings can be seen looming in the distance.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Seaport Sweat

June 6, 2022

To Do Today: Seaport Sweat