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First Night First Day, the city-wide party celebrating the arrival of the new year at Copley Square

Culture

Ringing in 2018 in Beantown Fashion

December 26, 2017

Two people hug while listening to the Annual Service of Lessons and Carols in the Marsh Chapel.

Lessons and Carols

December 21, 2017

The Christmas tree at Faneuil Hall.

Holiday

Spending the Holidays in Boston? Here’s What to Do

December 21, 2017

BU campus at dusk

University News

BU Today Wishes Happy Holidays to You and Yours

December 21, 2017

Kate Nuzzolo (SAR/CAS’19) Ice Skating

Figure Skating

December 20, 2017

Lisa Birnbaum (left), Jessica Frey, and James Patrick Nelson (CFA’08) in the American Repertory Theater production of Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility,

Arts & Culture

A.R.T.’s Rollicking Theatrical Adaptation of Jane Austen

December 20, 2017

The BU Brazilian Association Carnaval, with music, a drumming group, and samba performers, was held February 10. Carnaval is a celebration held before Lent, the 40 days of fasting and penance leading to Easter. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)

Campus & Facilities

2017: An Unforgettable Year in Pictures

December 20, 2017

Science & Technology

POV: How Censorship Can Harm Public Health

December 20, 2017

Yanomami women's leaders Floriza da Cruz Pinto and Maria de Jesus Lima, speak at BU Hillel about struggles over indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.

Research

Yanomami Women Speak of Amazon Struggles

December 19, 2017

Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, stands alongside display cakes.

Law

POV: SCOTUS Should Not Permit “Boycott of Same-Sex Marriage”

December 19, 2017

Miles Jordan (CFA '18) performs as Anne during a dress rehearsal for Femina Shakes’ production of Richard III

Femina Shakespeare: Richard III

December 19, 2017

Hannah Lawson ('17) is an orchestra director for Saudi Arabia's British Grammar School of Dhahran, where she has created a curriculum for 800 students from 43 countries.

Music

CFA Violinist Brings Music to Expatriate Students in Saudi Arabia

December 18, 2017

Students pet a therapy dog during a pre-finals event.

Therapy Dogs

December 18, 2017

Boston Medical Center psychiatrist Lisa Fortuna during a Project Hope trip to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria

Medicine

MED Psychiatrist Goes to Puerto Rico on Humanitarian Mission

December 18, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster

Film & TV

Winner of BU Today’s The Last Jedi Quiz Revealed

December 15, 2017

University News

Yule Love Our Top Three 2017 Ugly Holiday Sweater Picks

December 15, 2017

Holiday

Don We Now Our Ugly Holiday Sweaters

December 15, 2017

Portrait of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) expert Ann McKee in her lab at the Boston University CTE Center

Bostonian of the Year

December 15, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster

Arts & Culture

Early Stocking Stuffer: Win Free Tickets to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

December 15, 2017

Santa hands out presents to underprivileged boys in Myles Standish Hall on December 14, 1957.

Santa Handing out Presents

December 14, 2017