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Photo: A white table top with five different ice creams with a waffle cone are scatterd in a flat-lay.

NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY

Here’s the Scoop: Sunday Is National Ice Cream Day!

July 16, 2024

Photo: A picture of former President Donald Trump with his pick for Vice President, J.D. Vance.

Politics

How Does J. D. Vance Help—and Potentially Hurt—Trump?

July 16, 2024

A photo of Bussey Hill in Arnold Arboretum

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

July 16, 2024

Photo: Jefferey Sheu (ENG 26), on the right in a black tshirt, helps Jahvel Sylvestre, on the left in a black hoodie, with his race car during Design: Intro to Robotics

U-Design: Learning What Engineers Do

July 16, 2024

Photo taken of Michael Underhill (left, Ferdinand), John Douglas Thompson (Prospero), and Nora Eschenheimer (Miranda) in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, running on the Boston Common through August 8. The trio was long, sand-colored clothing and extend their hands towards one another while standing at the front of a stage covered with sand.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: View an Outdoor Production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

July 16, 2024

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July 16, 2024

Photo: Asian woman drying sweat in a warm summer day

Public Health

10 Tips for How to Stay Cool When You Don’t Have AC

July 15, 2024

Photo: A picture of the Republique Plaza in Paris with a large French flag waving

Politics

Right-Wing Candidates Lost in Several Recent Global Elections. Does That Mean Anything for the Upcoming US Presidential Election?

July 15, 2024

Photo: A picture of BU President Melissa Gilliam onstage in front of many people. There is a banner that says "Boston University" behind her

Staff Meet & Greet with BU President Melissa Gilliam

July 15, 2024

BU Today 07-15-2024

July 15, 2024

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July 14, 2024

Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally

Politics

Trump Survived an Assassination Attempt. Will Our Politics?

July 14, 2024

Student Life

Adventure in Thailand: SHA Undergrads Study Ecotourism

July 12, 2024

Photo: A small tractor clears water from a business as flood waters block a street.

Earth

Vermont Will Charge Big Oil for Past Climate Change. Should Massachusetts Follow?

July 12, 2024

Photo: A picture of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is confetti pouring from the ceiling and balloons all around.

Politics

Presidential Nominating Conventions Don’t Nominate, but They Still Matter, BU Scholar Says

July 11, 2024

Photo: A neon sign that says "Cinéma," or "film" in French.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: The Boston French Film Festival

July 11, 2024

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July 11, 2024

Photo: A Slurpee lover displays her Slurpees outside a 7-Eleven store in New York

Things-to-do

To Do Today: 7-Eleven Free Slurpee Day

July 11, 2024

Photo: A picture of a turkey on Boston University

Can Someone Point Me to the Admissions Office?

July 10, 2024

BU Today 07-10-2024

July 10, 2024