Nikki Giovanni Papers to open with celebratory events, exhibition
The BU Libraries invites you to the grand opening of the Nikki Giovanni Papers at Boston University as we celebrate the influential poet, writer, and activist and provide the world’s first glimpse into her personal papers. Coinciding with Boston University Alumni weekend, the Nikki Giovanni Papers opening, “Poetry is a Culture of People”, is free […]
BU Libraries Symposium Will Revisit the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Spy Case
From BU Today: “Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed 73 years ago on charges that they passed atomic secrets to the Russians. But their prosecution has inspired bitter debate ever since, with many believing that Ethel, in particular, was wrongly convicted. Now “we have what many believe is the smoking-gun document” to make the […]
School of Visual Arts partnership brings art to Mugar Library with painting exhibition and printmaking workshops
The BU Libraries are pleased to collaborate with the BU School of Visual Arts Painting program to integrate art into library spaces with a new exhibition of student work and workshop series inviting all students to make art and learn about the process of creation. Now on display on the first floor of Mugar Library, […]
BU Libraries Celebrate Love Data Week
The BU Libraries are celebrating Love Data Week (February 9-13) by sharing data resources and offerings and uplifting the data sets the BU community loves. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)’s Love Data Week celebrates data in all forms, and the power of data to tell stories and shape our understanding of the world around […]
BU Libraries Launch Series of Common Read Events
The BU Libraries are hosting several Orbital-themed events this spring semester to help build community and connection through the BU Common Read. The BU Common Read is a University-wide initiative that invites all students, faculty, and staff to read and discuss the same book and to meaningfully engage with one another. Orbital by Samantha Harvey, this year’s Common Read, is […]
BU Libraries to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with community tours of King Reading Room
The Boston University Libraries join the Howard Thurman Center, the City of Boston, BU African American & Black Diaspora Studies, and BU Government & Community Affairs in inviting all to the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. The annual celebration features thoughtful and inspirational speakers and provides community members and opportunity to tour the Dr. Martin […]
BU Libraries celebrate Della Hardman Day
On July 26, the BU Libraries celebrated Della Hardman Day with the Martha’s Vineyard community. This annual celebration honors the legacy of Della Hardman—an artist, educator, author, and advocate for cultural understandingand social justice—whose papers are preserved by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at the BU Libraries. After earning her master’s degree in fine […]
Digital Edition of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman Now Available
A digital version of the five-volume documentary edition, The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, edited by Walter Earl Fluker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Emeritus, is now publicly available online. This comprehensive online resource, developed by The Howard Thurman Papers Project in collaboration with The Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia, makes accessible Dr. […]
Textiles Tell Stories Highlights BU Libraries African Textiles Collection
BU Today featured the new Special Collections exhibition, Textiles Tell Stories: Exploring the African Studies Library Collection, and spoke with the African Studies librarians and faculty and scholars of BU’s History of Art & Architecture department who curated the exhibition of African textiles held at the BU Libraries. At the opening of this exhibition and its complementary community exhibit, Textiles Tell […]
From BU Today: Why Is Everybody Talking About “Third Places” Right Now?
In exploring the concept of third place, BU Today spoke with BU librarians how the BU Libraries foster our role as a third place for the BU community. From the article: “Libraries are a lot of things for a lot of people. They’re home to study sessions and gossip sessions, chance encounters and habitual meetups, social events and […]