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Boston

Greetings from Allston Village mural

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Allston

November 19, 2025

Photo: person placing their hand on another person's shoulder

Cancer Series

Living with Cancer: How BU Programs Help Patients, Students Stay Resilient in the Face of a Life-Changing Diagnosis

November 14, 2025

Racks of colorful clothing on display in Goodwill

In the City

Love Thrift Shopping? Check Out Our Guide to the Best Secondhand Shops in and around Boston

November 13, 2025

Photo: A stock photo of records piled on top of each other.

Things-to-do

This Weekend @ BU November 13 to 16

November 12, 2025

Photo: A highly compact and lightweight coil specifically designed to enhance MRI finger imaging wirelessly, the device is wrapped around a wrist.

Research News

Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025

October 31, 2025

Photo: BU students examining tree leaves and branches while doing research on urban trees

City Trees

Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why

October 30, 2025

In the City

Things to Do for Family and Friends Weekend at BU

October 15, 2025

Photo: Two women on a stage sitting on a couch

Theatre

Stories of Love and Resistance on Stage at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre This Season

October 10, 2025

Photo: Coolidge Corner, Brookline's iconic clock on the corner of a four way intersection.

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

October 2, 2025

Photo: The "Make Way for Ducklings" sculpture in the Boston Common featuring the ducks wearing clothes

Style

The Quack-tastic Collaboration That Ended in Mystery

October 2, 2025

Photo of the multi-use building that is also the WHOOP headquarters in Kenmore Square. The building is brick with large blueish windows. A large grey "WHOOP" sign is prominent atop. A large CITGO sign can be seen peeking from behind the building.

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fenway-Kenmore

September 18, 2025

Photo: Large crowd of people in front of a sign that says "Draw Something"

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 4 to 7

September 3, 2025

Some of this year’s BU City Scholar Summer Fellows on City Hall Plaza, August 12: Mickayla Davis (CAS’27) (from left), Gretta Healy (CGS’25, CAS’27), Maisha Kazi (CAS’26), Maggie Olson (CAS’26, Pardee’26), Khang Le (CAS’26), and Carina Spinola (Sargent’26); not pictured: Kimberly Nguyen (Sargent’27) and Zakariya Hussein (Questrom’27)

Student Life

These Terriers Spent Their Summer Serving the People of Boston

September 2, 2025

Photo: A mother and daughter decorating a Boston University dorm with a neon sign of a sun

Student Life

Six Tips to Help You Furnish Your Apartment or Dorm on a Budget

August 26, 2025

Food

BU-Trained Pastry Chef Is Boston Public Library’s New Chef-in-Residence

August 21, 2025

Photo: A person taking a photo, with a professional camera, of flowers in a field

Undergraduate Research

Bee Research at the Arnold Arboretum Aims to Protect Native Pollinators

August 5, 2025

Photo: A white woman wearing a navy blazer poses for a portrait.

Government & Law

Alum Oversees the Massachusetts Megaprojects That Will Reshape People’s Lives

August 4, 2025

Wide photo of visitors crowding onto Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA. People are seen sitting on the small, partially rocky shore at left, while others are in the shallow water at right. Houses and buildings lining the street along the beach are seen in the background.

Things-to-do

A Trip to the Sea via the T

July 30, 2025

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fort Point/Seaport

July 28, 2025

Photo: Stock image of five different ice cream waffle cones artistically laid about with various rainbow sprinkles in between.

NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY

How to Celebrate National Ice Cream Day

July 14, 2025

How to Celebrate National Ice Cream Day