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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

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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

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Undergraduate Research

Bee Research at the Arnold Arboretum Aims to Protect Native Pollinators

August 5, 2025

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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

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NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY

How to Celebrate National Ice Cream Day

July 14, 2025

Fireworks display with people watching.

Things-to-do

Best Places to Watch Fireworks in Boston This Fourth of July

July 1, 2025

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Things-to-do

Want to Beat the Summer Heat? Check Out One of the Boston Area’s Many Public Pools

June 30, 2025

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University News

BU Opens Cooling Stations as First Heat Wave of the Season Arrives

June 21, 2025

Photo: A cozy apartment filled with houseplants

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Start a Garden with Boston Public Library’s Seed Library

June 6, 2025

Umbrellas add a touch of color to a dreary Thursday, as Terriers wend their way past the Kilachand Center for Life Sciences & Engineering. Rain dumped nearly an inch on Boston, and Friday is expected to be much cooler, with a high of only 60. Could be fall has arrived. September 22 photo by Cydney Scott. Students walk in front of a large modern building with umbrellas in rainy weather

LOCAL WEATHER

We’ve Had 12 Consecutive Weekends of Rain. What’s Up with That?

June 4, 2025

Photo: Acorn street in Beacon Hill, Boston, MA

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Beacon Hill Art Walk

May 28, 2025

Photo: A street within Davis Square in Somerville, MA

In the City

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Davis Square

May 28, 2025

Photo: Sarah-Anne Martinez and Emily Skinner in The Light in the Piazza

Things-to-do

To Do Today: The Light in the Piazza

May 28, 2025

Photo: Robert Davey poses for a portrait in his BU lab

NEIDL

Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL, BU’s Infectious Diseases Research Hub

May 27, 2025

Photo: A field of American flags on the Boston Common

Things-to-do

Six Spots to Check Out This Memorial Day in Boston

May 21, 2025

Student Life

BU Class on History of Boston Takes to a Storied Stage: Club Passim

May 8, 2025

BU Class on History of Boston Takes to a Storied Stage: Club Passim