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History

Five Phone Calls That Changed History

March 4, 2026

Faculty

Alexander Graham Bell: The BU Years

March 2, 2026

Photo: Leland Clarke (Wheelock'75) at his home in Randolph, Mass., with some of the approximately 1,800 pieces of ephemera he’s collected that chronicle Roxbury’s history.

Books

CFA Professor’s Love Letter to Roxbury

February 23, 2026

Photo: Dr. Martin Luther King speaks March 25, 1967 at the Chicago Peace March.

MLK Day

BU and Boston’s Annual MLK Day Observance to Take Inspiration from King’s 1967 Speech

January 15, 2026

Photo: A collage of four images: Top left, two hands holding shreds of micro plastics, bottom left an image shot from the moon, top right a stock image of burning candles, and bottom right, a figure statue head

Research

Best of The Brink 2025: A Selection of BU’s 10 Most-Read, Liked, and Shared Science and Research Stories

December 16, 2025

Photo: A woman at a podium sings an operatic.

Opera

Recording of Long-Lost Opera Rediscovered by BU Researcher Now Available to Stream and Buy

September 11, 2025

PHoto: Rock crystal amulets on display at a museum

Books

A Debut Novel Set During the Black Plague

August 8, 2025

Photo: An older man with round black glasses frames and a button up shirt smiles for a portrait photo.

Faculty

A Historian Whose April Fools’ Day Origin Tale Took on a Life of Its Own

August 8, 2025

JUNETEENTH

Celebrating Juneteenth Around Boston

June 16, 2025

Photo: A girl in a leather jacket smiling in front of textiles

Art History

From Wedding Attire to Living Room Curtains: A BU Scholar Is Unraveling the History of Brocade Weaving in Morocco

May 31, 2025

Photo: An engraved illustration of George Washington crossing the River Delaware during the American Revolutionary War

REVOLUTIONARY WAR QUIZ

Who Won a BU Swag Bag by Correctly Answering Our Revolutionary War Quiz?

April 17, 2025

WWII History

Finding the Names of BU’s World War II Casualties Lost to Time

March 2, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Korean Language, Literature, and Culture Is Booming at BU

February 20, 2025

Photo: Sara Zewde a woman with long hair stands in a brightly lit room wearing an elegant and intricately designed outfit with black and white colors

Design

Reimagining Public Spaces

February 14, 2025

Photo: Soong Mayling receiving an honorary degree in 1989 from BU President John Silber

Books

World War II Wartime China’s First Lady: A Lesson in Resolving Today’s Tension with Taiwan?

February 10, 2025

Photo: An exterior shot of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The building is peeking out of from a snowy mountain

History

Keeping Seeds Alive If the World as We Know It Ends

February 10, 2025

Photo: President Carter and Rosalynn Carter stand after President Carter gave a speech. He has his hand raised in a fist. They are smiling, him with his teeth and her with her mouth. It's a black and white photo.

PRESIDENT CARTER

Jimmy Carter Remembered as a President Who Was Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024

Photo:XCC-Back to the Past-0799-sm: Evan Denenberg (Wheelock’25) presenting to the class about the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment.

Campus Life

Hub XCC Course Has Students Getting into Character and Acting Out Historic Events

December 17, 2024

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

December 13, 2024

Photo: A collage-style image with a swirling colorful background featuring black and white photos of the Beatles and author Debbie Gendler

Books

An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania

December 3, 2024

An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania