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History

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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

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Design

Reimagining Public Spaces

February 14, 2025

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History

Keeping Seeds Alive If the World as We Know It Ends

February 10, 2025

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Books

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

February 10, 2025

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PRESIDENT CARTER

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

December 29, 2024

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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

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Books

An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania

December 3, 2024

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Thanksgiving

History of Thanksgiving

November 22, 2024

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Things-to-do

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Comes to Boston

November 13, 2024

Undergraduate Research

For BU Undergrad, Meal Leftovers Aren’t Trash—They’re Glimpses into the Past

October 24, 2024

Professorship Awards

Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers

September 26, 2024

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Journalism & Media

Podcast Looks at a Forgotten Chapter of the Civil Rights Struggle

September 18, 2024

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Politics

The First Presidential Debate Led to Biden’s Exit. Now It’s Harris vs Trump

September 9, 2024

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American and New England Studies

What a Southern Plantation’s Paper Trail Can Reveal About the Lasting Legacies of Slavery

September 5, 2024

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Music

Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats

August 20, 2024

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Bioarchaeology

The Histories of Enslaved People Were Written by Slavers. A BU Researcher Is Working to Change That

August 13, 2024

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Boston History

What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future

July 29, 2024

What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future