Boston University

History

Three Boston University graduating students jump on the BU Seal symbol on Marsh Plaza on Commencement Sunday.

Commencement

The Myths and Legends behind the BU Seal

May 9, 2019

the twin towers smoking as seen from the street a few blocks away

Books

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11

May 2, 2019

tacos from Orninoco

Film & TV

The Weekender April 4 to 7

April 3, 2019

The Pardee School of Global Studies at 121 Bay State Road

Campus & Facilities

You Could Win Big in New Bay State Road Challenge

April 3, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

a monument showing the line between the union and confederacy

Science & Technology

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

March 27, 2019

Japanese soldiers playing the American game of baseball supposedly in China during the war

International Relations

Long before Pearl Harbor, Japan Tried to Get America on Its Side

February 22, 2019

black and white portrait of Henry Worsley in winter gear

Literature

Exploring Endurance

February 19, 2019

Chelsea Bray poses for a portrait with cotton milling machines in the historical Boott Cotton Mill in Lowell, MA said to be an inspiration for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

UROP

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

a missile test in north korea

Classes

Nuclear Governance Class Offers Context to Current Headlines

December 17, 2018

Video still from the 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tv special showing Santa Claus talking to Rudolph with his blinking red nose.

Literature

POV: Rudolph the Sad, Bullied, Verbally Abused Red-Nosed Reindeer

December 7, 2018

Film & TV

A Disaster at Sea and a 70-Year-Old Secret Drive Tonight’s Cinemathèque Film

December 7, 2018

Historian Nina Silber

Arts & Culture

The Civil War History You Don’t Know

November 30, 2018

Bruce Schulman and Chris Daly teach a class on media and politics.

Classes

Trump and the Press: We’ve Been Here Before

October 31, 2018

Image of the painting HMS Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic by John Wilson Carmichael

Humanities

A Fascination with Disaster

August 15, 2018

Arts & Culture

Unnnh! Owww! Good God, Y’all! It’s Time for Funk Class!

August 7, 2018

The Massachusetts State House

Local

Take a Tour of the Massachusetts State House

July 16, 2018

Student Discounts

MBTA

10 Summer Student Discounts You’ll Love

June 15, 2018

Arts & Culture

Date Night at Otis House Tonight

June 6, 2018

Robert F Kennedy holds two fingers up in a victory sign as he talks to campaign workers at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, prior to his assassination.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Remembering RFK, 50 Years Later

June 5, 2018

POV: Remembering RFK, 50 Years Later