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Rep John Lewis

Martin Luther King

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Ed Coaxum speaks at a memorial service on for Martin Luther King, Jr. the day after he was assassinated, Marsh Plaza, Boston University, 1968

Alumni

Alums Share Memories of Dark Days of April 1968

April 4, 2018

A family during the Great Western Migration, 1866, stands alongside their covered wagon.

Economics

BU Researchers: The American Frontier Continues to Shape Us

April 2, 2018

Items from a collection of Academy Awards history at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University

Awards

Oscars Up Close

March 2, 2018

African American History Monument, Columbia, SC

Politics

Paradox of the South: Confederacy Statues and Civil Rights Memorials

February 26, 2018

History

Ancient Advice for a Good Life

February 23, 2018

inkwell, pen, parchment and postcards

Relationships

Love, Passion, and Longing Brought to Life

February 14, 2018

Vita Paladino, Director and Principal Investigator of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University, poses for a photo in her office.

Gotlieb

Keeper of the Treasures

February 8, 2018

Queer, There, Everywhere featured historical figures.

Books

LGBTQ Figures, from Lincoln to Mr. Sulu

January 24, 2018

The Boston portion of the Women’s March drew a crowd estimated at 175,000 people. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

History

The Women’s March and Its Impact, One Year Later

January 22, 2018

Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass., is a more than 3,700-acre ecological research area where scientists have been carrying out experiments since 1907.

Climate Change

CAS Researchers Working to Predict Future Climate Change

December 14, 2017

Tessa Croker, a PhD student in BU’s American and New England Studies Program, recently joined iconic doll company American Girl, where she ensures the historical accuracy of its products.

Graduate Students

Making History Come Alive at American Girl

December 12, 2017

Diane Thompson extracting a core from a live Porites coral colony at Kiritimati in 2012.

Geosciences

Winds of Change

December 11, 2017

Historian Cathal J. Nolan shows we’ve gotten a lot wrong about war—with bloody consequences

History

The Allure of Battle

November 30, 2017

Jodi Cranston, Professor of Renaissance art at Boston University and founder of historical art research website mappingpaintings.org

Arts & Culture

Hidden Stories behind Art Masterpieces

November 1, 2017

An Autumn view of Marsh Plaza and Marsh Chapel at Boston University

History

Discovering Marsh Chapel

October 10, 2017

Top of the United States Constitution document showing the words "We the People"

Law

The Five Oddest Clauses in the US Constitution

September 26, 2017

Robert E. Lee confederate civil war monument in Charlottesville, VA

Racism

POV: The Controversy over Confederate Civil War Monuments

September 25, 2017

Professor Tom Whalen poses for a photo in front of Fenway Park

History

Revisiting the Spirit of ’67

August 29, 2017

William McKeen, author, professor and associate dean of Boston University College of Communication

Books

Recalling the Music and Mayhem of Los Angeles in the ’60s

August 8, 2017

Recalling the Music and Mayhem of Los Angeles in the ’60s