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History

Hundreds of members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts will march from Faneuil Hall to the Boston Common and on to the Old South Church. Photo courtesy of the AHAC

Arts & Culture

June Day Parade, Largest Such Event on East Coast, Is a Massachusetts Tradition

June 4, 2018

Still image from the documentary film Paper Lanterns directed by Max Esposito, about 12 Vietnam POWs.

Arts & Culture

Bringing the Untold Story of 12 World War II American POWs to Light

May 29, 2018

The USS Constitution Museum offers a special Memorial Day program honoring veterans

Boston

Boston Celebrates Memorial Day Weekend

May 25, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Global

The Media Frenzy behind the Next Royal Wedding

May 17, 2018

Graduates read comic books during the BU Commencement on Nickerson Field, May 15, 1983.

University News

A Look at Commencements Past

May 17, 2018

Rep John Lewis

History

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

Martin Luther King

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

Arts & Culture

Oscars Up Close

March 2, 2018

African American History Monument, Columbia, SC

Science & Technology

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

Health & Medicine

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.

University News

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

Painting

Hidden Stories behind Art Masterpieces

November 1, 2017

Hidden Stories behind Art Masterpieces