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Photo: A picture of President Biden during the presidential debate against Donald Trump

Politics

Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race—What It Means, and What Comes Next

July 21, 2024

Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally

Politics

Trump Survived an Assassination Attempt. Will Our Politics?

July 14, 2024

Paul Revere’s house

In the City

To Do Today: Paul Revere House

June 28, 2024

Photo: Two characters from the Netflix show Bridgerton, in historical dress from the 1700s.

Film & TV

Bridgerton Season 3 Wraps: Exactly How Historically Accurate Is Netflix’s Hit Regency-Era Romantic Drama?

June 11, 2024

Photo: A picture of former U.S. President Donald Trump walking out of a courthouse. He is wearing a steel blue suit with a bright blue tie and an American flag pin on the jacket

Law

Donald Trump Convicted on All 34 Counts in Hush Money Trial

May 30, 2024

Photo: Photo of student in Jilene Chua's class modeling their creation for the course. A jacket with blue patches on the back.

College of Arts & Sciences

New CAS Class Teaches the History of Empires through Fashion and Beauty

May 14, 2024

Photo: Shaw Hutton (CGS'23, CAS'25), an architectural studies major, spends his spare time making reproductions of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Fashion

Stitching Together the Past

May 3, 2024

Photo: A stock photo with caricatures of Biden and Trump with their arms crossed, facing one another on the edge of a red cliff, respectively.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Biden-Trump Rematch May Mark the End of an Era

April 23, 2024

Marina Dawn Wells (GRS’20,’24) examining a scrimshaw carving of a trans pirate, "Alwilda," that a whaleman copied out of a book by Charles Ellms, The Pirates Own Book (1837). Photo by Drew Furtado, New Bedford Whaling Museum

University News

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program

April 22, 2024

Photo: Train tracks leading to the entrance of Auschwitz. Text reads "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away."

Arts & Culture

A Visit to Auschwitz Exhibition in Boston Recalls One of History’s Darkest Periods

April 16, 2024

Photo: The Boston University men’s ice hockey team after defeating Minnesota in the NCAA Sioux Falls Regional final. A large group of men are wearing red hockey jerseys and celebrating while holding up a trophy

Athletics

Seven Things to Know as BU Begins the 2024 Frozen Four

April 10, 2024

Photo: A classroom of people sitting around a large table with laptops open

Academics

BU Students Flock to CAS Course on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

March 21, 2024

Photo: A young black man standing in front of a background of roses with a smile on his face

Watch Now

Black History Month 2024 Focuses on African Americans in the Arts

February 21, 2024

Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night. He stands at a podium that reads TRUMP and an audience member reaches up to wave a red MAGA hat.

Politics

Analysis: BU Experts on Presidential Politics after N.H. Primary

January 24, 2024

Photo: A women stands outside in the cold with three statues. There are dead trees behind her, indicating it is winter.

WOMEN'S MEMORIAL

Women Making History Today Give Voice to Past Trailblazers at Boston Women’s Memorial

January 18, 2024

Image: A Modern wire frame mesh design vector illustration of the year "2023". Numbers are depicted with glowing neon green low polygonal digits on black background.

2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Photo: Adriana Craciun, a CAS professor of English, outside Mine 3, a shuttered coal mine near Longyearbyen in Svalbard. A white woman bundled up in black winter gear stands and poses in front of an old coal railway in a snowy landscape. Snowy mountains can be seen in the distance.

Arctic Classes

Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic

December 1, 2023

Photo: A large, white gallery wall features large paintings from various artists. A person is showing walking through and looking at different pieces.

Fine Arts

Works by Warhol, de Kooning, Pollock, and More On View in Dazzling Stone Gallery Show

November 21, 2023

Composite image featuring multiple movie and tv show covers including "Killers of the flower moon", "Reservation Dogs" and the Toasted Sister Podcast

Arts & Culture

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with These Books, Films, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Albums

November 17, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , winner of the 2021 Nobel prize in literature, speaks with Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston as part of a two-day BU visit under the auspices of the Center on Forced Displacement and Kilachand at Morse Auditorium. Three people sit in formal attire and appear to be discussing an important topic around a small table

Forced Displacement

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement

November 16, 2023

Fruitful First Year for Center on Forced Displacement