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History

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History

Keeping Seeds Alive If the World as We Know It Ends

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

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Politics

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

July 21, 2024

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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

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Film & TV

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

June 11, 2024

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Law

Donald Trump Convicted on All 34 Counts in Hush Money Trial

May 30, 2024

Donald Trump Convicted on All 34 Counts in Hush Money Trial