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Book History

Video: Why the UK and US have Different Titles for the same Book

November 6, 2023

Photo: Maia Gil'Adi, a white woman with short, dark brown hair and wearing a grey suit, makes a zombie pose in front of light in a dim room. Her pose creates a creepy shadow behind her, emphasized by the lighting.

Zombies

Meet the BU Professor Building an Online Zombie Movie Archive

October 27, 2023

Photo: The view from the 4-seat floatplane of Kodiak Island, where The Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people have lived for over 7,500 years. A lush green island surrounded by water can be seen from a plane.

Archaeology

Archaeology Student Trevor Lamb Found Some of Alaska’s Oldest Woven Textiles on Kodiak Island

October 26, 2023

Photo: Closeup shot of a dictionary page opened up to the entry for the word "war". The word "war" is highlighted in neon yellow.

Linguistics

How and Why Language is Weaponized

October 23, 2023

Photo: An ariel photo of Boston University's campus with Commonwealth Avenue, in the summer of 1962

BU History

Did You Know? 10 Fun Facts about BU

October 4, 2023

Photo: A composite image of three black and white photos with a white boarder and a tan background. On the right, two individuals walking on BU's campus in 1973. On the right, two photos, one layered on top of the other. The top photo features four men marching for MLK day in 1973. The bottom photo features the Business class of BU in 1973.

Alumni

Black Alums Celebrate 50th Reunion during Alumni Weekend

September 21, 2023

Photo: A large seaplane floating in a body of water. The photo is black and white and was taken a long time ago.

World War II

Broadway Singers, a Nazi Sympathizer, and the Doomed Flight of the Yankee Clipper

September 5, 2023

Photo: A large stone building with a rounded window atop a tower in downtown Boston.

Student Voices

Why the History of Enslavement on the Freedom Trail Matters

August 29, 2023

Photo: STH professor Rebecca Copeland poses for a photo on a bright green lawn. A white woman wearing glasses, a white blouse, black cardigan, and long beaded necklace, stands with hands placed in front of her. Foreground leaves frame her and an old church-like building is shown in the blurred background.

Climate Change

What Can the Bible Teach Us about Fighting Climate Change?

August 15, 2023

Image: Silhouette of an AR-15 rifle center on a red and blue background. Red and blue background are separated in half vertically diagonal and splits the rifle into a red and blue half.

Politics

How the AR-15 Divided a Nation

August 9, 2023

Photo: Architectural rendering of the proposed Holocaust Museum and Educational Center. Rendering shows a large white building in between two dark, brick buildings.

Holocaust Museum

BU Wiesel Center Director: Boston’s Proposed Holocaust Museum Would Educate and Inform about the Legacy of Genocide

June 28, 2023

Photo: Donald Trump getting off a plane in a navy suit for his Miami trail.

Voices & Opinion

Where Does Trump’s Case Fall against Past Presidential Scandals Involving Sex, Power, Profit?

June 13, 2023

Photo: A cardboard sign that reads FREEDOM DAY JUNE TEENTH. On the left of the sign, a fist held up in solidarity by a Black individual. The individual holding the sign is also Black. The day is overcast and there is a blurred tree in the background.

JUNETEENTH

Celebrate Juneteenth on and off Campus with These Events

June 12, 2023

Photo: Two hands with black painted fingernails hold a copy of "Stamped from the beginning", a graphic novel adapted from Dr Ibram X Kendi’s book

Books

Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning

June 5, 2023

Photo: Two women wearing red robes raise their fists in excitement for a posed photograph in front of a large crowd at Boston University's commencement on Nickerson Field on May 17, 1981

Commencement

Celebrating 150 Years of BU Commencements in Photos

May 16, 2023

Photo: King Charles III looks to his right.An older white man wearing a traditional black military outfit and hat all brimming with gold chains, a row of various medals on the lapel, and various other gold and red embellishments, looks to his right.

Arts & Culture

BU Historian Kathryn Lamontagne on King Charles’ Coronation

March 27, 2023

Photo: A collage of different non-fiction or children book covers.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

11 Books to Read in Celebration of Women’s History Month

February 28, 2023

Photo: A night shot of the Lincoln Memorial, with the huge statue of President Lincoln looming the middle of the memorial. His statue is framed by two columns, vistors are in the foreground, shadowed by the night and a light shines on the inscription above the statue.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Lincoln Struggled with Depression. What We Can Learn from It Today

February 27, 2023

Photo: Journalism student, Sahika Aydinol (COM'24) is shown posing against a stack of books in a library. A young white woman wearing a beige dress and faux leather jacket stands with hands behind back in a library/archive.

Journalism & Media

Rescuing Lost Stories

February 7, 2023

Photo: Eugenio Menegon (left) poses for a photo with Daryl Ireland (right). Menegon, a man with white gray hair and wearing black glasses, a light blue, checkered collared shirt and navy blue sweater smiles and poses with arms crossed. Ireland, a man wearing glasses, light blue collared shirt, gray tie, and brown blazer, smiles and poses with hands in pockets. Both stand in front of a projector displaying a representation of the global network they're working on.

Christianity

What’s behind Boom of Christianity in China?

February 2, 2023

What’s behind Boom of Christianity in China?