Boston University

History

Portrait of Robert Eschmann.

Racism

The Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color.

July 30, 2019

Offred, the heroine in The Handmaids Tale stands in the Arlington Station

Things-to-do

Take a Tour of 10 Locales from The Handmaid’s Tale

July 30, 2019

central-square

Local

To Do Today: Central Square Activism Walking Tour

July 25, 2019

The sign that hangs outside the African Meeting House

In the City

Retracing Boston’s African American History

July 23, 2019

Humanities

How the Japanese Imperial Family, the World’s Oldest Royal Line, Transcends Time

July 9, 2019

University News

BU Cited for Role in Boston’s LGBT History

June 28, 2019

LGBTQ+

POV: Taking the Measure of the Stonewall Uprising 50 Years Later

June 27, 2019

History

Should Doctors Learn from Nazi Medical Research on Holocaust Victims?

June 20, 2019

An edition of Anne Frank's diary

Exhibitions

Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day

June 6, 2019

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 in the annual June Day Parade

Things-to-do

To Do Today: June Day Military Parade

June 3, 2019

A shot of the Boston harbor

Commencement

10 Free Things to Do with Family and Friends This Weekend

May 14, 2019

Three Boston University graduating students jump on the BU Seal symbol on Marsh Plaza on Commencement Sunday.

Commencement

The Myths and Legends behind the BU Seal

May 9, 2019

the twin towers smoking as seen from the street a few blocks away

Books

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11

May 2, 2019

tacos from Orninoco

Food

The Weekender April 4 to 7

April 3, 2019

The Pardee School of Global Studies at 121 Bay State Road

Bay State Road

You Could Win Big in New Bay State Road Challenge

April 3, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

a monument showing the line between the union and confederacy

Politics

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

March 27, 2019

Japanese soldiers playing the American game of baseball supposedly in China during the war

International Relations

Long before Pearl Harbor, Japan Tried to Get America on Its Side

February 22, 2019

black and white portrait of Henry Worsley in winter gear

Literature

Exploring Endurance

February 19, 2019

Chelsea Bray poses for a portrait with cotton milling machines in the historical Boott Cotton Mill in Lowell, MA said to be an inspiration for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Holiday

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?