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A photo of the inside of Brookline Booksmith

Local Business

10 Local Businesses to Support during the COVID-19 Shutdown

May 7, 2020

Composite image: on the right, Dr. Muhammad Zaman poses for a photo in his lab on Thursday, April 27, 2017, photo by Jackie Ricciardi; on the right, a black and white portrait of Sigrid Nunez, a College of Arts & Sciences lecturer in creative writing, photo by Marrion Ettlinger.

Accolades

Two BU Faculty Honored with Guggenheim Fellowships

April 22, 2020

Paperback books stacked on top of each other..

Books

BU Libraries’ Most Popular Books (“Popular” Being Relative)

February 24, 2020

A photo of the cover of Sheila's Cordner's book "Who’s Hiding in This Book?"

Literature

CGS Lecturer’s New Picture Book Introduces Young Readers to Literary Classics

January 29, 2020

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.

Books

Andrew Bacevich on Winning the Cold War, Then Blowing the Cold Peace

January 14, 2020

City firefighter walks away from Ground Zero covered in dust on September 11th

Books

Alum’s New Book Recounts His Fight to Help First Responders Sickened after 9/11

December 2, 2019

A portrait of Viet Thanh Nguyen who will be delivering the 2019 Ha Jin Lecture

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen to Give Ha Jin Lecture Tonight

November 19, 2019

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye smiles for a photo while standing on a bridge

Arts & Culture

“Wandering Poet” Naomi Shihab Nye Headlines Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

November 5, 2019

Lisa Sullivan, an SPH professor of biostatistics and associate dean for education, chairing a meeting of the school’s education committee.

Public Health

Two New Books from SPH Faculty for Fast-Changing Public Health Field

October 31, 2019

Weekender

The Weekender: October 17 to 20

October 16, 2019

Music

CFA’s Victor Coelho Got Plenty of Satisfaction Editing a Book about the Rolling Stones

October 9, 2019

Best-selling author Lisa Taddeo speaks during a live appearance.

Books

Alum’s Book Exploring Female Desire and Sex Takes Off

September 9, 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

Portrait of Mary L. Churchill, former Vice President of Wheelock College, standing in a doorway.

Books

New Book Takes Behind-the-Scenes Look at the BU/Wheelock College Merger and the Challenges Facing Many Small US Colleges

July 25, 2019

Dentistry

This 11-Year-Old Wants to Go to BU’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine: She’s Written a Picture Book to Help Pay for It

July 11, 2019

Sandro Galea, dean of the BU School of Public Health

Public Health

Sandro Galea Aims to Change the Conversation around Health with New Book

May 3, 2019

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

Marketing & Communications

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

May 2, 2019

The book cover of Robin by Dave Itzkoff

Arts & Culture

Robin Williams Revealed, with Big Help from BU Archives

April 30, 2019

two kids playing soccer on the beach

Earth

BU, Nicaragua Students, Peace Corps Work to Call Attention to Country’s Climate Change

March 19, 2019

A photo featuring several first ladies

Arts & Culture

Moms in Chief Explores the Pitfalls Women in Politics Face

February 25, 2019

Moms in Chief Explores the Pitfalls Women in Politics Face