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Photo of a young person in a green baseball cap spraying their face with sunscreen.

Dermatology

How to Pick the Right Sunscreen for Your Face

July 22, 2021

New Appointment

Veteran Human Resources Administrator to Lead Boston University’s HR Department

July 21, 2021

Photo inside the African Meeting House on Beacon Hill, it has wooden pews and a pulpit at the front, with balcony seating on the sides and a chandelier with electric lights.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit the Museum of African American History

July 21, 2021

Photo of CFA SVA Director Dana Clancy in a red button down looking towards the camera as she holds a painted page of the NYTimes in a gallery of her work.

Visual Arts

Two Ways of Exploring Visual Narrative

July 21, 2021

Photo of crayola sidewalk chalk pieces of various pastel colors laying on pavement.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Decorate the Upham’s Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library

July 20, 2021

Photo of Anne Herrera (Wheelock’19), triage specialist at Healthway, wearing a floral face mask and blue floral blouse, receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Student Health Services Director of Nursing Anne Patey, MSN, at the vaccine clinic January 15 at FitRec. Patey wears gloves, a face mask and face shield.

Faculty & Staff

Staff and Faculty React to BU COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

July 19, 2021

Photo, from behind, of a nurse with blue glasses, wearing a face mask and purple gloves, giving a BU staff or faculty a COVID-19 vaccine, at the vaccine clinic at FitRec January 2020.

University News

BU to Require Faculty, Staff to Get Vaccinated for Fall Semester

July 19, 2021

Firelei Baez's sculpture depicting the ruins of Sans-Souci Palace on display at the ICA Watershed in Boston

Local

To Do Today: Visiting Haiti’s Past at This Year’s ICA Watershed

July 19, 2021

Close-up photo of a German Shepherd dog licking a multi-flavored ice cream cone.

Food

National Ice Cream Day: Best Scoops in Boston

July 16, 2021

Digital image of the photograph 'Mercury Rising' by Katherine Richmond.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Marine Art Show on Newbury Street

July 16, 2021

A stand-up comic entertains a small crowd outdoors at Eastie Farms in East Boston, Massachusetts.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Stand-Up Comedy in East Boston

July 15, 2021

Students sitting in a row of seats at Fenway along the first base line under the overhang as a tour guide dressed in red tells them about the park.

Classes

From Newport Mansions to Fenway, Summer Program Explores Boston and New England

July 14, 2021

ervicemen of the Ukrainian Navys 88th Separate Marine Battalion and US marine units along with fellow Georgian and Moldovan servicemen conduct a land operation on the Oleshky Sands military training ground close to Crimea as part of the Sea Breeze 2021 maritime exercise held by NATO and its partner nations

History

Andrew Bacevich: The United States Is Ignoring 2020’s “Apocalyptic” Wake-up Call

July 12, 2021

Image of the painting Bottled Water by Diana Cheren Nygren

Fine Arts

To Do Today: Emerging Artists Exhibition

July 12, 2021

Photo taken at a COVID-19 test collection site. Specialist Jessica Sandberg guides a visitor through the test collection process at the Rajen Kilachand Center August 25, 2020. Sandberg wears a mask and lanyard and stands behind a plastic divider.

University News

Faculty, Staff Will Transition to Unobserved COVID-19 Testing

July 12, 2021

A male staff member at a COVID-19 Test Collection Kiosk prompts a woman to leave her testing swab vial in a tray on the kiosk table.

Staff

Video: How to Use BU’s COVID-19 Staffed Collection Kiosks

July 12, 2021

A photo of Graffiti Alley

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Spray Paint the Walls of Cambridge’s Graffiti Alley

July 10, 2021

Student Health

What You Need to Know About Updating Your Vaccination Status for Fall

July 9, 2021

Movie still from Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johannson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, at left, wearing a black leather jacket, next to Florence Pugh playing her little sister, Yelena Belova. Behind them, some rubble is seen in the distance.

MOVIE QUIZ

Did You Win Our Black Widow Quiz?

July 9, 2021

A photo of Phoebe Robinson

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Phoebe Robinson Brings Her Distinct Comedy to Laugh Boston

July 9, 2021

To Do Today: Phoebe Robinson Brings Her Distinct Comedy to Laugh Boston