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Photo of Sven Birkerts, left, and William Pierce in the AGNI offices on Bay State Rd. Birkerts, a white man with light brown curly hair and a silver grey beard, wears a blue shirt and jeans as he leans back with one arm on a bookcase behind him. Pierce, a white man with grey and brown curly hair wearing a white short sleeved shirt and light green pants, sits on an armchair to the right of Birkerts, also in front of the bookcase. The bookcase behind spans the entire wall and is made of a light wood. Many books on it feature the title "AGNI"

Writing

AGNI, BU’s Elite Literary Magazine, Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

June 16, 2022

Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., chairman of Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, gestures during the subcommittee's hearings on Wednesday, July, 26, 1972 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Harvey Georges)

Student Voices

Pell Grant 50th Anniversary: Two BU Students Share How It Changed Their Lives

June 16, 2022

Collage: Images of 5 Black media arranged in two rows. Tp row of 3 shows cover of "The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States", podcast art for "The Read" podcast, and poster for "A Black Lady Sketch Show". Second Row has promotional artwork for "Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches" and album cover of Koffee's "Gifted".

Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with These 15 Films, Podcasts, TV Shows, Albums, and Books

June 15, 2022

Photo of the cast of X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X performing at the Detroit Opera House last month, featuring Davóne Tines, center in the title role. Tines wears a gray suit and glasses that resemble Malcolm X's. Behind him, Black actors in mid-20th century clothing mill about and speak with one another will the spotlight is on Tines. Silvery, green trim above the stage can be seen.

Things-to-do

To Do This Weekend: An Opera about the Life of Malcolm X

June 15, 2022

One of two MBTA Green B Line Cars damaged in a collision.

Campus Life

MBTA to Install Green Line Safety System to Prevent Crashes

June 15, 2022

Photo of Chantel James, a young Black woman with clear glasses. She smiles, and wears a white blouse with tufted sleeves. She leans against a window in a room, presumably an office. Small pastel-colored rainbows are overlaid at left and right of the photo.

Pride

My Coming Out Story: Chantel James

June 15, 2022

photo of André de Quadros, choir director and teacher of music in the BU prison education program, looking at the camera with a stoic expression. He wears black, rectangular glasses and a light blue collared shirt.

Helping Refugee Children

With Singing Our Stories Project, CFA’s André de Quadros Will Bring Music Workshops to Migrant and Refugee Children

June 14, 2022

Participants march in the Juneteenth celebration parade, sponsored by the Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, through the streets of Harlem in New York on Saturday, June 18, 2010. Juneteenth, which refers to June 19, 1865, is celebrated as the day the news of the Emancipation reached Galveston, Texas brought by General Gordon Granger and a force of Union soldiers. Their arrival took place 2-1/2 years after Lincoln declared American slaves free on Sept. 22, 1862. (© Richard B. levine) Photo is black and white.

Community Voices

What Juneteenth Means to Me: a Photo Essay

June 14, 2022

Photo of people gathered in font of a building with a large green sign that reads "Sullivan's". The sit and stand on and around dark green tables on a sunny day.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Sullivan’s Castle Island Restaurant

June 13, 2022

Jane Harman, from Takoma Park, Md., holds a sign during a Students Demand Action event, near the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, June 6, 2022, in Washington. The group demanded action on gun safety in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Politics

Student’s Petition Asks BU to Divest from Gun Manufacturers

June 13, 2022

A busy food hall at Time Out Market full of people

Boston

To Do Today: OUT at Time Out Market

June 13, 2022

Photo of a silhouette of a person with long curly hair writing equations on a clear board

Career

What Are the Fastest Growing Jobs? And How Can BU Prepare You?

June 10, 2022

A sad child sits alone on a dirty sidewalk

Politics

POV: US Child Welfare System Is Falling Short Because of Persistent Child Poverty

June 10, 2022

Photo of BU playwright Kirsten Greenidge, aBlack woman with long, straight Black hair. She leans against a door wearing a white blouse as glasses res atop her head. The poster for "Common Ground Revisited" can be seen on the wall behind her.

Theatre

Can the Play Common Ground Revisited, about Boston’s Busing Crisis, Reach 21st-Century Audiences Like the 1985 Book?

June 9, 2022

Photo of two white men wearing grey and black business suits walking down a busy city street. They both hold black briefcases.

Employment

Pros and Cons of the Four-Day Workweek

June 8, 2022

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: Luis Menéndez-Antuña

June 8, 2022

Chris Pratt outstretching his hand toward a CGI dinosaur in Jurassic World Dominion

Arts & Culture

How Did You Do on Our Jurassic World Dominion Trivia Quiz?

June 8, 2022

LGBTQIA+

Here’s What the Different LGBTQIA+ Flags Represent

June 7, 2022

Jennafer Newberry as Glinda and Lissa deGuzman as Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Wicked

June 7, 2022

Photo of a woman sitting on a blanket and reading at Walden Pond in May of 2017. The photo is taken behind the branch of a small tree with green, heart-shaped leaves.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Cool Off at Walden Pond

June 7, 2022

To Do Today: Cool Off at Walden Pond