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Aaron Goldberg directing the BU Pep Band at the 2019 Women’s Beanpot Championship. BU captured the trophy for the first time since becoming a club sport. Photo by Ally Kallfelz (COM’21)

Watch Now

BU Bands: Celebrating the “Heartbeat of the University”

October 19, 2022

Mishka Yarovoy (CFA’23), who plays Oskar, the bullied boy next door, with Leah Hohhauser (CFA’24) in a scene from Let the Right One In. The two actors are close friends.

Arts & Culture

There Will Be Blood at the Booth Theatre for Halloween

October 19, 2022

University News

BU’s New Associate Provost for Community and Inclusion Will Focus on Accountability, Civil Discourse

October 19, 2022

Photo of Cey Adams (center, left) and show curator Liza Quiñonez (center, right) at the opening reception for the first-ever retrospective exhibition of Adams’ work, Cey Adams, Departure: 40 Years of Art and Design at the Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, September 30. In the foreground: Makeeba McCreary (left) and Linda Yang. Four people talk and laugh in an art gallery.

VISUAL ARTS

Cey Adams, Creator of Hip-Hop’s Visual Language, Gets First-Ever Retrospective at Stone Gallery

October 18, 2022

Photo: Closeup of a hand holding pink, sugary gummies.

Public Health

Nicotine Gummies: The Next Public Health Crisis

October 17, 2022

Vector illustration: A lock on a computer screen to show cyber security problems. Small white icons are connected to the computer to represent coding and ai.

Books

School of Law Expert: Software Enables Innovation, Except When It Doesn’t

October 17, 2022

A photo of the US Supreme Court with a green overlay. There is a large red circle on the left side of the image that contains a white question mark.

Listen Now

Will the Supreme Court End Affirmative Action?

October 17, 2022

Stock photo of Beacon Hill in Boston. A brick building along a cobblestone street is shown.

Neighborhood

Street Smarts: Beacon Hill

October 14, 2022

Book illustration from "Goodnight Moon". Colorful page depicts a small grey mouse tucked into a green bed in a large green room with red, yellow, and blue decor.

Books

75 Years Later, Why Is Goodnight Moon Still Lulling So Many Children to Sleep?

October 14, 2022

An American flag, waving in the wind

International Relations

POV: Redefining US National Security in a Divided and Unequal Nation

October 14, 2022

Photo: Angela Lansbury presented with an honorary degree by Jon Westling (Hon.’03), then BU president ad interim, at the University’s May 20,1990, Commencement. Lansbury stands on stage wearing a red ceremonial graduation gown as Westling stands behind a podium to her right in a black set of robes.

Film & TV

Angela Lansbury’s Surprising Boston University Ties

October 13, 2022

Photo of a delicate, geometric apple- shaped dessert. Apple is a light green and red. A blurred cup of coffee is also shown on the table in the background.

Food

Eat Your Way through Boston This National Dessert Day

October 13, 2022

Spooky season is here, and serial killer Michael Myers is on the loose again. Halloween Ends is out Friday and sets the stage for one final showdown between Myers and Laurie Strode. Image courtesy of Universal Pictures

Student Life

Our Lucky Halloween Ends Quiz Winner Revealed

October 13, 2022

The inaugural cohort of the College of Arts & Sciences Society of Fellows has taken up residence at Boston University this fall: Alisa Prince (from left), Alize Arican, Tori Lee, and Jacob Bongers (not pictured: Najwa Mayer). Photo courtesy of College of Arts & Sciences

University News

CAS Society of Fellows Is Opening New Doors for Early-Career Scholars at BU

October 13, 2022

Residence Life

7 Ways To Stay Engaged With Your Residence Hall

October 12, 2022

Photo of people congregating in an open art gallery. Some sit and stand as art is featured on the walls.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: October 13 to 16

October 12, 2022

A photo of many cannabis leaves on a living plant. President Biden’s pardons for people convicted under federal marijuana possession law are a good-faith, but limited step in reforming cannabis policy, BU’s Seth Blumenthal says. Photo by Rick Proctor/Unsplash

Politics

Will Biden’s Pot Pardons Make a Difference—or Will States Ignore the Policy Change?

October 12, 2022

Collage: (left) Photo of Lilia Buckingham. A young white woman with long blonde hair poses in front of a blue Hocus Pocus 2 backdrop. She wears a light, sequined gown and matching gloves. (right) Movie Poster for the Hocus Pocus 2 movie. Poster features headshots of the three main witches and the teen protagonists below them in a purple and black theme. Gold words below all of them read "Hocus Pocus 2".

Film & TV

BU Student Stars in Hocus Pocus 2

October 11, 2022

Photo of an Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Metal sign reads "Uber" on a glass-paned building.

Cybersecurity

Uber Users: What You Need to Know about Last Month’s Data Breach

October 11, 2022

An image of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith and the print replication of the same image in purple with an orange background by Andy Warhol. The case before the court on October 12, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, hinges on an Andy Warhol print based on a portrait of the artist Prince by photographer Lynn Goldsmith. Image credit: Lynn Goldsmith; Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; United States Supreme Court Documents

Business & Law

How Did Prince and Andy Warhol Wind Up Before the Supreme Court?

October 11, 2022

How Did Prince and Andy Warhol Wind Up Before the Supreme Court?