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Photo of David Chard, a white man with short gray hair and short gray beard. He wears a blue-gray suit and maroon tie and sits with his hand folded over his knee in what looks like a study or office. At top left and right, rainbows are overlaid.

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: David Chard

June 22, 2022

A woman in a striped shirt and vest stands in a classroom full of children, facing the camera

In the City

To Do Today: Roxbury International Film Festival

June 22, 2022

An illustration by Sky & Telescope that depicts where certain planets will be in the sky on June 24th

Astronomy

Want to See Five Planets with Your Naked Eye This Week?

June 21, 2022

Composite image of ten book covers included in the summer reads listicle. Books include: “Love Marriage”. “Olga Dies Dreaming", ”Girl on Fire”, By the Book”, “Young Mungo”, “There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important", "Portrait of a Thief", "Girls Can Kiss Girls Now", and "Happy-Go-Lucky".

Arts & Culture

15 Great Summer Reads Sure to Keep You Turning the Pages

June 20, 2022

Screenshot of BUTV10 program Amber. Two young AAPI women wear black blazers and sit behind a news desk. At left, is Dalvina Bian, COM'23, who has brown hair and wears red lipstick. At right is Chunyi Xu, COM'23, who has black hair and smiles slightly. Behind them, on screen, a TV reads "Amber" in English and presumably in Chinese characters. The "A" of Amber is a broadcast towere and the design also features the figure of a chinese women in the lower right.

Film & TV

BUTV10 Wins Big—Again

June 20, 2022

Photo of two young women with long brown hair smiling and wearing crowns made of green leaves. The woman on the right has curly hair and wears black framed glasses and the woman on the left has straight hair.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Solstice Celebration at Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

June 20, 2022

Photo of a trader (a White, bald man wearing a blue jacket) working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. He has his left hand on his face and looks concerns as he types at a computer screen. Other people working on computers and large screens with stock information on them are seen blurred behind him.

Business & Finance

Interest Rates Are Up, Stocks Are Down. What’s Next for the Economy?

June 20, 2022

Photo taken from behind a Jewish worshipper as they sit in a synagogue. They wear a blue and white star of David kippah. The space is darkened but they are spotlighted.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Antisemitic Mapping Project Likely to Lead to More Anti-Jewish Violence

June 16, 2022

Photo of a family smiling and posing at an outdoor table during a the evening. A black man waves tot he camera as he hugs a young black girl next to him. Other black children sit around a table with a tan tablecloth and smile.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Museum of Fine Arts Juneteenth Free Open House

June 16, 2022

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

In the City

To Do Today: OUT at Time Out Market

June 13, 2022

To Do Today: OUT at Time Out Market