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Things-to-do

To Do Today: Cambridge Love Letters

June 8, 2021

Portrait of Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of Boston University’s Initiative on Cities, as he walks out of a brick building with a white door and trim with a bag over his shoulder. He wears a black bomber jacket and blue pants. On the left, a red plaque on the building reads “Boston University, Initiative on Cities, 75”

University News

Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of BU’s Initiative on Cities, Will Retire

June 8, 2021

Black and white photo of the author’s grandmother, Marie Moran, in Breezy Point, 1947. She wears a mid-thigh length skirt, hat, and pulls a wagon with a child in it.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Know the Water Is Coming. But I Can’t Bear to Sell My Family’s Cottage

June 7, 2021

Food

National Donut Day: The Best Places in Boston to Get Your Fix

June 4, 2021

A composite photo of Reece Eddy and Chase Levesque

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Attend a Lacrosse Game at Gillette Stadium

June 4, 2021

Photo of retiring BU comptroller Gillian Emmons sitting at her desk. She wears a blue sweater, and smiles; a window behind her looks out into Boston. A stack of red booklets sits on the desk behind her.

University News

BU Comptroller Gillian Emmons, National Leader in Higher Ed Accounting and Financial Reporting, Retiring

June 4, 2021

A photo of Trump supporters holding signs that read "Arrest the Traitors" and "Biden is Not My President"

Voices & Opinion

POV: America’s Greatest National Security Threat

June 3, 2021

The painting Six Crimee

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation at the MFA

June 3, 2021

Photo of President Robert A. Brown looking at a papers on his desk, in front of his laptop, as he prepares for the Wednesday morning town hall via Zoom in his office. He wears a blue suit; his wood-paneled office is seen in the background.

University News

At Town Hall, President Brown Urges BU Community to Get Vaccinated, Acknowledges Anxiety about Return to Work

June 2, 2021

Photo of the “The Bacon Truck,” a pink food truck decorated with cartoon bacon strips. A man with a green shirt, baseball hat and face mask walks by with his dog.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Grab a Bite at the Greenway Food Trucks

June 2, 2021

Photo taken from the top floor of Kilachand Center which shows the he Data Science Center Construction, at right, and the COM lawn onMarch 23. The lawn is yellowish green, as the grass has just begun growing, and the sky is clear blue.

Construction

Erector Crew Error Blamed for Beam Accident at Center for Computing & Data Sciences Construction Site

June 1, 2021

A composite of portrait photos of William Giraldi and Josephine Halvorson

University News

William Giraldi and Josephine Halvorson Named BU’s Latest Guggenheim Fellows

June 1, 2021

A photo of people walking up the stairs from BU Beach toward Marsh Chapel

University News

BU to Require All Employees to Disclose Vaccination Status or Plan

June 1, 2021

Photo of an older person who is slightly balding and has white hair walking down a street with large white stripes painted on it. One of the stripes at the top reads “Retirement.” The man, seen from above and behind, wears a vest and flannel and carriers a bag over his shoulder.

University News

BU Restarting Retirement Plan Contributions—with One Adjustment

May 28, 2021

Part of Greenwood District burned in Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, June 1921

History

On Centennial of Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessons for Our Own Racial Reckoning

May 28, 2021

Photo of small American flags planted in the ground around Boston Common, a tall, column like statue is seen in the background as well as trees.

Things-to-do

What’s Going On around Boston Memorial Day Weekend

May 28, 2021

Books

The Story behind Regina Hansen’s YA Novel The Coming Storm

May 28, 2021

A photo of Soundsuit by Nick Cave

Things-to-do

To Do Today: ICA Free Thursday Nights

May 27, 2021

Closeup photo of a black and orange deer tick on a blade of green grass.

Infectious Diseases

It’s Lyme Disease Season. Here’s What You Need to Know

May 27, 2021

A collage of the books mentioned in this article

Books

Putting Together Your Summer Reading List? Check Out Our Recommendations

May 27, 2021

Putting Together Your Summer Reading List? Check Out Our Recommendations