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History

JUNETEENTH

Celebrating Juneteenth Around Boston

June 16, 2025

Photo: An engraved illustration of George Washington crossing the River Delaware during the American Revolutionary War

REVOLUTIONARY WAR QUIZ

Who Won a BU Swag Bag by Correctly Answering Our Revolutionary War Quiz?

April 17, 2025

Photo: Three students sitting in a classroom

Arts & Culture

Korean Language, Literature, and Culture Is Booming at BU

February 20, 2025

Photo: Soong Mayling receiving an honorary degree in 1989 from BU President John Silber

Books

World War II Wartime China’s First Lady: A Lesson in Resolving Today’s Tension with Taiwan?

February 10, 2025

Photo: President Carter and Rosalynn Carter stand after President Carter gave a speech. He has his hand raised in a fist. They are smiling, him with his teeth and her with her mouth. It's a black and white photo.

PRESIDENT CARTER

Jimmy Carter Remembered as a President Who Was Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024

Photo:XCC-Back to the Past-0799-sm: Evan Denenberg (Wheelock’25) presenting to the class about the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment.

Campus Life

Hub XCC Course Has Students Getting into Character and Acting Out Historic Events

December 17, 2024

Photo: A screen print of a painting by Jean Leon Germone depicting the first Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

History of Thanksgiving

November 22, 2024

Photo of the TItanic, a large cruiseliner famous for striking an iceberg and sinking. Text reads "The Titanic Artifact Exhibition"

Things-to-do

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Comes to Boston

November 13, 2024

Photo: A composite image of Kamala Harris in a white blouse and blazer speaking at a podium on the left with a photo of Trump in a navy blazer and red tie speaking at a podium on the right.

Politics

The First Presidential Debate Led to Biden’s Exit. Now It’s Harris vs Trump

September 9, 2024

Photo: A picture of President Biden during the presidential debate against Donald Trump

Politics

Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race—What It Means, and What Comes Next

July 21, 2024

Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally

Politics

Trump Survived an Assassination Attempt. Will Our Politics?

July 14, 2024

Paul Revere’s house

In the City

To Do Today: Paul Revere House

June 28, 2024

Photo: Two characters from the Netflix show Bridgerton, in historical dress from the 1700s.

Film & TV

Bridgerton Season 3 Wraps: Exactly How Historically Accurate Is Netflix’s Hit Regency-Era Romantic Drama?

June 11, 2024

Photo: A picture of former U.S. President Donald Trump walking out of a courthouse. He is wearing a steel blue suit with a bright blue tie and an American flag pin on the jacket

Law

Donald Trump Convicted on All 34 Counts in Hush Money Trial

May 30, 2024

Photo: Photo of student in Jilene Chua's class modeling their creation for the course. A jacket with blue patches on the back.

College of Arts & Sciences

New CAS Class Teaches the History of Empires through Fashion and Beauty

May 14, 2024

Photo: Shaw Hutton (CGS'23, CAS'25), an architectural studies major, spends his spare time making reproductions of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Fashion

Stitching Together the Past

May 3, 2024

Photo: A stock photo with caricatures of Biden and Trump with their arms crossed, facing one another on the edge of a red cliff, respectively.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Biden-Trump Rematch May Mark the End of an Era

April 23, 2024

Marina Dawn Wells (GRS’20,’24) examining a scrimshaw carving of a trans pirate, "Alwilda," that a whaleman copied out of a book by Charles Ellms, The Pirates Own Book (1837). Photo by Drew Furtado, New Bedford Whaling Museum

University News

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program

April 22, 2024

Photo: Train tracks leading to the entrance of Auschwitz. Text reads "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away."

Arts & Culture

A Visit to Auschwitz Exhibition in Boston Recalls One of History’s Darkest Periods

April 16, 2024

Photo: The Boston University men’s ice hockey team after defeating Minnesota in the NCAA Sioux Falls Regional final. A large group of men are wearing red hockey jerseys and celebrating while holding up a trophy

Athletics

Seven Things to Know as BU Begins the 2024 Frozen Four

April 10, 2024

Seven Things to Know as BU Begins the 2024 Frozen Four