Boston University

History

A student stands at a podium in class acting as president of revolutionary France’s 1791 National Assembly

Education

Listen to a Lecture about Revolution? Why Not Play a Revolutionary in Class?

December 2, 2019

Composite image showing conservative commentator Ben Shapiro delivering a speech at Boston University (left) and African American protestors holding a sign that says 'Whose Freedom?' while demonstrating against Shapiro's appearance at BU.

Voices & Opinion

Impassioned Reactions to Ben Shapiro’s Speech at BU

November 14, 2019

Halloween

The History of Halloween

October 30, 2019

the ghost of Eugene O'Neill in Shelton Hall (now known as Kilachand Hall) at Boston University

BU History

The Ghost of Kilachand Hall

October 30, 2019

The observatory dome

Astronomy

The Secret History of BU’s PRB Observatory and the Telescope It Was Built to House

September 30, 2019

Offred, the heroine in The Handmaids Tale stands in the Arlington Station

Things-to-do

Take a Tour of 10 Locales from The Handmaid’s Tale

July 30, 2019

central-square

Local

To Do Today: Central Square Activism Walking Tour

July 25, 2019

The sign that hangs outside the African Meeting House

In the City

Retracing Boston’s African American History

July 23, 2019

University News

BU Cited for Role in Boston’s LGBT History

June 28, 2019

LGBTQ+

POV: Taking the Measure of the Stonewall Uprising 50 Years Later

June 27, 2019

Medicine

Should Doctors Learn from Nazi Medical Research on Holocaust Victims?

June 20, 2019

An edition of Anne Frank's diary

Exhibitions

Natick’s World War II Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of D-Day

June 6, 2019

Hundreds of members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts will march from Faneuil Hall to the Boston Common and on to the Old South Church in the annual June Day Parade

Culture

To Do Today: June Day Military Parade

June 3, 2019

A shot of the Boston harbor

Commencement

10 Free Things to Do with Family and Friends This Weekend

May 14, 2019

Three Boston University graduating students jump on the BU Seal symbol on Marsh Plaza on Commencement Sunday.

Commencement

The Myths and Legends behind the BU Seal

May 9, 2019

the twin towers smoking as seen from the street a few blocks away

Books

Mitchell Zuckoff’s Fall and Rise Recounts the Story of 9/11

May 2, 2019

tacos from Orninoco

Music

The Weekender April 4 to 7

April 3, 2019

The Pardee School of Global Studies at 121 Bay State Road

Faculty

You Could Win Big in New Bay State Road Challenge

April 3, 2019

a monument showing the line between the union and confederacy

Politics

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

March 27, 2019

Chelsea Bray poses for a portrait with cotton milling machines in the historical Boott Cotton Mill in Lowell, MA said to be an inspiration for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Literature

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?