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Photo: Workers painting the 2025 Boston Marathon starting line, which features blue and gold coloring

Marathon

These Seven Terriers Are Running the Boston Marathon to Help Others

April 17, 2025

Runners cross the start line of the 123rd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2019, in Hopkinton, Mass.

Safety

How to Celebrate Marathon Monday While Staying Safe and Healthy

April 16, 2025

Photo: A graphic that reads THE BU GUIDE TO EVERYTHING with various running graphics around the image.

EVERYTHING GUIDE

Your Everything Guide to Running in Boston

April 15, 2025

A group of marathon runners approaching the finish line at the Boston Marathon. The image is overlaid with a circular graphic in the center displaying "4.15 BOSTON", which stands for One Boston Day, in blue and yellow text.

In the City

Join the City of Boston in Acts of Kindness for One Boston Day

April 6, 2025

Photo: A picture of a man in a tank top that reads "2024 Dana Farber Marathon Challenge"

Marathon

Six BU Runners Share Their Boston Marathon Charity Stories

April 11, 2024

Photo: James Sawler, of RoadSafe Traffic Systems, paints the starting line for the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a white hard hat, neon shirt, and work gear paints on the light blue and yellow finish line on the road.

In the City

Join the Citywide Festivities for One Boston Day: Discover Events across Town

April 10, 2024

Photo: A picture of duck statues at the Boston Common wearing Boston Marathon gear

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 11 to 15

April 10, 2024

Photo: Three white individuals--Tracey Dechert, Lisa Allee, and Peter Burke--stand on a stairwell facing the camera. From left, Dechert is wearing a white blouse and cropped blazer with jeans, Allee is wearing gray slacks and a navy blouse, and Burke is in a gray blazer, black vest, and black slacks with a blue-gray button-up and tie. The area is well-lit and midday.

BOSTON MARATHON

How Has Trauma Care Changed 10 Years after Boston Marathon Bombings?

April 13, 2023

Photo: James Sawler, of RoadSafe Traffic Systems, paints the starting line for the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a white hard hat, neon shirt, and work gear paints on the light blue and yellow finish line on the road.

Boston Marathon 2023

Members of BU Community Run the Boston Marathon to Support Others

April 13, 2023

Collage: (from left) Photos of Linzi Scholarship recipients and Zilu “Pete” Tang. Liyu Chen poses against a wooden wall. A young Asian woman wearing a white, red, and black sweater, and long white skirt, smiles as she poses next to a light wooden wall. Zilu “Pete” Tang, a young Asian man wearing glasses and a long sleeved blue-gray shirt, smiles and poses next to a cement wall. Behind him, a white board filled with notes on equations can be seen.

Scholarship

Ten Years after BU’s Lu Lingzi Died in the Boston Marathon Bombings, the Scholarship in Her Name Keeps Student Dreams Alive

April 12, 2023

Image: Composite photo of three jug gallons of water. Each jug is in it's own column and overlaid with a bright color. From left to right, the columns are colored bright green, blue, and a light red.

Safety

Students May Think BORG Drinking Is Safe. It’s Not

April 11, 2023

One Boston Day

Celebrate One Boston Day with These Events around the City

April 11, 2023

Marathon

Five Terriers Running for a Cause

April 14, 2022

Photo of Katherine Schabe (CFA’22) (left) and Clara Francesca (right) performing at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in "Beasts". Two white women, one blonde and one brunette, lean over a table and sniff/inspect what looks to be a blueberry pie. Setting is a stage kitchen.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 14 to 18

April 13, 2022

Watch Now

My Own Boston: Sara Tavakoli (SDM’25)

February 18, 2022

a photo of the entrance of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on a sunny day

Weekender

Fun Things to Do Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend

October 8, 2021

Composite image of 6 Boston University faculty, students, and alumni who are running the 125th Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon

26.2 for a Cause: Terriers Running the Boston Marathon with a Mission

October 8, 2021

A photo of Arnold Arboretum in the spring

Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 15 to 19

April 15, 2021

The Boston marathon marker surrounded by glowing spikes at dusk

Film & TV

New Film by the City of Boston about the Markers Commemorating Lives Lost in the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings

November 3, 2019

police officers patrolling at kenmore square near the finish line of the boston marathon

University News

Boston Marathon Security: No Backpacks, Drones, Rooftop/Porch Gatherings

April 12, 2019

Boston Marathon Security: No Backpacks, Drones, Rooftop/Porch Gatherings